Tripterygium wilfordii

Tripterygium wilfordii

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonyms] changyehaijinsha (flora of Guangzhou), bujinteng, jiezhiteng, zhanteng (list of medicinal plants in Guangxi), liuyehaijinsha (selected Chinese herbal medicine in Yunnan).

[source] it is the whole grass of haijinsha.

[plant morphology] haijinsha

Perennial climbing herbs, up to 7 m tall. Pinnae numerous, opposite, oblong triangular, 16-25 cm long, stipe about 2.5 cm long, odd 2-pinnate; 1-pinnae 3-5 pairs, alternate, stipe 3-7 mm long. The lower pair is triangular lanceolate, 8-10 cm long, the lower part is pinnate, the second or the third pair is more than one turn of pinnules lanceolate, undivided, the base is auricular, the terminal one turn of pinnules lanceolate, 6-10 cm long, obtuse, the base is nearly round, sometimes with a confluent lobe; the last one is 1-3 pairs, subsessile, triangular ovate to broad lanceolate, 1.5-5 cm long, the base is deep Leaf blade herbaceous, slightly setose on veins; rachis somewhat curved, narrowly winged. The sporangium spike is linear, 8-9 mm long, brown, and the spore surface is verrucous.

In the forest. Distribution in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "sweet, slightly bitter, cold. "

[functions and indications] ① in the list of Guangxi medicinal plants, it is used to treat dysentery, cholera, cramps, hemostasis and anti-inflammatory. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection: "Shujin Huoluo, please heat, diuresis, detumescence. Treatment of rheumatism, numbness, urinary tract infection, urinary calculi, nephritis, edema, traumatic injury. "

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

Chinese PinYin : Niu Chao Teng