Lin Aung days

[Pinyin] ánɡ Tiān Lián

[Alias] ghost cotton, sky and cup, water hemp, fake hibiscus.

[Source] source based medicine: the Indus expensive large lotus plants root.
Latin name of plant and animal fossil: Ambroma augusta (L.) Lf [Theobroma augusta L.; Abroma fastuosa Jacq.]
Harvesting and storage: fall, winter, digging roots, wash away the sand, sliced, fresh or dried.

[Original form] Ang Tianlian shrubs, the high 1-4m. Young branches densely stellate hairs. Leaves alternate; petiole length 1-10cm; stipule bar, length 5-10mm, off; heart-shaped or ovate leaves heart-shaped, sometimes 3-5 lobed, length 10-22cm, width 9-10cm, tip acute or acuminate, base heart-shaped or heart-shaped ramp, above glabrous or sparsely stellate-pubescent, densely covered with short hairs below; of basal veins 3-7, veins bulge on both sides. Cymes with 1-3 flowers, sepals 5, lanceolate, near the base of Keidanren, a long 15-18mm, both sides are densely pubescent; petals 5, red purple, spoon-shaped, up to 2.5cm, tip acute or obtuse, base of depression and hairy, with staminodes at the base of Link; development of stamens 15, each set of three 1-beam synthesis, even in the degradation of the base of stamens and staminodes alternate merger, staminodes 5, almost spoon-shaped , both sides are hair; ovary oblong, about 1.5mm, a little hair, ovary 5 rooms, there are five grooves, about 1.5mm, Style triangular-shaped tongue-shaped, measuring approximately 1 ovary / 2. Capsule membranaceous, conical down a diameter of about 3-6cm, is stellate hairs, with 5 vertical fin, the edge length hair, tip truncate. Most seeds, oblong, black, about 2mm. Flowering in spring and summer.

[Habitat distribution] environment: Born in the valley gutter or forest edge.
Resource distribution: distributed in Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[Character] biological characteristics like the warm climate, a little drought, not cold. Strict requirements on the soil, but sunny and fertile loose sandy loam planted as well.
Cultivation Propagation by seed. Spring: in late March to mid April, transplanting seedlings, and live, live according to row spacing 50cm × 50cm open the planting hole, planting 5-6 tablets per hole, thin soil cover after sowing 2cm, water moisture. 10-15 days to germinate. Transplanting: spaced 25cm by ditching drill. Seed grain from 8-10cm, sowing cover fine soil 2cm, water moisture. Height 35cm, press row spacing 40cm × 40cm colonization.
Field management and mulching height 10cm, thinning, cultivating, weeding four times per year, respectively, 5,8 topdressing fertilizer or manure on 1, topdressing compost or manure in winter times, and the earth.

[] Root bark contains the chemical composition Masri acid (maslinic acid), α-amyrin (α-amyrin), protocatechuic acid (protocatechuic acid), vanillic acid (vanillic acid) and caffeic acid (caffeic acid), etc. .

[] Slightly bitter taste; Xin; level

【Indications】 pass through the blood; swelling and pain. Main irregular menstruation; sore Boil; bruises

Dosage Oral: Jian Tang ,9-15g. Topical: the amount, trace deposited; or soaked in wine paint.

[Excerpt] "Chinese Materia Medica"

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