Chicken crop is also known as mountain raspberry, wild lychee, mountain lychee, chicken crop, and leprous crop.

This fruit is the fruit of the cast-shaped four-cup flower of the dogwood family, Cornus genus, so it is also called "four-cup flower".

The plant of Si Zhaohua can reach 9 meters in height, with thin, green branches that turn brown and smooth later. The leaves are papery, opposite, ovate or ovate-elliptical, with dark green surface, sparse white pubescence, and pink-green leaf back.

Si Zhaohua blooms from May to June and bears fruit from September to October. The fruit turns purple when mature and is commonly known as "Chicken Number Son".

What are the effects of chicken counting?

According to the "Compilation of National Chinese Herbal Medicines", Chicken Seeds are bitter in taste and sweet in nature. Its main functions are:

Clear heat and detoxify

Encourage choleretic fluids

Remove accumulation and kill insects

It can be used to treat gas and bloating due to food accumulation. Hepatitis and ascariasis in children, external use to treat burns, scalds and traumatic bleeding.