The efficacy and function of parasitic plants in southern Yunnan

The traditional Chinese medicine Dian Nan parasitic plant is often used by people in real life because of its effects and efficacy. So, what are the effects and functions of Yunnan parasitism? Let us study it together.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leafy stems and branches on which the fruit of the rusty pear of the plant Mossaceae family is parasitic.

[Original form] Shrub, about 1 meter high. Young branches and leaves densely covered with rusty long and short superimposed stellate hairs, which later become powdery and fall off; branchlets gray, glabrous, and lenticel-filled. Leaves are opposite, thin leathery; petiole 2-5mm long; leaf blade broadly elliptic or ovate, 5-10cm long, 2-5cm wide, obtuse or nearly rounded at the apex, rounded or shallowly cordate at the base, glabrous above, sparsely covered with short, overlapping stellate hairs or nearly glabrous below; lateral veins 5-8 pairs, slightly obvious on both sides. Inflorescence racemes, 1-2 axillary, inflorescences and flowers densely covered with rusty long superimposed stellate hairs, peduncle and inflorescence axis 3-10mm long, with 4-6 flowers; flowers brown, usually 3-4 densely packed in a whorl shape; bracts triangular; receptacle ovoid; epicalyx annular; corolla tubular in bud, 0.8-1.5cm long, slightly curved, swollen in the lower half, elliptical at the top, 4-lobed at the top when flowering, lobes lanceolate, about 4.5mm long, reflexed; style linear, stigma capitate. The berry is pear-shaped, 8-10mm long, 3-4mm in diameter, and covered with overlapping stellate hairs. The flowering period is from October to February of the following year.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in mountain evergreen broad-leaved forests at an altitude of 900-1800m, parasitic on plants such as emblica, prunus, and citrus.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; sweet; neutral

【Functions and indications】Relieve rheumatism; nourish the liver and kidneys; strengthen the tendons and bones; and stabilize the fetus. Mainly used for waist and knee pain; hemiplegia caused by stroke; numbness of hands and feet; restless fetus; fetal leakage

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g; or soak in wine.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above are the effects and functions of the Yunnan parasite. We can also eat the Yunnan parasite reasonably according to our own situation to alleviate the pain caused by the disease.