Desmodium multiflorum, bakhre ghans, Qing Jiu Gang, e ma huang

Desmodium multiflorum DC
Family: Leguminosae

Synonyms: Desmodium angulatum DC., Desmodium dubium Lindl., Desmodium floribundum (D.Don) Sweet, Desmodium floribundum (D.Don) G.Don, Desmodium mairei Pamp., Desmodium nepalense H.Ohashi, Desmodium sambuense (D.Don) DC., Dollinera sambuensis (D.Don) Walp., Hedysarum floribundum D.Don, Hedysarum sambuense D.Don, Meibomia floribunda (D.Don) Kuntze, Ototropis sambuensis (D.Don) Nees

Chinese name: 多花山蚂蝗 , 黄豆, 红掌草, 饿蚂蝗, e ma huang
Nepal: bakhre ghans
Taiwanase: Qing Jiu Gang

Description: Erect shrub, branches grey silky. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 2.5-6.5 cm long, leaflets 7.5-10 cm long, c. 5 cm broad, ovate or obovate, rounded at both ends, mucronate, glabrescent above, densely appressed hairy below; stipules c. 7.5 mm long. Inflorescence axillary and terminal panicle, flowers solitary or in pairs. Bracts 6-7 mm long. Pedicel 5- 6 mm long. Calyx c. 4 mm long, pubescent, teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 7.5-10.0 mm long, lilac. Fruit 1.8-2.5 cm long, upper suture slightly or more indented, the lower deeply indented, articles 2.5-4.0 mm long, appressed pubescent.

Flowers and branches used for reducing fever by inducing sweat. Root powder with yogurt given for acidity.

5 Published articles of Desmodium multiflorum

1. Complex pig feed useful for improving immunity and promoting growth, prepared by mixing e.g. Damnacanthus indicus, phoenix tree seed, Akebia fruit, Desmodium multiflorum root and Dasiphora davurica leaf, and crushing into fine powder
Patent Number: CN103907791-A
Patent Assignee: ZHOU Y
Inventor(s): ZHOU Y.

2. 饿蚂蝗的生药学鉴别
Pharmacognostic identification of Desmodium multiflorum
By: 吴怀恩; 王进声; 陆海琳; et al.
By: Wu Huaien; Wang Jinsheng; Lu Hailin; et al.
华西药学杂志  Volume: 27   Issue: 4   Pages: 413-414   Article Number: 1006-0103(2012)27:4<413:emhdsy>2.0.TX;2-E   Published: 2012
West China Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences  Volume: 27   Issue: 4   Pages: 413-414   Article Number: 1006-0103(2012)27:4<413:emhdsy>2.0.TX;2-E   Published: 2012

3. Extract of Desmodium multiflorum used for preparing medicine for preventing e.g. fatty liver, obtained by extracting Desmodium multiflorum root or stalk with alcohol, adding water to extract and extracting mixture with ethyl acetate
Patent Number: CN101912435-A; CN101912435-B
Patent Assignee: UNIV GUIZHOU
Inventor(s): KANG W; ZHANG Q.

4. Medicine, useful for treating hepatitis B, comprises e.g. Oldenlandia diffusa, oriental wormwood, Desmodium, Codonopsis pilosula, dandelion, prepared Polygonum multiflorum, red-rooted Salvia root, radix Paeonia alba and sandalwood
Patent Number: CN102078521-A
Patent Assignee: LONG Y
Inventor(s): LONG Y.

5. 饿蚂蝗对四氯化碳致急性肝损伤小鼠保护作用研究
By: 张前军; 于海林; 李传宽; et al.
中成药  Volume: 33   Issue: 11   Pages: 1993-1995   Article Number: 1001-1528(2011)33:11<1993:emhdsl>2.0.TX;2-K   Published: 2011
Chinese Traditional Patent Medicine  Volume: 33   Issue: 11   Pages: 1993-1995   Article Number: 1001-1528(2011)33:11<1993:emhdsl>2.0.TX;2-K   Published: 2011