Helicia root

[name] D ò u Fu Zh ā Gu ǒ G ē n [source] Medicine source: Proteaceae plant Helicia nilagirica root. Latin plant animal mineral name: Helicia nilagirica Bedd. (H.errat-icaHook.f.; H.erratia Hook.f.var.J.var.sinica W.T.Wang) Harvesting and storage: the annual can harvest, fresh or dried. [original] tree morphology, high 5-12m. Bark gray. Ye Husheng; petiole length 1-3.5cm; leaf blade obovate oblong, elliptic or oblong lanceolate, 5-23cm long, 2.8-9cm wide, apex shortly acuminate or obtuse, base cuneate, slightly decurrent, margin entire, sometimes the edge or the upper half of a sparsely serrate; midrib above slightly convex, lateral veins 5-8 pairs, reticulate veins both sides were significantly. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, axillary racemes or axillary branchlets has fallen, 10-24cm long, densely rust colored pubescent, gradually glabrescent; pedicels usually geminate, base adnate; bracts lanceolate, pilose; perianth tube white or pale yellow; stamens 4, inserted on the perianth limb, anther oval; glands 4, dilute 1-2, extending into filamentous appendages below middle, spirally curved; ovary glabrous. Nuts slightly oblate spherical, diameter 2-3.5cm, apex mucronate, base suddenly narrow were short handle shape, green. Florescence 5-8 month, fruit period November to July of the following year. [distribution] Ecological environment: born in altitude 1000-2000m mountain and valley in the evergreen broad leaved forest. Distribution: distribution in Yunnan. [] astringent taste; cool [indications] Sechang Zhixie; detoxification. The main enteritis; diarrhea; food poisoning; mushroom poisoning [usage]: Decoction taken orally, 30-60g. [] excerpts from "Chinese Materia Medica" http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.hk/