Thorn of Celastrus

[ source ]" A Handbook of common Chinese herbal medicines"
[ ] Pinyin name C N 's n Sh e T e n be
[ alias ] ivy (" Handbook of common Chinese herbal medicines" )
[ source ] into Celastraceae plant thorn root, fruit or stems of celastrus. Spring, autumn cut stems, dried.
[ ] the original morphology lianoid shrubs, up to 8 meters. Young branchlets often with rooting. The outer 1 pairs of bud scales night latch, and sharp hooked spines, often climb up the hook in the tree. Leaves alternate, widely ovate, slightly membranous, 3 to 5.5 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide, margin hirsute with fine teeth. Cymes axillary, 1 ~ 3 flowers, or more clusters; pedicels short, usually below 5 mm; flowers unisexual pale yellow, 5 count, calyx bell, 5 crack; petaline spoon oblong; stamen filaments are inserted at edge of disk, ovary reduced; female flower pistils 3 short, ovary room, style column, post 3 crack, crack tip 2 deeply lobed, reflexed. Capsule globose, yellowish green, 3 valves, seed 3 ~ 6, dark red. Florescence in June. Fruit period in October.
[ ] habitat distribution in forest, riverside, Shi Po. The distribution of Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Shandong, Zhejiang and other places.
[ ] the chemical composition of fruit and seeds contain flavin and maize flavin celastrus.
[ taste ]" A Handbook of common Chinese herbal medicines": Gan, ping.
[ ] Heilongjiang commonly used functions" Herbal Handbook: rheumatism, strong bones and muscles. Treatment of rheumatism, arthritis, traumatic injury, swelling, innominate toxic swelling.
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 0.5 ~ 1 of two; or leach liquor.
[ ] * dictionary" excerpt"

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