Moutan

Moutan

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] kudzu, diedawang and tengxuduan (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List).

[source] it is the root bark or whole plant of silverback vine of Convolvulaceae.

[plant morphology] silverback vine

Liana. Leaves alternate, entire, ovoid or broadly elliptic, 12-17 cm long and 8-13.5 cm wide, densely covered with white silky hairs. The flowers are clustered, enclosed by bracts, with total pedicels and 1-4 bunches of flowers; corolla funnel-shaped, white; stamens 5, enclosed; ovary 4-locular, stigma 2, capitate.

It grows in sparse forest or roadside bush. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "slightly astringent, warm. "

[functions and indications] ① Guangxi medical plant directory: "whole plant: bone breaking, hemostasis, muscle growth, convergence, heart clearing, lung moistening, cough relieving. Treat internal injuries. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "tonifying qi and blood. "

[selected formula] to treat anemia and dizziness: root bark of Paeonia suffruticosa is two to three Liang. Stewed meat. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Shan Mu Dan