Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bunge

Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bunge

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China)

[synonym] Xanthoceras sorbifolia, Xanthoceras sorbifolia, Xanthoceras sorbifolia, Xanthoceras sorbifolia, Xanthoceras sorbifolia, and Xanthoceras sorbifolia.

[source] it is the wood or branches of Xanthoceras sorbifolia.

[plant morphology] Xanthoceras sorbifolia

Shrubs or trees, up to 8 m high. Bark grayish brown; twigs purplish brown, pubescent. Leaflets 9-19, petiolate or sessile, oblong to lanceolate, 2-5 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, base cuneate, apex acute, margin acutely serrate; main veins distinct; racemes terminal or axillary, 14-25 cm long; sepals 5, elliptic, pubescent; petals 5, white, base inner surface purplish red Spotted, obovate, about 3 times as long as calyx; disk thin and 5-lobed, with an angular appendage on the back of each lobe; stamens 8, filaments long and separated; ovary oblong, 3-locular, style short and fat, stigma 3-lobed. Capsule green, 4-6 cm in diameter, divided into 3 petals. Seeds globose, dark brown, ca. 1 cm in diam. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruit period is from July to August.

Born on hillsides and valleys. Distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and other places.

[collection] in spring and summer, the stems and trunks are collected, the skin is peeled and the wood is dried in the sun, or the fresh branches and leaves are chopped up and used to boil paste.

[nature and taste] Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in the North: "sweet, flat, non-toxic. "

[function indications] for rheumatoid arthritis.

[optional formula] Xanthoceras sorbifolia should be taken for one to two yuan, fried in water, or cream for one yuan each time, twice a day. It can also be applied externally. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China)

Chinese PinYin : Wen Guan Guo