Bittersweet root

[ source ] from the" Fujian folk medicine".
[ ] B I Pinyin name 's M 's o T n G n to be e
English name [ ] Root of Bittersweet
[ alias ] exhaust vine roots
[ source ]
Medicine source: for solanaceous plants white English roots.
Latin animal mineral name: Solanum lyratum Thunb.
Harvest and storage: summer, fall the excavation, clean, fresh or dried.
[ ] the original morphology of trailing perennial herb, high up to 5m. Woody at base, upper herbaceous, stem, leaf and petiole densely jointed the villous. Leaves alternate; petiole length 1-3cm; leaf blade hastate or organ shape, length 3-8cm, width 1.5-4cm, apex acuminate, base cordate, upper entire or undulate, lower often have 1-2 pair of ears or hastate lobes, rarely entire, midrib is apparent. Cymes terminal or lateral axillary; calyx 5 lobed, night latch; corolla blue, purple or white, 5 deeply lobed, lobes from base downward folding; stamens 5, filaments very short, anthers dehiscent by apical pores; pistil 1, style slightness, stigma small, capitate, ovary ovoid, 2 room. Berry is globose, diameter of about 1cm, red when ripe. Seeds nearly discoid, flat. Flowering of 7-9 months, fr. 10-11.
[ ] bitter taste; Xin Ping;
[ function ] detoxification; swelling and pain. The main wind arthritis toothache; headache; Luo Li; anal fistula
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 15-30g.
[ ] the discussion
1" herbal" cure scrofulous: classification, disintegrating belt, toothache.
2" Chongqing herbal medicine": headache, runny nose.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.com/