Donglima

Donglima

(Emei medicine plant)

[synonyms] Liumei (botany Dictionary), Shuima (Chinese tree taxonomy), Shuima (Guizhou plant medicine survey), shuisuma (Guizhou herbal medicine).

[source] it is the branch, leaf and root of the Urticaceae.

[plant morphology] water hemp

Deciduous shrub, up to 1-2 m high. Branchlets Burmese, grayish brown, densely appressed pubescent. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 6-16 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, base rounded or cuneate, apex acuminate, margin serrate, upper rough, rugose, lower densely covered with white hairs, basal 3 veins, lateral veins 5-6 pairs; petiole 3-6 mm long, hairy; stipules ovate lanceolate, longer than petiole. The flowers are unisexual, male perianth 4-lobed, stamen 4-lobed, bracts longer than sepals; female perianth 4-lobed, connate. Achenes numerous, globose, perianth fleshy, orange yellow, 7 mm in diam. The flowering period is June. The fruit period is from August to October.

Born in the edge of stream or forest margin. It is distributed in Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan and Taiwan.

[collection] all year round.

Sweet and cool.

① "Guizhou plant medicine investigation": "sour and astringent, flat. "

② "Sichuan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "cool nature, sweet taste. "

Functions and indications: relieving exterior, clearing away heat, promoting blood circulation and removing dampness. Treatment of children with acute convulsion, measles, rheumatoid arthritis, hemoptysis, dysentery, traumatic injury, poison sores.

① Emei medicine plant: "published. "

② "Guizhou plant medicine investigation": "antipyretic, diuretic, hemostasis, dysentery, external treatment of ruffian poison. "

③ "Branches and leaves: dispelling wind and dispersing cold". Treatment of traumatic injury, measles and abdominal mass in women. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang; or mash juice. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

[prescription selection] ① for infantile acute convulsion: Ten tender points of water hemp willow, one yuan of green onion, fried in water.

② Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: water hemp willow, red hemp root each one or two, fried water service, and wash the affected area.

③ Treatment of hemoptysis: water hemp willow tender tip one or two, beat juice, mixed with sugar.

④ Cure nameless poison sores: water hemp willow root one or two, home hemp root five money tamp apply the affected area. (selected out the collection of Guizhou folk prescriptions)

Chinese PinYin : Dong Li Ma