Sow vine
(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)
Another name is centipede vine.
[source] it is the stem and leaf of sowthistle, a grape plant.
[plant morphology] sow vine
Creeping herbs. Branches smooth or pubescent, with forked divergent tendrils. Leaflets 3, stipitate, elliptic to ovoid, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin irregularly serrate. Cymes axillary, long pedunculate; flowers small, bisexual, short pedunculate; sepals 4, green; petals 4, distally separated, fleshy, pink, disk entire or 4-lobed, connate with ovary; ovary 2-locular, with 2 ovules per locule. Berries oblate, black.
Under the forest on the hillside. It is distributed in Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi and other provinces.
The root of this plant (rattan root of sows) is also used for medicine. See special section for details.
[function indications] tamping for fracture.
Chinese PinYin : Mu Zhu Teng
Sow vine
Pulsatilla - Pulsatilla Xingan. Bai Tou Weng Xing An Bai Tou Weng
Big leaf wolf bean firewood leaf. Da Ye Lang Dou Chai Ye