There is a kind of herb with leaves like mimosa, but with long vines and red thorns. Minnan dialect calls it red thorn mulberry. What is the name of this herb?

This herb is the seedling of the south snake.

South snake seedling, scientific name of traditional Chinese medicine. Leguminosae yunshi? Hans' seedlings. South snakes are distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan. Fujian also has cultivation. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Commonly used for exogenous wind-heat, damp-heat, sores, swollen poison, scrofula and traumatic injury.

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(1) Treating exogenous wind-heat: Miao Erliang of Nanshe. Mash and take it with boiling water.

(2) Treatment of scrofula and carbuncle: snake seedlings, longan leaves, litchi leaves, peach leaves, Polygonum multiflorum leaves, and honey. * * * Mashed and applied to the affected area.

(3) Treatment of traumatic fracture: one or two south snake seedlings, one big bone and one small bone. * * * Mash, stir-fry with water or wine, and apply to the affected area.