Sinomenine is the stem of sinomenine or sinomenine. Cut rattan stems from June to July, remove fine stems and leaves, and dry in the sun; Or wet with water, cut into sections, and dried. You can also pick old vines in autumn and winter, cut them into sections and dry them in the sun.

After sinomenine is dried, it is long and cylindrical, slightly curved, and the thin stems are bent into bundles, with a length of 20 to 70 cm or longer and a diameter of 0.5 to 2 cm. The surface is green-brown to brown, with thin longitudinal stripes and lenticels. Nodes are slightly enlarged and marked with branches. Light, hard and brittle, easily broken, uneven section, grayish yellow or grayish brown, thin skin, and radial arrangement of wood rays; The pith is small, yellowish white or yellowish brown, slightly gassy and bitter. It is best to have even stripes.

Sinomenine supplementary information:

Processing: take the original medicinal materials, remove impurities, micro-bubble, fully wet, cut into thick slices, and dry in the sun. After processing, it is stored in a dry container and placed in a ventilated and dry place.

Sinomenine is suitable for people:

Use with caution for those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.

Dietotherapy effect of sinomenine;

Sinomenine is bitter, pungent, flat and toxic, belonging to the liver and spleen meridians;

Has the effects of expelling wind, removing dampness, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling;

Indications: rheumatism, joint pain, chronic wind, knee wind, stomachache, edema, beriberi, carbuncle, swelling and itching.

Sinomenine practical guide:

For those who are weak due to wind disease, Fangshan should be used with Danggui and Lycium barbarum.

1. Treatment of rheumatic joint pain: Sinomenine 150g, Stephania tetrandra 50g, a bottle of wine, boiled and drunk; Caulis Sinomenii and Caulis Sargentodoxae each 15g, decocted in water, with appropriate amount of wine.

2. Cure the wind: pick the green vine in February and March, no matter how much, put it in a pot, simmer for seven days and nights, make it into a paste, and put it in a porcelain bottle. When using, prepare three or five combs to measure the actual situation of people. After taking a teaspoon of wine, pat the patient's palm, and then the whole body will itch, so it is urgent to comb. To relieve itching, drinking cold water will relieve it. Take shelter from the wind for a few days.

3. Treat joint pain. The roots or stems and leaves of Aristolochia angustifolia are appropriate, and the decoction often washes the sore spot.