Milkwort

[ source ]" Guangxi" in Chinese herbal medicine
[ ] Ch n Y Pinyin name 's T e n be
[ alias ] five kinds of rattan, a frictional dissipation, lost, elephantiasis rattan stick
[ source ] for plant milkwort root of Polygala park. Annual recoverable. Wash, sliced, dried.
[ ] the original morphology of climbing shrub. Root from birth, cross walk, long and up to 3to 5 meters. Branchlets slightly Phi snugly to the pilose; leaves alternate; thinly leathery or papery; leaf blade oblong or obovate-oblong,7 to12 cm long,2.5to 5 cm wide, apex acute, base subrounded, margin entire, both surfaces glabrous or slightly pilose, is snugly, lateral veins10 on each side.12; petiole is long 5- 8millimeter. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, long 10- 15centimeters, by small fluff; flower rose red, the length of 5 to7 mm; pedicels longer than flowers, after anthesis; sepals 5, subequaling outside3, ovate, inner surface2 oval-shaped; petaline 3, side2inverted triangular, base department and the keel connate, apex truncate, keel petals suborbicular, at the top with cristate projections; ovary suborbicular; style tends to side, bending. Samara length 7 ~9 cm, fruit maturity oblate, ca. 1.5cm. Seeds ovate. Xia Yue bloom.
[ ] distribution habitat in forests. Distribution of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.
[ character ] root surface grayish white or yellow, with tubercles; section of skin thickness, heartwood pale yellow, with numerous holes.
[ ] hard taste, slightly cold.
[ function ] activating blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis, relieve swelling and pain, heat diuretic. Treatment of acute gastroenteritis, traumatic injury.
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,1~ 2of money; or milling,0.5~ 1. External: leach liquor or wine with adjustable coated milling.
[ note ] not to be taken by pregnant women.
[ ] * dictionary" excerpt"
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