Caulis Spatholobi

Caulis Spatholobi

(herbal formula)

[synonyms] zuangufeng, baxiancao (classified herbal medicine), xuepasteteng (economic plant manual), diamond wind (Chongqing herbal medicine), tianqingdihong (Shaanxi herbal medicine), wuxiangxueteng, Huateng, panyanxiang, manshanxiang, xiangxueteng (commonly used herbal medicine in Kunming).

[source] the roots, stems and leaves of tiehoopsan, a Magnoliaceae plant.

[plant morphology] tiehoop powder

Perennial woody vines, up to 2 m high, single leaf alternate, leathery, oblong or ovate lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 3-10 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, base rounded to broadly cuneate, apex long and acuminate, margin thinly serrated, pale green above, purplish red below, midvein smooth, convex below, lateral veins inconspicuous; petiole about 8 mm long. Flowers small, axillary, yellowish; pedicels short, 5-10 mm long; sepals and petals often indistinguishable, a total of 7-12; stamens 5-15, connate into a ball, filament base slightly combined; carpels many. Berry, scarlet, gathered into drooping spikes of aggregate fruit, flowering from July to September.

Growing on hillsides or in gullies. It is distributed in Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi and other places.

[collection] harvest from October to November and dry in the sun.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

① "Cao Mu Bian Fang": hot. "

② Chongqing herbal medicine: "pungent, warm, non-toxic. "

③ Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet and sour in taste, warm in nature. "

Functions and indications: promoting Qi, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis. It is used to treat traumatic injury, rheumatism and numbness, muscle and bone pain, tuberculosis, hematemesis, amenorrhea, abdominal distension and carbuncle.

① "Cao Mu Bian Fang" says: "it can generate heart blood, disperse blood stasis, activate blood circulation, and penetrate joints. It is used to treat blood distension and wind toxicity of limbs and muscles. "

② "Classification of herbal medicine": it can treat rheumatism, numbness, muscle and bone pain. Apply the fish mouth swelling poison. "

③ Chongqing herbal medicine: "promoting qi and promoting blood circulation. It is used to treat traumatic injury, fatigue, hematemesis and amenorrhea. "

④ Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, dispersing blood stasis and detumescence, regulating qi and relieving pain. Treatment of irregular menstruation, leucorrhea, fatigue, traumatic injury, sore, hernia, lung abscess. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

[Yiji] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "root, stem: anti licorice. "

[selected formula] ① for rheumatism, muscle and bone pain and traumatic injury: Radix sanguinariae, take orally after soaking in wine.

② Qi stagnation and abdominal distension: spiced Xuexue, fried in water and served with wine.

③ Treatment of fracture: root and leaf of Acanthopanax senticosus, smashing and external application.

④ Treatment of sores and furuncles, breast carbuncle swelling and bleeding: spiced blood vine leaves, mashed compress. (selected the prescription of Kunming folk commonly used herbs)

Chinese PinYin : Xiao Xue Teng