老白花树皮，中药名。为豆科植物羊蹄甲BauhiniavariegataL.的树皮。分布于福建、广东、广西、云南。具有收涩健胃之功效。常用于消化不良，急性胃肠炎。
Lao-bai-hua-shu-pi, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. s the bark of the Bauhinia variegata L., a leguminous plant. It is distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan. It has the functions of astringing and invigorating the stomach. It is often used for indigestion and acute gastroenteritis.

功效作用 功能
The efficacy and functions.

收涩健胃。主治
Strengthen the stomach and relieve astringency.主治

消化不良，急性胃肠炎。用法用量
Indigestion, acute gastroenteritis. Dosage and administration.

内服：15-30g，煎汤。药理作用
Internal administration: 15-30g, decocted in water. Pharmacological effects.

树皮及根有驱虫作用，并可用于肠粘膜炎症。新鲜树汁可作祛痰剂。相关论述
The bark and roots have insect repellent properties and can be used for intestinal mucosal inflammation. Fresh tree sap can be used as an expectorant. Relevant discussions.

《云南思茅中草药选》：“收敛健胃，消炎解毒。治消化不良，急性胃肠炎。”加工炮制 采收加工
"Yunnan Simao Herbal Selection": "Astringent and tonifying the stomach, anti-inflammatory and detoxifying. Used to treat indigestion and acute gastroenteritis." Processing and preparation: harvesting and processing.

全年可采。植物学信息 植物种属
可采全年。植物学信息：植物种属。

豆科植物羊蹄甲。形态特征
The legume plant is called "羊蹄甲" in Chinese. What are its morphological characteristics?

落叶乔木；树皮暗褐色，近光滑；幼嫩部分常被灰色短柔毛；枝广展，硬而稍呈之字曲折，无毛。叶近革质，广卵形至近圆形，宽度常超过于长度，长5-9厘米，宽7-11厘米，基部浅至深心形，有时近截形，先端2裂达叶长的1/3，裂片阔，钝头或圆，两面无毛或下面略被灰色短柔毛；基出脉(9-)13条；叶柄长2.5-3.5厘米，被毛或近无毛。总状花序侧生或顶生，极短缩，多少呈伞房花序式，少花，被灰色短柔毛；总花梗短而粗；苞片和小苞片卵形，极早落；花大，近无梗；花蕾纺锤形；萼佛焰苞状，被短柔毛，一侧开裂为一广卵形、长2-3厘米的裂片；花托长12毫米；花瓣倒卵形或倒披针形，长4-5厘米，具瓣柄，紫红色或淡红色，杂以黄绿色及暗紫色的斑纹，近轴一片较阔；能育雄蕊5，花丝纤细，无毛，长约4厘米；退化雄蕊1-5，丝状，较短；子房具柄，被柔毛，尤以缝线上被毛较密，柱头小。荚果带状，扁平，长15-25厘米，宽1.5-2厘米，具长柄及喙；种子10-15颗，近圆形，扁平，直径约1厘米。花期全年，3月最盛。分布区域
Deciduous trees; the bark is dark brown, nearly smooth; the tender parts are often covered with gray short soft hairs; the branches are wide-spreading, hard and slightly zigzag, without hairs. The leaves are leathery, broadly ovate to nearly circular, often wider than long, 5-9 cm long, 7-11 cm wide, shallow to deep cordate at the base, sometimes nearly truncate, with 2 lobes at the apex reaching 1/3 of the leaf length, the lobes broad, obtuse or rounded, with no hairs on both sides or slightly covered with gray short soft hairs on the lower side; 9-13 primary veins; petiole 2.5-3.5 cm long, hairy or nearly hairless. The inflorescence is lateral or terminal, very short, somewhat umbel-like, with few flowers, covered with gray short soft hairs; the pedicels are short and thick; bracts and bracteoles are ovate, shed very early; the flowers are large, nearly sessile; flower buds spindle-shaped; the calyx is hood-shaped, covered with short soft hairs, one side splits into a broadly ovate, 2-3 cm long lobe; receptacle 12 mm long; petals are inverted ovate or inverted lanceolate, 4-5 cm long, with a claw, purple-red or pale red, mixed with yellow-green and dark purple markings, one side wider near the axis; fertile stamens 5, filaments slender, hairless, about 4 cm long; sterile stamens 1-5, thread-like, shorter; ovary stalked, hairy, especially densely hairy on the sutures, with a small stigma. The pod is strap-shaped, flat, 15-25 cm long, 1.5-2 cm wide, with a long stalk and beak; 10-15 seeds, nearly circular, flat, about 1 cm in diameter. Flowering occurs throughout the year, with peak in March. Distribution area

分布于福建、广东、广西、云南。生长环境
Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan. Growing environment.

分布于福建、广东、广西、云南。
Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan.