Half Maple lotus root

Half Maple lotus root

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[source] roots of the Wutong tree.

[plant morphology] turning white leaf tree, also known as Pterocarpus heterophyllus, Pterocarpus semipinnata, Yinyang leaf and tepacarpus.

Trees, up to 20 meters high. Branchlets covered with red or yellow hairs. The leaves of young trees or germinating branches are peltate, about 20 cm long, palmately 3-5-cleft; the leaves of growing trees are oblong or ovate, 7-15 cm long, 3.5-8 cm wide, apex acuminate or short, base obtuse, truncate or obliquely heart-shaped, glabrous above, densely covered with yellowish brown hairs below; petioles are 1-2 cm long; stipules are linear oblong. Flowers purulent, solitary, 2-4-flowered; bracteoles 2-4, entire; sepals 5, narrowly lanceolate, 2-2.5 cm long, 2-3 mm wide; petals 5, white; stamens 15, each 3 forming a bundle, alternate with 5 staminodes; ovary 5-locular, hairy. Capsule woody, narrowly ovate, 4-5 cm long, densely covered with rust colored stellate pubescence. The flowering period is August.

It grows in sandy soil hillside, plain, hilly land, sparse forest or dense forest. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and Taiwan.

The leaves of this plant (half Maple lotus leaf) are also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, sliced and dried in the sun.

[medicinal material] dry roots are usually cut into pieces about 3 mm thick, with light brown cork and light reddish brown wood core. Slightly loose and fragile.

Produced in Guangdong and Guangxi.

There are many varieties of Banfenghe, including Banfenghe in Hamamelidaceae, changyeshushen in Acanthopanax senticosus, Sassafras in Lauraceae, and baiguimu in Moraceae.

[nature and taste] The Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army: "sweet and light, slightly warm. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and detumescence. It can treat rheumatic arthralgia, lumbar muscle strain, numbness and weakness of hands and feet, and traumatic injury.

① "Lingnan caiyao Lu:" good at dispelling rheumatism, where beriberi, weak feet, arthralgia, take it with wine. "

② Guangzhou army's "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "treat rheumatic arthralgia, lumbar muscle strain, bruise and stasis, postpartum wind paralysis. "

③ "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "treat tracheitis. "

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

Chinese PinYin : Ban Feng He Gen