Hanging dry hemp
(Guizhou herbal medicine)
[synonym] Ma duanchang, radish medicine, Da Ma sang, suanzaozi Teng (Chinese economic flora), tiger hemp (Guizhou herbal medicine), bitter bark, vegetable medicine, Celastrus angustifolia, Da Diaoyu fishing rod (Shaanxi herbal medicine).
[source] it is the root or root bark of Celastraceae.
[plant morphology] Celastrus angustifolia
Rattan shrub, 5-7 m long. Branchlets often have 4-6 sharp edges, reddish brown, shiny, densely small lenticels. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate or suborbicular, 8-16 cm long and 7-15 cm wide, apex short pointed, margin irregularly serrated; petioles 3 cm long, cymose panicles terminal, dioecious, 10-20 cm long, lower branches longer than upper ones; pedicels stout and ribbed; flowers small, dense, green white, or yellow green, 5-numbered; male sepals open, petals long elliptic Ovary of female flower subglobose, stigma 3-4-lobed. Capsule subglobose, about 1 cm in diameter, 3-valved, 2 seeds per locule, with red aril. The flowering period is from April to June. The fruit period is from August to October.
It is smaller than that on mountain, jungle or hillside. It is distributed in Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, etc.
[collection] all year round. Wash, peel and dry.
[chemical constituents] the leaves contain flavonoids: Quercetin, isoquercetin, Hyperoside, guava glycoside and quercetin 3-rhamnogalactoside.
[nature and taste] ① Guizhou herbal medicine: "it has a pungent taste, a cool nature, and a little poison. "
② Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter taste, cold nature, small poison. "
[functions and indications] ① Guizhou herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and rash, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals, regulating menstruation. "
② Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing away heat, detoxifying, detumescence, killing insects. Treatment of alopecia, yellow water sores, fracture swelling, vaginal itching. "
[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: wash with boiling water or sprinkle with grinding powder.
[prescription selection] 1. There is no cure for infantile measles: one or two cases of hanging dry hemp, five to one or two cases of red floating. Simmer and wash.
② Treatment of rheumatism, fatigue, joint pain: hanging dry hemp, vine root, platinum bar each one or two. Wine making clothes.
③ Treatment of amenorrhea: hanging dry hemp, big road Huanggen each one or two. Simmer water clothes, with wine as a guide. (1) Guizhou herbal medicine
④ Treatment of alopecia: bitter bark, Panlongqi, Phellodendron each amount. Study the fine powder and apply with vegetable oil.
⑤ Treatment of yellow water sores: grind the bitter bark powder and apply vegetable oil.
⑥ Treatment of vaginal itching: kushucheng, Cortex Phellodendri each amount. Spread the powder in the affected area. (4) Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine is published below.)
Chinese PinYin : Diao Gan Ma
Hanging dry hemp