Tripterygium wilfordii

Tripterygium wilfordii

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[synonym] baihuacha, pseudosuxin, qingtengzihua (Lingnan medicine collection record), zuoyueteng (Lingnan herbal medicine record).

[source] it is the tender stems and leaves of Oleaceae.

[plant morphology] Tripterygium wilfordii

Rattan shrub, 2-4m high. Branchlets hairy. Leaves opposite; ovate lanceolate, 3-7 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, apex short pointed or obtuse, base rounded, truncate or slightly cordate, pubescent or subglabrous or pilose along dorsal vein, shortly stipitate. Cyme dense, often at the top of lateral branches, more or less pilose; petiole very short, 2-3 mm long, sparsely hairy or nearly bald; calyx hairy, lobes linear, 5-10 mm long; corolla white, fragrant, high pedunculate, tube about 2-3 cm long, lobes oblong, 6-10 mm long; stamens 2, enclosed; ovary superior, 2-locular. Fruit globose, ca. 4 mm in diam. The flowering period is July.

Wild, often climbing in bushes. It is distributed in the south of China.

[collection] young branches and leaves were harvested in summer and autumn, and cut into sections and dried in the sun.

[herb] the dry stem is cylindrical, mostly 3-5 cm long, 1-5 mm thick; the young branches are dark brown, sparse hairy, or nearly smooth, and the nodes are slightly expanded. The wood is white, with obvious pith or cavity in the center. Leaf tea brown, opposite, ovate lanceolate, entire, thin and brittle, fragile. It is better to have more leaves, tea brown and less branches.

Produced in Guangdong and other places.

[nature and taste] records of Lingnan herbal medicine: "the taste is slightly bitter and the nature is cool. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and promoting diuresis. It is used to treat damp heat, abdominal pain, enteritis, dysentery, quadriplegia, swelling and pain, scrofula and scabies.

① "Lingnan medicine collection record": "treat damp heat, abdominal pain, poor stool, decoction. Boil soup to wash scabies. "

② "Clearing away dampness and heat and eliminating stagnation" is one of the main contents of Lingnan herbal medicine. "

③ "Clearing heat and removing dampness" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. Treatment of enteritis, dysentery, dyspepsia, rheumatoid arthritis, fracture. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: fried, washed or tamped.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of abdominal pain due to damp heat: five coins for twisted stomach vine, five coins for Ruan Shenglong, three coins for wuyushu, three coins for red Savior, three coins for qizhilian, three coins for dujiaogan and three coins for huaihuami. Take it in water.

② Treatment of swelling and pain of quadriplegia: appropriate amount of pseudosuxin, Decoction with pig's feet.

③ Treatment of rats: white tea, rat cypress. The two kinds of stewed wine were taken orally, and the dregs were applied externally.

④ Treatment of yachei snake (yachei nearby suffering from lymphangitis, soon make the teeth can not open and close): twisted belly rattan leaf five money, not seven grass five money, water melon leaf five money, white chrysanthemum five money. Mash the water taking clothes, apply the dregs and Sanhuang powder to the affected area.

⑤ Treatment of breast sores: twist the stomach rattan one or two, drive dog Zhang two money. Take it in water.

⑥ Treatment of bleeding more than: twist stomach rattan dry grind powder seal, appropriate amount of oral or external use. (selected the prescription to produce the records of Lingnan herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Niu Du Teng