Toosendan Fructus, also known as Toosendan Fructus, is the fruit of Toosendan Fructus of Meliaceae. Every autumn and winter, when the fruit is ripe, it is harvested and dried for medicine. Cold in nature, bitter in taste and slightly toxic. Has the effects of eliminating damp-heat, clearing away liver-fire, relieving pain and killing insects. Can be used for treating heat syncope, heartache, hypochondriac pain, hernia pain, abdominal pain caused by insect accumulation, etc. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Melia azedarach leads to the heat of small intestine and bladder, which makes heart cells descend with fire, so abdominal pain and hernia are the main drugs. There are dried seeds of Caulis Spatholobi, a leguminous plant, pretending to be seeds of Toosendan, so pay attention to identification when using them.

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Dried fruit is spherical or oval, with yellow or yellowish brown surface, slightly shiny, dark brown or yellowish brown dots, slightly sunken or shrunk. One end is concave, with traces of fruit stalk falling off, and the other end is flat, with brown punctate pedicle marks; The fruit is leathery and has a gap with the pulp. The flesh is thick, light yellow and soft. The nucleus is spherical or ovoid, flat at both ends, khaki, with 6-8 longitudinal edges on the surface and 6-8 compartments inside, containing 6-8 dark purple oblate spindle seeds. Nuts are milky white and oily; It smells bad and tastes sour and bitter.

Dry seeds of Spatholobus suberectus

The appearance is kidney-shaped, larger than the real thing, and the surface is brownish purple and shiny, and it often cracks and falls off irregularly; After the seeds are cut open, there is no such feature as genuine products, only two thick cotyledons, yellow and white; The smell is light, there is no special smell, the taste is light and then there is a penetrating numbness.

Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that Toosendan Fructus is poisonous, and there have been reports that children died of poisoning by mistake. Poisoning symptoms are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dyspnea and palpitation, which can inhibit the central nervous system and cause congestion and cyanosis of liver and kidney tissues. The cause of poisoning may be the toxic protein component contained in it. Mature fruit is more toxic than immature fruit, so it should be used with caution, and it should be used according to the condition after being diagnosed by a doctor. Fake Spatholobus suberectus and Toosendan Fructus don't belong to the same family, and they don't have all kinds of functions of Toosendan Fructus, and the seeds are poisonous. Therefore, counterfeit products can neither be used instead of Toosendan seeds nor misused to avoid poisoning.