Jiulongteng

Jiulongteng

(drug records of Nanning City)

[alias] guoganglong (preparation of raw herbal medicine), wulangteng (Chinese tree taxonomy), Wuteng, chuanbeiteng (Guangxi Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine plant), swallow tail (Nanning medicinal records), pig's hoof fork, sheep's hoof (Guangxi Traditional Chinese herbal medicine), huangkaikou, ziyanteng, Wuli mushroom, Shuangmu crab (Zhejiang folk commonly used herbal medicine), nocturnal herb, Ganda Chui, Jiuniuzao, Wuhua The results showed that there were four kinds of medicinal plants in Guangxi: Celastrus Sanguinalis, Aristolochia equisetifolia (Hunan medicinal records), Pteris fortunei and yangtiefeng (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List).

[source] it is the stem of the legume longxuteng.

[plant morphology] longxuteng

Evergreen climbing vines, 2-7 m high. The young branches are light yellow, densely covered with rust yellow lenticels, the tender branches, inflorescences and leaf backs are covered with short hairs, and the tendrils are 2 opposite or 1. Single leaf alternate, ovoid, oblong or heart-shaped, 5-9 cm long and 2.5-5 cm wide, semileathery, front split, or concave head, entire, base round or slightly concave or auricle shaped; petiole 22-40 mm long, both ends inflated; stipules acicular, early off, bald. Inflorescence racemose, terminal or axillary; calyx simple 5-lobed, triangular, surface short hairy; petals 5-piece, white, free; stamens 10, 3, stout, anthers 2-locular, longitudinal, T-shaped; pistil 1, covered with very short hairy, style beaked. The surface of the pod has fine reticulate grain, which cracks when ripe. Seeds black, oblate. The flowering period is from September to October. The fruiting period is from January to February next year (Guangxi).

It grows on the edge of ditch, valley, riverside, under sparse forest or shrub. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, etc.

The root, leaf and seed of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] it can be harvested at any time, sliced and dried after harvest.

[chemical composition] tannin content in root and stem bark was 20.76%.

"Bitter, pungent, flat, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: in the Journal of Nanning medicine: "dispel wind, remove blood stasis and relieve pain. It can cure rheumatism and bone pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-5 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh).

[selected prescription] for gastric and duodenal ulcer: jiulongteng 1-2 Liang, Zanthoxylum nitidum 2-3 Qian. Decoct in water, one dose a day, two to three times. (prescriptions of new Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Jiu Long Teng