Caulis Spatholobi

Caulis Spatholobi

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonyms] Caulis sargentodontis (caomibianfang), Caulis huoxueteng (Tianbao materia medica), Caulis sargentodontis (Sichuan chronicles of traditional Chinese Medicine), Caulis zijinxueteng (Chongqing herbal medicine), Caulis QiTeng (Guizhou herbal medicine), Caulis xiangshiteng, tiegushan and Caulis xiaoxueteng (Yunnan herbal medicine selections).

[source] it is the vine or root of Schisandra sphenanthera or Schisandra sphenanthera in Magnoliaceae.

[plant morphology] Schisandra sphenanthera, also known as Schisandra Emei.

Climbing shrubs. The young shoots of the current year are light green, smooth and glabrous, covered with white powder, pentagonal, with winged membrane on the edges; those more than one year old are purple brown, slightly square to round, narrowly winged or wingless, with pale brown lenticels, conspicuous; bud scales are ovate, persistent at the base of branchlets. Leaves alternate, semileathery; broad ovate or nearly round, 9-11 cm long, 5-8 cm wide, apex acutely caudate or shortly acutely caudate, base cuneate or round, margin with thin teeth; upper green, covered with a little white powder, lower light green, with dense white powder; petiole red, covered with white powder, 2.5-5 cm long. Flowers unisexual, dioecious. Male flowers are solitary in axils of leaves, about 1.5 cm in diameter, white, pedicel slender, 4-5 cm long, with 1 bracteole at the base; sepals 3, round, slightly equal in size, light green or yellow green; petals 3, similar to sepals; stamens mostly, anthers white, introverted. Female flowers on pedicel about 7-8 cm long; calyx and petals are the same as male flowers; ovary is smooth and glabrous, style is very short. The fruit is spherical, red, 4-5mm long, with very short stalks; the seeds are brownish yellow, often semicircular. The flowering period is from May to June.

Born in or near the forest. It is distributed in Sichuan, Hubei, Guizhou and Guangxi.

② Schisandra chinensis is also known as Schisandra chinensis.

Climbing shrubs, about 5 meters long. Branchlets cylindrical, reddish brown, glabrous. Leaves elliptic or obovate, 6-9 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, below pale white, glabrous. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, yellowish green, about 1.5 cm in diameter; stamens 10-15, anthers cuneate obovate, apex concave or truncate. The fruit is red, ovoid, 6-9 mm long.

Distributed in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

The fruit of this plant is used as Schisandra chinensis, which is called "South Schisandra chinensis". See "Schisandra chinensis".

[collection] from March to June, the canes were cut, sawed and dried.

[medicinal material] the stem of the dried vine is cylindrical and stout with few branches. Generally, the length of the saw is about 30-60 cm, and the diameter is about 2-6 cm. The surface is brown and yellowish, the cortex is rough, but less scaly. It is solid and woody. The skin of the cut face is brownish red or brownish purple. It is closely combined with the wood core. The wood core is hard and light brownish red. There are many scattered pores. The smell is weak. It is better to be big, red and dry without impurities.

It is mainly produced in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

[processing] soak in water, slice and dry.

[flavor] acrid, warm.

① "Cao Mu Bian Fang": "Wen. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is warm in nature, slightly numb in taste, sour, astringent and bitter, non-toxic. "

③ Chongqing herbal medicine: "pungent, warm, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: nourishing blood and removing blood stasis, regulating qi and removing dampness. It is used to treat tuberculosis, hematemesis, limb soreness, heart and stomach qi pain, beriberi flaccidity, irregular menstruation and traumatic injury.

① "Cao Mu Bian Fang": "entering blood, breaking blood stasis and generating new blood. It can treat injury, hematocele, stop phlegm and blood, epistaxis, distention and golden sores. "

② Classified herbal medicine: "it can cure all injuries, muscle and bone pain, hematemesis; it can also cure malice by ventilating. "

③ Guizhou folk medicine collection: "Shujin Huoluo, Tongjing, breaking blood stasis. It can treat traumatic injury, rheumatism and numbness, and regulate menstruation. "

④ Guizhou folk medicine: "treating heart qi pain. "

⑤ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "Tongjing Huoxue, strong tendons and strong bones. It is used to treat five tuberculosis, seven injuries, traumatic injuries, rheumatism and blood arthralgia, aching muscles and limbs, beriberi and flaccid fluorene. "

⑥ Guizhou herbal medicine: "dehumidification, regulating qi and relieving pain. It can cure stomachache. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or soaking in wine.

[taboo] Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine records: "pregnant women with blood deficiency and weak Qi should not take it. "

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of tuberculosis, hematemesis, itchy throat and hair, low back pain: one or two of Caulis Spatholobi, five of Gentianaceae, three of blood gall. Take boiled water.

② Treatment of anemia: one or two from Caulis Spatholobi, three from small Caulis Spatholobi, one or two from root of Rosa laevigata, four from Rhizoma Polygonati, five from cowpea. Take it in boiling water. For women, add one or two pieces of white grass, and three pieces of white fingernail; for men, add four pieces of rattan.

③ Treatment of hematemesis, muscle and bone pain, traumatic injury: one or two Caulis Spatholobi, one or two small Caulis Spatholobi, one or two Eucommia ulmoides, one or two papaya, one or two acanthopanax bark, one or two jiyateng roots. Wine making clothes. (1) Chongqing herbal medicine is published below.

④ Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis pain: Qi Teng Er Liang. Take it in boiling water. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of neurasthenia, stomachache: xiangshitenggen two to three money. Take it by frying. (selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)

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