Phonetic name chan ch ū n ten z ǐ

Fruit of English name Chinese Ivy

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Source of medicinal materials: fruit of Ivy in Araliaceae.

Latin plant and animal mineral name: ivy. Trionyx sinensis (tobl. )Rehd。 Eriocheir sinensis ]

Harvest and storage: harvest and dry the fruit when it is ripe in autumn.

Evergreen climbing shrub in primitive form, 3-20 cm long. The stems are grayish brown, dark brown, smooth, aerial rooted, and the young branches have scales, which usually have 10-20 radial edges. Simple leaves alternate; Petiole 2-9 cm long, with scales; Stipules absent; Leaf type 2; The leaves on the inflorescence are tri-ovoid or halberd-shaped, 5- 12 cm long and 3- 10 cm wide, whole or trifoliate; The leaves on the flower branches are elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-ovate or lanceolate, thin-ovate or ovoid, entire; The top is long or tapering, the base is wedge-shaped, wide round and heart-shaped; The upper surface of leaves is dark green and shiny, and the lower surface is light green or yellow-green, with no hair or sparse scales; There are obvious lateral veins and reticular veins on both sides. Umbellies are solitary, or 2-7 racemes or umbrella panicles, with a diameter of 1.5-2.5cm and 5-40 flowers; Calyx densely brown to scaly, ca. 2 mm, margin nearly entire; Petals 5, triangular-ovate, 3-3.5 mm long, yellow-white or green-white, with scales outside; Stamens 5, filaments 2-3 mm long, anthers purple; The ovary is inferior, 5-loculed, and the styles are all columnar; Disk protruding, yellow. The fruit is spherical, 7- 13mm in diameter, red or yellow, and the persistent style is 1- 1.5mm long. The flowering period is September-165438+1October, and the fruiting period is March-May of the following year.

Habitat distribution

Ecological environment: epiphytic on the trunk of broad-leaved forest or on the wet rock wall of valley, often cultivating gardens.

Distribution of resources: distributed in the southwest and Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Jiaohua, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Tibet and other places.

Sweet in nature; Bitter; Sexual temperature

Its function is mainly to tonify liver and kidney; Strengthen the waist and knees, promote qi circulation and relieve pain. The subject is weak; Weakness of waist and knees, blood arthralgia; Cold pain in upper abdomen

Oral administration and dosage: decocted, 3-9g; Or soak in wine.

Various factions discuss "Herbal Supplement": the main wind and blood are old, the abdomen is cold and the blood is closed, the waist and feet are strong and white.

Excerpts from Chinese Materia Medica