Chinese medicine Wuxiangteng is the whole plant of the Magnoliaceae plant family, which is closely related to the Schisandra chinensis. It grows in sunny crevices or slopes. Wuxiangteng can treat influenza, snake bites, rabies, and rheumatism. Do you recognize the picture of Wuxiangteng?
Picture of Wuxiangteng
【Morphology of Wuxiangteng】
Evergreen climbing shrub. The main root is thick and cylindrical. The leaves are alternate, leathery, ovate-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, 5-15 centimeters long, gradually pointed at the tip, bluntly rounded at the base, nearly entire or finely serrated.
The flowers are unisexual, axillary, 1-2 in number, with narrow triangular bracts, approximately 1 millimeter in length and width; the outermost 3-5 petals are small, triangular to nearly kidney-shaped, with marginal hairs, and the inner 5 petals are purple-red, elliptic to ovate.
The fruit is a bright red berry when mature. The flowering period is in summer.
【Compound of Wuxiangteng】
①Treatment for snake bites, rabies, and sores: Take an appropriate amount of Wuxiangteng leaves, mash them, and apply externally.
②Treatment for rheumatism numbness, bruises, stomach pain, irregular menstruation, and vasculitis: Take four to six qian of Wuxiangteng roots and stems. Decoct and take orally, or soak in alcohol with other ingredients.
③Treatment for external bleeding injuries: Powder the Wuxiangteng root bark or leaves and apply to the wound. (Selected formula from "Yunnan Herbal Medicine Selection")
