Oxytropis kansuensis

Oxytropis kansuensis

(manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

[synonym] sesher'er (Tibetan name).

[source] Oxytropis kansuensis is a leguminous plant.

[plant morphology] Oxytropis kansuensis

Perennial herbs, 15-20 cm high. Branching at base, sparsely white villous with black pubescence. Leaflets 13-25, ovate oblong to lanceolate, 8-13 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded, both sides densely villous. Raceme subcapillary, axillary; pedicel 5.5-15 cm long, white black villous; calyx campanulate, 9 mm long, 3 mm wide, dense black, white villous, calyx teeth strip, nearly as long as tube; corolla yellow, 12 mm long. Pods oblong or oblong ovate, 8-12 mm long, swollen, densely black villous.

In dry grassland, hillside, Riverside or forest. Distributed in Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] from July to August.

[flavor] slightly pungent, warm.

[meridian tropism] entering heart, lung and small intestine meridians.

[function indications] detoxify, cure sores, stop bleeding and diuresis. All kinds of internal bleeding were treated.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-5 yuan.

Chinese PinYin : Gan Su Ji Dou