Earthly blood

Earthly blood

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[synonym] dafiantuan, meihuazuan, fengteng (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine), fengfengsan, dafengshateng, dazonggufeng, lengfantuan, xiuqiuxiang, tongxuexiang (Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root or stem of Schisandra sphenanthera.

[plant morphology] Schisandra sphenanthera

It is a woody vine with a length of 6-10m. The twigs are brown, the cork layer of the old stem is loose and thick, the endothelium is red and fragrant. Leaves alternate, papery; ovate elliptic to broadly elliptic, 8-17 cm long and 3-8.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base obtuse or slightly acute, entire or with alienated denticles; petiole 5-25 mm long. Flowers pale yellow, solitary in leaf axils; male perianth 11-15 pieces, 4-5 rounds, outermost 2-5 pieces oblong triangular, 1-7 mm long, inner surface elliptic to obovate, 8-16 mm long, innermost pieces slightly degenerate; stamens (35-50 pieces, 6-10 rounds); female perianth similar to male: pistil group consists of 30-55 carpels, 4-6 rounds; stigma shield It is membranous. The aggregate fruit is subglobose, 2.5-5 cm in diameter, with 40-55 carpels. Exocarp fleshy. Seeds oblong, 5-6 mm long. The flowering period is from May to August. The fruit period is from August to December.

Most of them live in forests and valleys. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi.

The fruit of this plant is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details. The stem of the vine can be boiled to make Caulis Spatholobi ointment.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, sliced and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] selected Chinese herbal medicines of Simao in Yunnan Province: "slightly pungent, warm. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and removing dampness, promoting qi and activating blood circulation. It can treat rheumatic arthralgia, gastric and duodenal ulcer, acute and chronic gastroenteritis, dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain and traumatic injury.

① "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "stem: antipyretic, quench thirst. Treatment of cough, liver and lung heat. "

② Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "promoting blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis, promoting qi and relieving pain. Dispelling wind and dampness. Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatism, bone pain, dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, acute and chronic gastroenteritis. "

③ New selection of Guangxi practical Chinese herbal medicine: "dispelling wind, relieving pain, relaxing tendons and activating blood circulation. "

④ "Selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine"): "vine: treatment of stomachache, gastric and duodenal ulcer. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; grind powder or soak wine. External use: tamping.

[selected formula] dysmenorrhea: Radix rehmanniae, Cymbidium heterophyllum, pepper, wine. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

Chinese PinYin : Di Xue Xiang