Caulis sylvestris

Caulis sylvestris

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

[synonyms] Xiye (Lingnan medicine collection record), Shibuya and Shigella (Luchuan materia medica), shiyeteng (Hainan flora), dasesha and Shibuya (Guangxi medicine plant list), shuicheteng (Guangzhou army Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root or leaf of Celastrus tinctorius.

[plant morphology] Celastrus tinctorius

Liana, 3-5 years or longer. Branchlets scabrous, glabrous or glabrous appressed. Leaves alternate, leathery, oblong obovate to oblong elliptic, 3-15 cm long and 2-7 cm wide, apex acute or obtuse, base rounded or gradually narrowed, margin undulate serrate, margin entire, both sides rough, few hairless or very sparse strigose; petiole 6-20 mm long, with more strigose. Panicle terminal and axillary; flowers white, very fragrant, 6-8 mm in diameter; bracts and bracteoles linear, ciliate, outside sparsely hairy; sepals 5, suborbicular, ciliate, persistent; petals 3, ovoid, glabrous; stamens numerous, filaments enlarged. Follicles oblong ovate, brownish yellow and bright, with persistent style and beak at the apex. Seeds black, globose. The flowering period is summer and moon.

In shrubs or open forests. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[chemical constituents] a variety of plants of Sinomenium contain isorhamnetin, rhamnetin, Rhododendron, rhamncitrin and other methyl flavonols.

[nature and taste] Lu Chuan's materia medica: "the nature is cool, the taste is bitter and astringent. "

[function indications] it is used to treat enteritis, dysentery, anal prolapse, spermatorrhea and contusion.

① "Lingnan caiyao Lu": "Ye: treating red and white dysentery. "

② "Lu Chuan Materia Medica": "Ye: stop diarrhea, stop bleeding, invigorate muscles and close mouth. Treatment of diarrhea, stains and ulcers. "

③ "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "root: treatment of anal prolapse, uterine prolapse, dysentery, spermatorrhea, falls. "

④ Guangzhou army "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "convergence, antidiarrhea, solid essence. Treatment of enteritis, diarrhea, hepatosplenomegaly, spermatorrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-5 yuan. External use: wash with boiling water.

[formula selection] for red and white dysentery: one or two Xiye. Take it three times. If still not cured, and then two money, and kapok two money, twisted belly rattan two money, take one or two times. Damp heat dysentery is also acceptable. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)

Chinese PinYin : Xi Ye Teng