Tracheodendron sinense

Tracheodendron sinense

(selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)

[synonym] saluoyi, malziguo, mixinguo, Biti, mucxinguo (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection), wild loquat, Eucommia ulmoides (Honghe Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the bark of the Actinidiaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Lancang shuidongge

Small evergreen trees, 4-10m high. The stem is much branched, the branch is brown, hollow. The leaves are alternate, leathery, oblong, 30 cm long and 10 cm wide, green on the top and light brown on the bottom, serrate on the edge, with more than 30 pairs of lateral veins, nearly parallel, protruding on the back of the leaves; the petiole is 2-4 cm long. Flowers broad campanulate, pink, ca. 1 cm in diameter; panicles axillary, 30-40 cm long. Fruit globose, about 1 cm in diameter, reddish brown, berry shaped, sticky when ripe, sweet and edible. It blooms in summer.

In the ditch or dense forest. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

The root of this plant is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

The same genus is also used as medicine. The main difference is that the branchlets and leaves are covered with scaly strigos along the veins. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Western Guangxi.

[collection] all year round. Fresh or sun dried.

[nature and taste] 1. Selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "sweet, slightly astringent, flat. "

② "Selection of Chinese herbal medicine in Simao of Yunnan Province:" it is cool in nature and sour in taste. "

[functions and indications] 1. Selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "dispersing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation. Treatment of fracture, traumatic injury, chronic osteomyelitis. "

② "Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine selection": "hemostasis and muscle regeneration, blood stasis and detumescence. Treatment of fractures, falls, injuries, bleeding, urine drenching. "

③ "Honghe Chinese herbal medicine": "for carbuncle and sore, nameless swelling and poison. "

Usage: the dosage of tamping and external application. Inner eye: fried soup, 3-5 yuan.

[selected formula] for swelling and pain after joint dislocation: nasal mucus fruit, roe orchid, and mash and apply to the affected area. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

Chinese PinYin : Niu Sang Guan Shu