Pinyin shān tuó luó
Alias golden top, mountain dark red
Source medicinal material base source: The whole plant with roots of the alien tree of the wild peony family.
Latin botanical animal mineral name: allomorphia balansae cong
Harvesting and storage: Harvested, washed, cut into sections, dried or freshly used all year round.
The original form of the alien wood allomorphiabalansaecogn.a.a.k.a.: Xiao Fengmu", Flora of China. Shrub, 1-3 m tall. The stem is quadrangular when young, densely covered with rust-colored chaff and later cylindrical, the chaff falls off, the bark is black, multi-branched, and the nodes are slightly expanded. Leaves are ovate, broadly ovate or oval, thin lanceolate, tapered to caudal tapering, basal round or broad wedge,6.5–19 cm long and 2.5–9 cm wide, nearly full margin or with minimal sparse serrations; 5 basal veins. Flower amphoteric, 4-5 numbers; narrow conical inflorescence composed of polyumbelised inflorescence, born at the tip of the branch, 7-11 cm long and 2-3 cm wide, densely covered with chaff; calyx narrow funnel-shaped, lobed narrow triangle; petals broadly ovate or ovate; stamens anthers are not expanded and spaceless; ovary ovate, with 4 small teeth at the apex. The capsule is oval or nearly round, about 4 mm long and about 3 mm in diameter; the calyx is longer than the fruit, nearly the upper part of the constriction, with 8 longitudinal ribs, and is covered with bran. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruit period is from October to December.
Habitat division ecological environment: biological altitude of 420-1500 m under the forest wet place.
Resource distribution: distributed in Hainan, Guangxi and other places.
Sexual taste slightly bitter; spicy; sexual flat
Function indications for dispelling wind and dehumidification; invigorating blood. Main rheumatic bone pain; yin stiffness; bruises and swelling; wet and rotten athlete's foot
Dosage for internal use: decoction, 6-15g. External use: appropriate amount, mashed or decoction washed.
Excerpt from "Chinese Materia Medica"
