Hyacinth bean

[ source ] from the" Anhui medicine"
[ ] Bi n D Pinyin name income which u Y
English name [ ] Seed-coat of Hyacinth Dolichos
[ alias ] physostigmine pi
[ source ]
Medicine source: for legume lentil seed coat.
Latin animal mineral name: Dolichos lablab L.
Harvest and storage: autumn harvest seeds, stripping testa, dried.
[ ] the original morphology of lentil twining annual herbaceous vines, up to 6m. Stems often pale purple or light green, glabrous or sparsely pilose. Three leaves; petiole length 4-14cm; stipules lanceolate or triangular-ovate, white pilose; terminal petiolule length 1.5-3.5cm, two petiolules short, long 2-3mm, were white pilose; terminal leaflet broadly triangular-ovate, long 5-10cm, about wide and long equal, apex is pointed, base ministry wide wedge or truncate, all fronts, both surfaces pubescent along veins, base is more, 3 main veins, lateral pinnate; lateral leaflets obliquely ovate, unequal sides. Racemes axillary, long 15-25cm, erect, inflorescence axis relatively stout; 2-4 flowers clustered in inflorescences axis or spend the festival, bracteoles ligulate, 2, caducous; calyx broadly campanulate, apex 5 tooth, 2 upper teeth almost completely connate, 3 remaining teeth near equal, margin densely white pilose; corolla butterfly shaped, white or pale purple, ca. 2cm, upper petal wide oval, apex slightly recessed inwards, the petals obliquely elliptic, near base at one side with enation, keel boat-shaped, bent a few at right angles; stamens 10, 1 single, the 9 other filaments part connected tubular, will pistil package; ovary linear, with silky hairs, base the Ministry has glands, style near apex white barbate, stigmas capitate. Pod sickle or inverted Luanzhuang long oval, flat, long 5-8cm, 1-3cm wide, apex broadly, top with a downwardly curved beak, edge roughness. Seed 2-5, flat oval, white, brown or nearly black, long 8-13mm, width 6-9mm, thickness of 4-7mm, hilum and ridge long uplift, side edges protruding white crescents caruncle. Florescence in September 6-8 month, fr..
[ ] throughout the country have cultivated habitats distribution. Mainly distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.
[ character ] this product is capsule shell, depression or rolled into irregular scoop flake, ca. 1cm, thickness of less than 1mm, the surface is smooth, creamy white or yellowish white, some visible caruncle, the integrity of the caruncle crescents, white. High hardness and toughness, light body. Gas, light. The capsule shell complete, yellow and white color, with a benevolent.
[ ] bitter taste; temperature
[ ] to the spleen; large intestine meridian
[ ] summer dampness indications, the spleen and stomach. The main summer wet intrinsic, vomiting diarrhea, chest tightness, anorexia, beriberi edema, women's belt
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 3-9g.
[ ] the discussion
1" Chinese materia medica and read:" of muscle water.
2" Anhui medicine": spleen dampness, only xieli. Treatment of food poisoning, vomiting and diarrhea, hangover of alcoholism.
3" Jiangsu plant medicine annals": cure athlete's foot swelling.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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