Yaowang tea

Yaowang tea

(medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

[synonym] Chimonanthus praecox, Camellia clavulanatus, Potentilla frutescens, Potentilla Woody (medicinal plant in desert area of China).

[source] it is the leaf of Rosaceae.

[plant morphology] jinlaomei

Small shrubs, 20-100 cm high. Bark brown or grayish brown, flaky; branching, twigs brown, covered with filiform hairs. Leaflets usually 3-7, oblong, rarely oblong obovate or lanceolate, 1-2.5 cm long, apex acute, base cuneate, entire, with filiform hairs, sparsely or densely covered with hairs, glabrous or subglabrous below, sometimes with silky hairs on lateral veins; stipules membranous, ovate or ovate lanceolate. The flowers are solitary in the axils or apices of the leaves, forming corymbs with sparse or filiform villous receptacles; the sepals and accessory sepals are 5 each, the sepals are ovate, and the accessory sepals are linear lanceolate; the petals are 5, round and yellow. Achenes hairy. The shape changes a lot. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruit period is from August to September.

Born in mountain grassland, forest, lake, sand nest. Distributed in Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi and other places.

The flower of this plant is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] in summer, the leaves were collected, washed and dried. From June to July, the flowers were picked and dried in the shade.

[chemical constituents] it contains 2% triterpenoids and 0.7% ursolic acid.

[nature and taste] medicinal plants in desert areas of China: "Gan, Ping. "

[function indications] medicinal plants in desert areas of China: "heat dissipation, brain tonifying, heart clearing, menstruation regulating, stomach strengthening. Treatment of heat dizziness, two eyes unclear, stomach disharmony, stagnant food, irregular menstruation. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan.

Chinese PinYin : Yao Wang Cha