Blowtube

[ source ] from Shaanxi" herbal".
[ ] Pinyin name Chu Hu I T i n be
English name [ ] Twig and leaf of Taperleaf Japanese Spiraea
[ alias ] thousand meters
[ source ]
Medicine source: for the Rosaceae plant narrow leaf Spiraea plant.
Latin animal mineral name: Spiraea japonica L.f . Var.acuminata Franch.
Harvest and storage: collected all the year round, but in the summer Ji Hua leafy when the harvest is better, washed, dried.
[ ] the original form of narrow leaf Spiraea shrubs, up 2m. Branchlets slender, reddish brown, pubescent or subglabrous shedding. Leaves alternate, shortly stipitate; leaves ovate to lanceolate, long 3.5-8cm, 1.5-3.5cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin acutely serrate, beneath the pale protrusions, reticulate veins, veins pubescent. Compound corymb, was born in the year of the top branches, diameter 10-14cm, sometimes up to 18cm; the flower is small, pink; calyx tube and lobes outside were pilose; petals ovate to orbicular. Follicles glabrous. 6-7 8-9 flowering fruiting.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: born in the elevation of 950-4000m hillside field, density in forest, valley or near the river.
Resource distribution: located in Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.
[ ] the chemical composition of narrow leaf Spiraea Spiraea amine containing alkaloids ( spiramine ) A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, also containing amine N and Spiraea Spiraea two terpene alcohol ( spiraminol ).
[ ] slightly bitter taste; flat
[ ] liver spleen meridian tropism;
[ ] functions of heat-clearing and detoxifying, Huoxue Tiaojing, Tom Lee two. The mainstream are fever, irregular menstruation, constipation, abdominal distension, urination
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 10-15g.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.com/