The mouse plays the flute

The mouse plays the flute

(common folk herbs in Kunming)

[synonym] yanghungteng, jitongye, fengtengcao.

[source] the stem, leaf or root of Kadsura yunnanensis.

[plant morphology] Kadsura yunnanensis

Rattan shrub. Leaves alternate; lanceolate, 3.9-6.9 cm long, 12-19.8 mm wide, apex long acuminate, base broadly cuneate, both sides slightly asymmetric, entire, sometimes microwavy, veins protruding below. Flowers axillary, green, with dark purple halo, 2-3 arranged into cymes, peduncle slender, 2.4-3.9 cm long, slightly curved; peduncle 6-12 mm long, slightly inflated at the top; 5 petals; style about 3 mm long, lateral ovary side. The fruit is composed of two carpels. When the two carpels are developed, the fruit is only connected at the base and is dichotomous. One of them is usually undeveloped. The other single fruit is flattened and oblique ovate, about 6 mm long, with persistent style at the apex, grayish brown and reticulate. The single fruit and dichotomous fruit each have one seed.

It was born in the valley and wet area. It is distributed in Yunnan.

[collection] harvest in autumn and dry in the sun.

Bitter, cold and poisonous.

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and dampness, relieving pain, removing sores and poisons. Treatment of rheumatic paralysis, rheumatic lumbago.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: wash with boiling water.

[selection] 1. Stomach pain: the rats were treated by decoction.

② Treatment of skin sores and poisons: Rats blow Xiao, stem and leaf decoct and wash with water.

Chinese PinYin : Lao Shu Chui Xiao