Large Blackberry (scientific name: Rubus multibracteatus Levl. et Vant.) is a plant of the Rosaceae family, genus Rubus. It grows in shady shrub forests on slopes and valleys, as well as on forest edges and roadsides. Large Blackberry can be used to treat fractures. Let's take a look at how it is used!
Large Blackberry
Large Blackberry
Alias: Big Red Yellow Robe, Black Robe.
Source: Large Blackberry (Rubus multibracteatus Levl. et Vant.) is a plant of the Rosaceae family, genus Rubus. The root and the whole plant are used as medicine. It can be collected all year round and dried.
Medicinal Parts: The root of Large Blackberry.
Nature and Taste: Bitter, cool, enters the spleen and liver meridians.
Functions and Indications: Clears heat and dampness, stops bleeding and promotes bone healing. Used for fever, enteritis, dysentery, hemoptysis, epistaxis, rheumatic bone pain.
Dosage: 0.5-1 liang. For external use, apply an appropriate amount and crush it to apply to the affected area.
Excerpted from: "National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine"
Formulas with Large Blackberry
Large Blackberry
1. Treatment for dysentery
Fresh Large Blackberry root bark 3 liang, fresh Lonicerae Herba root 2 liang, fresh Patriniae Herba root 1 liang. Decoct and take orally, three to four times a day, two small wine cups each time.
2. Treatment for cough with bloody sputum and limb weakness
Fresh Large Blackberry 2 liang, fresh Tribulus terrestris 1 liang, Hemarthria compressa stem 5 qian. Boil with water to make a concentrated decoction, take four times a day, one teacup each time.
3. Treatment for irregular menstruation
Large Blackberry root, Arisaema consanguineum root each 1 liang, Imperata cylindrica root, Lonicera japonica vine each 5 qian. Decoct with water and add red sugar, take three times a day.
4. Treatment for fractures (without broken skin)
Large Blackberry root, wild grape root bark, Radix Adenophorae each in equal amounts. Grind them together, fry with wine until hot, first use manual methods to reset the fracture, then apply the medicine, and then apply a splint, change it once a day.
The dosage depends on the size of the affected area. (Selected from "Guizhou Herbal Medicine")
Large Blackberry
Native Morphology of Large Blackberry
Large Blackberry is a shrub, 2-3 meters tall. The stem, leaf stalks, and undersides of the leaves are densely covered with yellow hairs and scattered short curved spines.
The leaves are alternate, leathery, nearly circular, with a diameter of 4-12 centimeters. They are palmately 7-9 lobed, with indistinctly 3 lobed apex, rounded, blunt, or pointed, heart-shaped at the base, and irregularly serrated margins.
The upper surface has short soft hairs and small raised bumps, with 5 basal veins and distinct reticulate veins; leaf stalks are 3-6 centimeters long; stipules are lobed.
The inflorescence is a cone-shaped or panicle-like, densely covered with yellow hairs; bracts are elliptical, with incised-like lacerations;
the sepals are ovate, often with multiple apical lacerations, and densely covered with yellow hairs on the outside.
The aggregate fruit is spherical, with a diameter of 1-1.5 centimeters, and red in color. It grows in shrubs along the roadside.
Distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and other places.
