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[English Name] Asian Tetacera Root or Leaf
[Chinese Name] 锡叶藤  
[Pinying Name] Xiyeteng  
[Latin Name] Radix seu Folium Tetracerae Asiaticae  
[Genera] Dilleniaceae
[Efficacy] Antipyretic drug
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Plant picture
 
Drug picture
 
[Alias]  
[Source] The root, stem and leaf of Tetracera asiatica (Lour.)Hoogl. (family: Dilleniaceae).  
[Plant morphology] A perennial evergreen woody climber. It is branchy; branches are coarse, the young ones are haired, the old ones are hairless. Leaves are simple and grow alternately; the petiole is much strigose (namely with much stiff, closely appressed hair); the blade is leathery, extremely rough, long-rounded, elliptical or long-rounded obovate, 4-14cm long, 2-5cm broad, its apex is blunt or somewhat pointed, its base is broadly cuniform or nearly rounded and generally inequilateral  
[Distribution]  
[Gathering and processing]  
[Characteristics]  
[Ecology] Growth in low altitude mountain, woodland and bush.  
[Chemical composition] The aerial part contains izalpinin, izalpinin-3-methyl ether, kaempferol-4',7-dimethyl ether, wogonin, wogonin7-O-β-D-glucuronate methyl ester, wogonin 7-O-β-D-glucuonide, dihydrowogonin, betulinic acid,β-sitosterol, daucosterol, stearic acid [1].  
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[Medical and other Uses]  
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[Traditional usage]

1. Red or white dysentery (or heat-dampness dysentery)

2. Diarrhea

3. Hysteroptosis

 
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[References]

Chemical composition:
[1] ZH Na, CY Li, HL Zheng, etc. The chemical constituents from Tetracera Asiaticae. Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 2001,23(1):400