Wuxiangteng

Wuxiangteng

(selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)

[synonym] snake venom, Badu powder, Tiegu powder, xiaohongpao, yanqingye (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), huanglongteng, Qiaoxiang, xiaoxueteng (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Schisandra chinensis which is closely related to Magnoliaceae.

[plant morphology] Schisandra chinensis

Evergreen climbing shrubs. Taproot stout, cylindrical. Leaves alternate, sub leathery, ovate lanceolate to oblong, 5-15 cm long, apex acuminate, base obtuse, subentire or sparsely serrate. Flowers unisexual, axillary, 1-2, bracts narrowly triangular, about 1 mm in length and width; perianth segments outermost 3-5, small, triangular to subrenal, ciliate, inner 5 purplish red, elliptic to ovoid; stamens subglobose. Berries, bright red when hot. It blooms in summer.

It grows in sunny stone crevice or hillside shrub. It is distributed in Yunnan.

The stem and rattan decocting juice of this plant can be boiled to make Caulis Spatholobi ointment.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round. The roots and stems can be sliced and dried in the sun. The leaves can be dried or fresh.

[nature and taste] 1. Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "astringent, slightly bitter, cold. "

② "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection": "root and rattan: Gan Xin, Ping; leaf: light, Ping. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, relaxing tendons and activating blood circulation, relieving swelling and pain, treating influenza, snakebite and rabies bite, rheumatism numbness, traumatic injury, irregular menstruation, carbuncle swelling and sore poison.

① Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "root: clearing away heat and toxin, relieving swelling and pain. Prevention of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, influenza, treatment of snakebite, nameless swelling, traumatic bleeding, fracture. "

② "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection": "root and rattan: Shujin Huoxue, detumescence and pain relief; leaf: Zhixue Sanyu. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 4-6 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: tamping or grinding powder scattering.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of snakebite, rabies bite, sore poison: appropriate amount of wuxiangtengye, mash and apply externally.

② Treatment of rheumatism, numbness, injury, stomachache, menstruation, vasculitis: root and stem of spiced vine four to six money. Fried, or formula wine service.

③ Treatment of traumatic bleeding: root bark or leaf powder of spiced vine sprinkled on the wound. (selected prescriptions are selected from Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Wu Xiang Teng