Short Tuo Tuo

[Pinyin] ǎi Tuó Tuó

[Alias​​] small to berberine, a small independent roots, Simao to berberine, the Millennium dwarf.

[Source] source based medicine: the Meliaceae plant whole plant Coptis Yunnan.
Latin name of plant and animal fossil: Munronia delavayi Franch.
Harvesting and storage: throughout the year can be taken, washed, cut into sections, fresh or dried.

[Original form] Yunnan berberine short half-shrub, high 2.5-15cm. Stems pubescent. Odd pinnate, alternate; leaflets 5-9 (-11), nearly sessile, paper, obovate to almost round, apex obtuse or shortly acuminate, base cuneate to broad cuneate, margin dentate or near the central plume above the deep like split, each side usually has 1-5 pieces of coarse teeth, lower margin entire, both sides were close to sparse pubescence, in particular on the pulse density; top leaflets larger, long 2-3.5cm, width 1.3-1.8cm, handle length 2-3mm; lateral leaflets length 0.5-2cm, width 0.8-1.3cm. Racemes axillary, up to 1.5cm, with flowers 1-5 flowers, pubescent; pedicels short; small bracts; Calyx 5 cleft Scientology Ministry, lobes linear-lanceolate, about 2mm, pubescent; Corolla white, long 3-4cm, glabrous, corolla tube length of about 2.2cm, lobes oblong, length 10-12mm; stamen tube about 3cm, and the corolla tube connate, apex tooth crack; ovary hair, style linear , glabrous, stigma head-like. Capsule flat spherical diameter of about 6mm, stems bend down. Flowering from June to July.

[Habitat distribution] environment: Born in 1100-1750m above sea level of the Jinsha River valley on the rapids Shiyan.
Resource distribution: distributed in Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[Taste] Gan; bitter; cool

【Indications】 Huoxuezhitong; detoxification. Stasis main bone pain; rheumatoid arthritis; pharyngitis; carbuncle swollen boils

Dosage Oral: Jian Tang,9-15g. Topical: the amount, trace deposited or transferred into powder deposited.

[Excerpt] "Chinese Materia Medica"

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