Old white flower

Old white flower

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[synonym] white flowered sheep's hoof beetle (selected Chinese herbal medicine of Simao in Yunnan); red flowered Bauhinia, red Bauhinia, Curvularia (Atlas of Chinese higher plants), burying (Dai name).

[source] it is the flower of leguminous plant Bauhinia.

[plant morphology] Bauhinia

Trees, 5-8 m high. The leaf is round to broad ovate, sometimes almost kidney shaped. The apex is 2-lobed and splits to 1 / 4-1 / 2 of the leaf blade. The base is round, truncate or heart-shaped, with 11-15 veins. The flowers are large, almost sessile, arranged in short racemes of few flowers, pink or white, with purple lines; calyx tubular, hairy, lobes ovate, spatulate, apex 5-denticulate; petals oblanceolate or obovate; stamens 5-developed; ovary hairy. The pod is strip-shaped, 15-25 cm long, 1.5-2 cm wide, flat, with 10-15 seeds. The flowering period is from January to May.

It grows in tropical forest and is often cultivated in garden or as street tree. Distributed in Yunnan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

The bark of this plant (old white flower bark) is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[collection] harvest in spring and summer. Dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the white flower contains kaempferol-3-galactoside and kaempferol-3-rhamnoside. The seeds contain anti-N plant lectin

[nature and taste] selection of Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter and astringent, flat. "

[function indications] selected Chinese herbal medicines from Yunnan Simao: "anti inflammation and detoxification. Treatment of hepatitis, pneumonia, trachea, bronchitis, lung heat cough. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.

Chinese PinYin : Lao Bai Hua