Six strands of tendon

Six strands of tendon

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] smelly medicine (list of Guangxi Medicinal Plants).

[source] it is the leaf, whole plant or root bark of pods of loniceraceae.

[plant morphology] pods of Xingshan

Evergreen shrubs, all smooth glabrous. Branchlets reddish brown, glossy. Leaves opposite; nearly leathery; ovate to ovate lanceolate, 2-7 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, apex acuminate. Base broadly cuneate, veins 3, margin inconspicuously serrate, glossy above. Cymes pedunculate; flowers greenish white. Drupe globose ovate, 5-6 mm in diameter, black and glossy at maturity.

It grows in shady and wet places under the hillside forest. Distribution in South China and Hubei, Shaanxi and other places.

[collection] leaves are harvested in spring and summer, root bark can be harvested all year round, dried or fresh.

[nature and taste] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter and astringent, warm. "

[functions and indications] 1. The list of Guangxi Medicinal Plants: "treating traumatic brain injury, rheumatic pain. "

② "Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine": "hemostasis, detumescence, pain, bone and tendon. Treatment of fracture, traumatic injury, traumatic bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] for external use: sprinkle or adjust the powder, or tamp the fresh product.

Chinese PinYin : Liu Gu Jin