Under the fruit vine

Under the fruit vine

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[alias] Zuishan (selected Yunnan herbal medicine), yabengbo (Dai name).

[source] stems and leaves of Rhamnus bungeana

[plant morphology] rattan

Climbing shrubs, up to 10 m high. The stem is cylindrical, with longitudinal stripes, and the branch ends are often curled. Single leaf alternate; leathery; ovoid, 5-7 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, base round or subcordate, margin serrate, green above, dark below, lateral veins 5-6 pairs, parallel veinlets between them; petiole 1-1.5 cm long; stipules 2, semicircular, margin serrate, amplexicaul. Inflorescence terminal or axillary; flowers small, heterogeneous; calyx 5-lobed; petals 5-lobed; ovary 3-locular. Capsule round, about 1 cm in diameter, 3-winged,

It grows in the mixed forest of hillside or in the open land of forest margin. Distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and other places.

[collection] harvested in autumn, dried or fresh.

[flavor] astringent, slightly bitter, cool.

[function indications] clearing away heat and inflammation.

[selected formula] treatment of burns: fresh stems and leaves of Cynanchum hypoglaucum, mashed, soaked in appropriate amount of cold boiled water, and smeared with the extract. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine comes from nature and taste)

Chinese PinYin : Xia Guo Teng