North Fish Huangcao

[Source] only contained in the "Flora of China."

[Pinyin] Běi Yú Huánɡ Cǎo

[English name] seed of Siberian Merremia

[Alias​​] Diamond Spirit, a small gourd flower

[Source]
Medicine-based source: dicotyledon herbal plants north Convolvulaceae fish Huangcao the whole plant.
Latin name of plant and animal fossil: Merremia sibirica (L.) Hall. F. - Ipomoea sibirica (L.) Bess
Harvesting and storage: summer harvest, wash, fresh or dried.

[Original form] wound herb. Whole plant nearly glabrous. Stems cylindrical, with thin edges. Leaves alternate; petiole length 2-7cm, base of the leaf with a small ear-like pretensions; heart-shaped leaves ovate, long 3-13cm, width 1.7-7.5cm, apex long acuminate or caudate acuminate, base heart-shaped, entire or slightly wavy; lateral veins 7-9 pairs, slender, nearly parallel to the injection, close to the edge of the arc curve currency. Cymes axillary, flowers 3-7 flowers, peduncle edge or narrow wings with obvious; bracts small, linear; sepals oval, nearly equal, a diamond-like short-pointed tip; corolla pink, bell-shaped, length 1.2-1.9cm, with triangular lobes crown canopy; stamens 5, anthers do not distort; ovary 2 rooms. Capsule subglobose, 4 split. Seeds 4 or less, oval-shaped three prism, black. Fruit period in summer and autumn.

[Habitat distribution]
Environment: Born in 600-2800m above sea level of the street, Tanabe, mountain slopes of grass or shrubs.
Resource Distribution: in Jilin, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

Chemical Composition】 【seeds containing polysaccharides from the 97% glucose and mannose (1: 1), 3% galactose; seed oil contains two acid 3.5%, 9.3% three acid.

[Taste] hard; cold

】 【Go through the spleen; kidney

【Indications】 blood detoxification. Main workers injured pain; boils

Dosage Oral: 3-10g. Topical: the amount, pound deposited.

[Discussion of] each, "Xinhua herbal outline" seed (bells sub): There is swelling by water, spilled down the plot function. For constipation, bloating food product. The whole plant: for injured workers, pain, leg swelling and boils.

[Excerpt] "Chinese Materia Medica"
http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.com/