Scattered flowers on opposite leaves

Scattered flowers on opposite leaves

(Hunan medical records)

Another name: zhupoziteng, xiaoyulashu.

[source] stems, leaves and roots of Yichang pods of loniceraceae.

[plant morphology] Podocarpus Yichang

Deciduous shrub, 2-4m high. Branchlets distally pilose. Leaves opposite, ovate to ovate lanceolate, 3-8 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded, margin with triangular sharp serrate, sparsely rough stellate hairs on the top and densely on the bottom; petiole short, covered with yellowish villous hairs, 2 subulate stipules on the base. Cyme terminal, with 5 branches, 2.5-4 cm in diameter; calyx short tubular, with 5 teeth, outside densely stellate hair, persistent; corolla 5-lobed, lobes radial; stamen 5, inserted on corolla, slightly protruding from corolla; ovary inferior, densely villous, style short, stigma pointed, 3-lobed. Drupe, oblate ovate elliptic, reddish brown, sparsely stellate hairy. The flowering period is May. The fruiting period is September.

It is wild in mountain shrub forest. It is distributed in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] the stems and leaves can be harvested when they grow vigorously; the roots can be harvested all year round. Dry in the sun.

It is smooth, astringent and nontoxic.

Functions and indications: dispel wind, disperse cold, dispel dampness and stop itching.

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of wind cold dampness: three coins of Yichang pod pregnancy, eight coins of mufangji, five coins of Qingcao, three coins of shaking bamboo. Take it in water.

② Treatment of foot wet itching: Yichang pods pregnant leaves pound juice, rub the affected area.

Chinese PinYin : Dui Ye San Hua