Lentils.

[ source ] from the" compendium of Materia Medica"
[ ] Bi n D Pinyin name be u T e n be impossible
English name [ ] stem of Hyacinth Dolichos
[ source ]
Medicine source: for legume lentil of stem.
Latin animal mineral name: Dolichos lablab L.
Harvest and storage: harvest in autumn, and dried in the sun.
[ ] 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 ] elongated cylindrical stem, diameter 2-8mm, often wrapped into a group, yellowish green or purplish brown, matter more brittle. Three leaves, long petiolate, base slightly expanded; leaves triangular-ovate, apex acuminate, base cuneate top leaflets, lateral lobes basally not equal, entire, dark green. Brittle fragile. Gas light.
[ ] taste Gan Ping; Wei Wen;
[ ] to the heart; the large intestine meridian
[ ] in wet and functions. The main summer heat wetness vomiting more than
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 9-15g.
[ ] the discussion
1" South Yunnan Materia Medica": rule of wind phlegm fan orifices, demented gibberish, with cinnabar is under the end of ginger.
2" schema": governance cholera, with reed Tuo, ginseng, warehouse meters equal decoction.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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