The Chinese herb "Goose Velvet Vine" is distributed in Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Henan, and East China. The editor will introduce the formula for treating postpartum lack of milk in mother livestock with Goose Velvet Vine, as well as the pictures of Goose Velvet Vine!
Goose Velvet Vine is mainly used to promote blood circulation and detoxification. It is commonly used to treat common warts. The formula for treating postpartum lack of milk in mother livestock with Goose Velvet Vine is as follows:
Take an appropriate amount of Sheep Ligustrum Vine, Rabbit Vine, Wang Buliuxing, Danggui, and Licorice. Decoction and extract the juice, then mix it with feed for administration (Yang Zhongqi's Experience Collection of Chinese Veterinary Medicine in Gansu).
The main root of Goose Velvet Vine is cylindrical, about 20cm long and about 5mm in diameter, and turns grayish-yellow when dried. The leaves are opposite, thin and papery; leaf stalks are 2.5-5cm long; leaf blades are broadly triangular-heart-shaped, 4-9cm long and 4-7cm wide, with a sharp tip and a heart-shaped base. The upper leaf surface is dark green, while the lower leaf surface is pale, and both sides are covered with short soft hairs, with dense veins.
The umbel inflorescence of Goose Velvet Vine is axillary, dichotomous, with about 20 flowers; the calyx is covered with soft hairs; the corolla consists of 5 white lobes, which are long and lanceolate; the corona is 2-formed, cup-shaped, and divided into 10 thread-like bodies at the upper end, forming 2 rounds; the outer round is about the same length as the corolla lobes, while the inner round is slightly shorter; each locule of the pollen sac contains 1 pollen grain, and the style head of the pendulous stigma is divided into 2 lobes at the tip.
The fruit of Goose Velvet Vine is paired or only one develops, slender and cylindrical, gradually tapering towards the tip, up to 11cm long and about 5mm in diameter. The seeds are oblong with white silky hairs at the tip. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruiting period is from August to October.
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