First, Eichhornia crassipes

1, interpretation

Eichhornia crassipes, Chinese medicine name. For Sterculia nobilis, a plant of Sterculiaceae? Smith's seed

2. Alias

Luo Huangzi, Pingguo, Jiupi, Pan Anguo, Qijieguo, Fukiko, Fake Jiupi and Hongpi.

3, the medicine site

Seeds.

4. Sexual taste

Gan, Ping.

5. Efficacy

Regulating stomach, promoting digestion, detoxicating and killing insects.

6, attending

Used for nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, hernia pain and head rot in children.

7. Morphological characteristics

Apple, arbor, as high as 10m. The bark is dark brown, and the branchlets are slightly stellate when they are young. Leaves alternate; The petiole is 2-3.5cm long; Leaf blade is thin leathery, oblong or elliptic, 8-25cm long and 5- 15cm wide, with acute or blunt apex, round or blunt base and no hair on both sides. Panicle terminal or axillary, loose, up to 20cm long, pubescent.

8. Growing environment

Born in hillside forests or bushes, it is also cultivated. Distributed in Fujian, Taiwan Province, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

9. Identification of medicinal materials

The seeds are ellipsoid, dark brown or dark chestnut, with a diameter of about 1.5cm. Slight breath, light taste.

10, collection and processing

Harvest the fruits when they are ripe, peel off the seeds and dry them in the sun for later use.