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Berchemia floribunda (Wall.) Brongn.
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English Name |
Manyflower Supplejack, Girald’s Supplejack, Manyflower Hooktea, Multiflowered Supplejack, Racemose Supplejack |
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Latin name |
Berchemia floribunda (Wall.) Brongn. |
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Family & Genus |
Rhamnaceae, Berchemia |
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Description |
Liana or erect shrubs, up to 1.5m. Bark yellow-green, with black lumpy spots. Leaves alternate, papyraceous, upper leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or ovate-elliptic, 4-9cm long, apex acute, lower leaves ovate, 11cm long, apex obtuse or round, less short and acuminate, base round, rare cordate, glabrous above, below chestnut after drying, glabrous or sparsely pubescent along base of vein, lateral veins 9-12 pairs, margin entire; petioles 1-2(-5.2)cm long, stipules narrow, lanceolate, persistent. Flowers bisexual, pink-green, usually a number of flowers clustered into acrogenous wide thyrse or axillary, inflorescence up to 1.5cm, inflorescence rachis glabrous or sparsely micro-hair; peduncle 1-2mm long; calyx triangular; petals 5, obovoid, stamens 5, length nearly the same as petal; ovary hiding in flower disc, style 2 parted. Drupes cylindrical-elliptic, 0.7-1cm long, persistent flower disc discoidal, from green to purple-black; fruit stalk 2-3mm long, glabrous. Flowering: July to October, fruiting: April to July of the following year. |
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Distribution |
Growing in mountain slopes, ravine, forest edges, in forests, or thickets. Distributed in Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Tibet. The medicinal materials are mainly produced in Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei and etc. |
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Part Used |
Medical part: stem, leaves or roots. Chinese name: Huangshanteng. |
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Harvest & Processing |
Collected cauline leaves in summer and autumn, used fresh or cut into segments and sun-dried. Collected root in autumn, used fresh or cut into section and sun-dried. |
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Properties & Actions |
Taste sweet, little harsh, little warm in nature.Removing wind, clearing damp, activating blood and arresting pain. |
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Indications & Usage |
Used for rheumatic arthralgia, gastralgia, algomenorrhea, postpartum abdominalgia, injuries from falls, tuberculosis of bones and joints, osteomyelitis, retarded growth due to malnutrition, hepatitis, cirrhosis.Internal: decocting, 15-30g, megadose 60-120g. External: appropriate amount, fresh used, triturated for application. |
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Examples |
1. Rheumatic arthralgia: supplejack root 60g, cortex acanthopanacis root and gambir-plant root 30g each, pig foot 1. Decoct in water and swallow.
2. Postpartum abdominalgia: duohua supplejack 30g, yellow wine 250 ml. After stewed, remove residues and add browns sugar, orally take 30g.
3. Cardiodynia and gastralgia, jaundice with damp-heat pathogen, infantile sbdominal mass: manyflower supplejack root 30g. Decoct and swallow. |
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