Chinese medicine name kozo chushizi
Alias kozo, kozo, kozo, kozo, horn tree, wild poplar plum, structure bubble.
English name BroussonetiaeFructus.
SourceThe ripe fruit of Broussonetiapapyrifera(L.)Vent.
Plant Form Deciduous tree with gray, smooth bark. Stem leaves contain latex; shoots pilose. Leaves alternate, petiole densely tomentose; stipules membranous, caducous. Leaf blade broadly ovate, apex acuminate, base rounded or cordate, sometimes asymmetric; margin coarsely toothed, palmately 3- or 5-lobed when young, divisions varying in depth, or undivided. Above dark green, roughly ambiguous, below gray-green, densely pilose, flowers unisexual, dioecious, male flowers in catkins, axillary and pendulous; perianth 4, stamens 4, with rudimentary pistil in center. Female inflorescence into a spherical head, densely overlapping by bracts and perianth, bracts clavate, hairy, apex conical, perianth tubular, 3-4-toothed, ovary stalked surrounded by perianth tubes, styles lateral, slender. Polygamous fruit fleshy, globose, orange or red. Drupelets containing 1 seed. Orange-red, with a fleshy ovary stalk emerging y at maturity. Flowering in May, fruiting in August to October.
Origin and distribution Born in mountains or plains. Distributed in Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other places.
Harvesting and processing in the fall when the fruit is ripe, wash, dry, remove gray-white membranous persistent calyx and impurities.
Traits of herbs spherical or ovoid, slightly compressed, about 1.5 mm in diameter, the surface brownish-red, reticulate wrinkles or granular protuberances, a concave groove on one side, a ribbed side, and some with fruiting peduncles. Hard and brittle, easy to crush. Endosperm white, rich in oil. Odorless, light taste.
Taste and flavor attributed to the meridian cold, sweet taste. Attributed to the liver and kidney meridians.
Effects and functions tonic kidney and liver, bright eyes, diuretic. It is a qi tonic classified under the category of deficiency tonics.
Clinical application dosage of 6 to 12 grams, decoction with water. It is used in the treatment of lumbar and knee soreness and weakness, deficiency labor and bone vapor, dizziness and dizziness, eye cataract, edema and fullness.
Pharmacological studies of kozo red pigment and extracts of kozo have different degrees of antioxidant effects, kozo oil has a hypolipidemic effect, kozo total alkaloids on five kinds of tumor cells have growth inhibition.
Chemical composition contains saponins, vitamin B and oil. The seeds contain oil, the oil contains non-saponifiable substances, saturated fatty acids, oleic acid, linoleic acid and so on. This product contains gooseberry alkaloids, light pepper alkaloids, a - bergamot oleoresin, β - myrcene, myrcene, lu - acacia alkaloids, methyl linoleate, oleic acid and other ingredients.
Contraindications for useSpleen and stomach deficiency and cold, loose stools should be taken with caution.
Related remedies
①To cure blindness: Broussonetia kasinoki, Broussonetia kasinoki, Bone Skin of Ground Bone (地骨皮), each equal parts. The above is finely powdered, refined honey into pills, sycamore seed size. Each serving of twenty pills, under the rice soup. ("Rumor")
② stone gangrene, like acne boils and thick skin, but also for gold sores: Broussonetia kasinoki compress. (Qianjin Yaofang)
3) Edema: Broussonetia kasinoki 6 grams, 9 grams of abdominal skin, decoction. (Qingdao Manual of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
④Treatment of laryngeal paralysis and laryngeal wind: Broussonetia kasinoki (dried in the dark), one for each use as a mince, well Hua water to take, the heavier two. ("The Lakeside Collection of Simplified Formulas")
⑤ Cure bone fractures: Broussonetia kasinoki (for the end) 30 grams, 90 grams of frosted plum meat. The pills are made into pills that are as big as a bullet, and are swallowed in the mouth. (Dantai yu case)
Selected prescriptions
1, treating deficiency of yin in the spleen, kidneys, and liver, vomiting and coughing up blood, nocturnal sweating of the bones, bitter thirst and dreams of spermatogonial emission; or deficiency of dryness of the bowels, urinary drippiness; or dimness of the eyes and eyes and more than a few tears in the wind: Broussonetia kasumigase, a dipper. Take a bucket of black beans, cooking juice, remove the beans to take the juice, soak kozo seeds for a day, dry, and then soak and then sun, to the extent that the bean juice seepage, and then sun dry. With wolfberry seeds three liters, all fried slightly charred, research for fine powder, every morning with white soup to take five money. (本草汇言》)
2、治肝热生翳，气翳细点，亦治小儿翳眼：楮实子细研，蜜汤调下，食后服。 ("Ren Zhai Zhi Zhi Fang" Broussonetia kasumi scattered)
3, the treatment of water dropsy, clean house: Broussonetia kasumi a bucket (water two buckets boiled into a paste), and another white cloves one and a half, Poria three taels (peeled), for the fine powder, with Broussonetia kasumi paste for the pills, such as a tung Zi big. Do not count the number of pills, from less to more, served until the urine clear and abdominal distension to reduce the degree. ("Suwann Disease Machine Life Preservation Collection" Broussonetia kasumi pill)
4, the treatment of laryngeal paralysis laryngeal wind: Broussonetia kasumi Yin dry, each with a for the end, the well Hua water to serve, the heavier two. (The lakes set of simple formula)
5, the treatment of stone gangrene, the shape of the seat boil and thick skin: pounded grain compress. Also cures gold sores. ("Thousand gold formula")
6, the treatment of eye fainting: thorns, the ground bone skin, kozo each equal parts. The above for the fine powder, refined honey for the pill, tung Zi big. Each serving twenty pills, rice soup down. ("Ru Men Matters Relative")
7, the treatment of tinnitus, eye fog: mulberry bubble, grizzly bubble, structure bubble, the big Wu bubble, March bubble, soak wine service. ("Chongqing herbal medicine" five bubble wine)