(Color Atlas of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines)

Different names of wild sand orange, rice soup wood, wine cake wood (Guangxi medicinal plant directory), yam oil sweet, tangerine (color atlas of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines).

The source is the roots and leaves of Citrus reticulata, a rutaceae plant.

Plant morphology Citrus grandis

Shrub, about 3 meters high. The shoots and buds are often covered with brown rust-colored fluff. There are two kinds of leaves: single leaf and pinnate compound leaf. Single leaf is born on short stalk, and pinnate compound leaf has 2 ~ 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oblong, 6 ~18 cm long and 2.5 ~ 5 cm wide, with transparent oil spots, and the whole margin. Panicle terminal or axillary, inflorescence axis is brown rust-colored pubescent; Flowers are white or yellowish; Calyx 5, less than 1 mm; Petals 5, ca. 3 mm long; Stamens 10, equal in length, inserted around the disk; The ovary has glandular pits. Berries are spherical, about 1 cm in diameter, orange-red and translucent when ripe. Flowering in summer and autumn.

Born in shrubs or sparse forests in low hills. Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

The collection can be collected all year round. Wash and dry.

Chemical constituents include flavonoid glycosides and amino acids.

Nature and taste ① Color Atlas of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines: "Root: pungent, warm; Leaves: slightly sweet, warm. "

② Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine: "Slightly hard, flat."

Functions are mainly used to dispel wind and relieve exterior syndrome, eliminate phlegm, eliminate food stagnation and dissipate blood stasis. Treat common cold, cough, indigestion, abdominal pain and hernia pain. Bruises and bruises, frostbite.

① List of Guangxi Medicinal Plants: "detumescence, hemostasis, dispersing blood, promoting qi circulation, resolving food stagnation."

② Color Atlas of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines: "Dispelling wind and publishing, activating qi and relieving cough. For colds, coughs, colic and chilblains. "

(3) Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine: "Eliminating phlegm, removing blood stasis and resolving food stagnation. Treat abdominal pain due to indigestion, swelling and pain from falls. "

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 3 ~ 8 yuan. External use: decocting and washing; Tamp fresh leaves.

Avoid Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine: "Pregnant women should not take it."

Choose the prescription to treat traumatic swelling and pain: fresh leaves of small orange, mash wine and apply to the affected area. (Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine)

Remind you: Shanxiaoju, a Chinese herbal medicine, comes from the Internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before using it.