Celastrus angustifolia

Celastrus angustifolia

(Cao Mu Bian Fang)

Another name: guoshanlong (herbal medicine), Youma xueteng (Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root, stem and leaf of the legume Eupatorium.

[plant morphology] Eupatorium odoratum, also known as Eupatorium odoratum, Eupatorium odoratum and Eupatorium odoratum.

Evergreen climbing shrubs, usually 5-10 m long, rarely 20 m long. Stems brown or yellowish brown, rudimentary; branchlets slender, light green, smooth, glabrous, with distinct lenticels. The leaves on both sides are oblong ovate, apex acutely caudate, base obliquely cuneate or round, the leaflets are all green, glabrous, 7-12 cm long, 5-7 cm wide, veins obvious, petioles thick and short; the total petioles are 9-15 cm long, base thick and short. Inflorescence racemose, flowers drooping; calyx densely tomentose, campanulate, lobes obtuse or sharp; corolla dark purple or purplish red; stamens 2-body, 10; ovary inferior, style slender, stigma capitate. Pods flat, densely covered with golden coarse hairs. Seeds round, yellow or black yellow.

It grows on the edge of the forest or around the fertile place. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places.

The stem of this plant is also used as Caulis Spatholobi in a few areas.

[collection] harvest from September to October.

[nature and taste] 1. Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

② "Manual of traditional Chinese medicine identification": "warm in nature, bitter in taste. "

[function indications] it can promote blood circulation, invigorate blood circulation, dredge channels and activate collaterals. Treatment of rheumatism, pain, numbness, anemia, irregular menstruation.

① "Cao Mu Bian Fang": "promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, relaxing tendons and benefiting joints. For lumbago. "

② "Classification of herbal medicine": "treatment of cold and spleen wind, rheumatism numbness, muscle and bone pain, detumescence. "

③ Jiangxi herbal medicine manual: "treat women's amenorrhea, knee pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.4-1 Liang; or soaking in wine.

[selection] ① for aplastic anemia: one to two taels of Caulis Hedysarum, five to one or two taels of Radix Polygoni Multiflori, and five to one or two taels of Rhizoma minori. Fried in water. Three times a day. 2. Youma, xueteng 1-2, Huangqi 1-2, guiban and Biejia 3-5 each. Fried in water, three times a day. (Chinese herbal medicine information)

② Treatment of women's amenorrhea: evergreen oil hemp vine five money to one or two, fried in water. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

Chinese PinYin : Niu Ma Teng