Nitraria Nitraria

Nitraria Nitraria

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[synonym] baihuaci (Guizhou herbal medicine) and kucihua (Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of Nitraria Nitraria.

[plant morphology] Nitraria tangutorum

Dwarf shrub, about 1.2 meters high. Bark grayish brown, verrucous; branches brown, nearly glabrous, with sharp spines. The leaflets are 11-21, long obovate, 7-12 mm long and 4-7 mm wide. The apex is slightly concave, with small spines pointed, the base is round, the whole margin is covered with sparsely flat white hairs. Inflorescence racemose on the top of old branches; flowers sparse and downward curved, about 6-12, white or blue white, with short pedicels; calyx small, cup-shaped, 5 shallow teeth, purple blue; corolla 1.5 cm long, flag petal obovate to spoon shaped, base of petal with obtuse ears. Pods 3-6 cm long, about 5 mm thick, beaded, long beaked, densely white, procumbent villous, 3-5 nodes. Seeds elliptic. The flowering period is from March to May.

Growing on hillside, roadside, Bush or grass slope. Distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Shanxi, Hebei and other places.

The leaves of this plant (Nitraria tangutorum) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] harvest in summer.

[nature and taste] 1. Guizhou herbal medicine: "the nature is flat, the taste is bitter. "

② Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter taste, cold nature. "

[functions and indications] ① Guizhou herbal medicine: "clearing heat, cooling blood, detoxifying. Treatment of nosebleed, bloody stool. "

② Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and toxin, removing dampness and swelling. Treat dysentery, cystitis, hematuria, edema. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping.

[selection] treatment of hematochezia: Nitraria root, three coins each. Simmer water clothes. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Bai Ci Hua