Rattan

Rattan

(selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)

[synonym], baihuateng, daimaodou, duanchangye (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection).

[source] it is the root or leaf of the leguminous plant yadouteng.

[plant morphology] Gypsophila yunguiensis

Climbing deciduous vines, 10 m long. Branchlets densely pubescent. Leaves alternate; odd pinnate compound, ca. 30 cm long. Leaflets 11-13, ovoid, 5-8 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded to subcordate, densely filamentous when young, subglabrous when old. Raceme axillary, 5-9 cm long, flowers lavender or green, about 2.5 cm long, corolla butterfly shaped, green; stamens into two groups. Pods linear, about 10 cm long, with yellow hairs, 10-11 cm long.

It is found in the shrubbery on the hillside or in the shady wetland by the river. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, chopped and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] 1. Selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "light, pungent, warm, toxic. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, slightly salty, hot, toxic. "

[function indications] sweating, dispelling wind, promoting blood circulation, hemostasis. Treatment of cold, rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic injury, amenorrhea, traumatic bleeding.

① "Selection of Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": "promoting blood circulation, stopping bleeding, dispersing, resolving exterior. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "hemostasis, bone grafting, sweating, wind dispelling. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, root: 1-2 minutes; grind or soak in wine. External use: tamping or grinding.

[should avoid] pregnant women should not take it.

[prescription selection] ① for traumatic injury, amenorrhea, cold and wind cold: one to two parts of sweating root, take five boxes of water decoction or grind powder.

② Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: big sweating root two money, with wine, take five ml each time.

③ Treatment of traumatic bleeding: big sweating leaves smashed external application. (the following should not be published)

Chinese PinYin : Bai Teng