CLEMATIDIS RADIX ET RHIZOMA

This product is ranunculaceae plants Clematis RECTA, Clematis flammula. Or Clematis Terniflora Var. MANDSHURICA. Dried Roots And Rhizomes. It has the functions of dispelling wind and dampness, dredging collaterals and relieving pain. For Rheumatism Arthralgia, limb numbness, muscle contracture, flexion and extension disadvantage, bone choking throat and other diseases.

ATTRIBUTE: Fujimoto. Fresh stems are smooth and glabrous, with distinct longitudinal fibrous stripes. Leaves and stems turn black when dry. Pinnate compound leaves opposite, pink-green, smooth; leaflets 3-5, narrowly ovate to triangular-ovate, 3-7 cm long, 1.5-3.6 cm wide, apex obtuse or acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, entire, hairy along veins above; Petiole 4.5-6.5 cm long. Panicles axillary or terminal; tepals A, White, outer margin densely white pubescent. Achenes narrowly ovoid and compressed, sparsely pilose. FLOWERING PERIOD 6 ~ 8 months, fruiting period 9 ~ 10 months. Born on a hillside, valley, or thicket. Mainly produced in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, widely distributed in Guangdong and Guangxi regions.

SHAPE IDENTIFICATION: Clematis RECTA's rhizome is transverse long and cylindrical, 1.5-10 cm long and 0.3-1.5 cm in diameter, with many fine roots on both sides and below The quality is firm, the cross-section is fibrous. Root long cylindrical, slightly twisted, 7-20 cm long, diameter 0.1-0.3 cm; surface brown or dark brown, with fine longitudinal lines, sometimes peeling off the skin exposed yellowish wood; hard brittle, easy to break, cross-section skin wider, and often have cracks between the wood. Slight Qi, slightly bitter taste. The Rhizomes of Clematis flammula are short columnar, 1-4 cm long and 0.5-1 cm in diameter. Roots less, 4-20 cm long, diameter 0.1-0.2 cm; surface Brown to Brown Black; cross-section heart round small, accounting for less than 1/2 of root diameter. Savoury. The rhizomes of Clematis polygonatum are columnar, 1-11 cm long and 0.5-2.5 cm in diameter. Roots numerous, slender and densely horsetail-shaped; surface brownish black or Brownish Brown, with numerous distinct fine wrinkles; skin white across, heart suborbicular, smaller. Pungent in taste. The roots and rhizomes of Clematis Meyeniana are similar to those of Cheng Lingxian, which is difficult to distinguish. Tasteless. The surface of the Clematis UNCINATA root is light Brown with prominent longitudinal wrinkles; Cuticle of the Cross section. Dimness. Uniform Strip, hard and Gray-white Cross-section is preferred.

Efficacy indications: Expelling Wind and dampness, dredging collaterals and relieving pain, eliminating Phlegm and water, dispelling excessive accumulation. Main treatment gout obstinate arthralgia, rheumatism arthralgia, limb numbness, waist and knee cold pain, muscle clonus, flexion and extension disadvantage, foot gas, malaria, disease accumulation, tetanus, tonsillitis, bones and pharynx.