Copper coin Ephedra

Copper coin Ephedra

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[source] it is the root of leguminous plant sinopodocarpus chinensis.

[plant morphology] Podocarpus chinensis

Climbing shrubs. Stem slender, white villous. Leaflets 3, 2-type, petioles 2-6 cm long, elliptic or obovate, 4-6 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, apex obtuse, base round, glabrous; leaflets of upper leaves sessile, heart-shaped or nearly round, amplexicaul, smaller; stipules ovate lanceolate, base heart-shaped, longitudinally ribbed, stipules lanceolate. Raceme axillary, flowers many and dense; bracts lanceolate; calyx campanulate, calyx teeth triangular; corolla purple; ovary sessile, glabrous. Pods flat, strip, yellow, about 5 cm long. Seeds numerous, brown, reniform.

In sunny wasteland, hillside and shrubbery. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] all year round. Cut into sections and dry in the sun.

Cold and bitter.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, expelling wind and relieving pain. Treat flu, cold, cough, laryngitis, tonsillitis.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.

[selected prescription] for cold and fever: Radix Ephedrae, Radix Bupleuri, Rhizoma Cimicifugae and ginger. Take it in water.

Chinese PinYin : Tong Qian Ma Huang