Pinyin name Ci Mei Guǒ

Alias Rose Fruit (Northeast)

The source is the fruit of Rosa roxburghii Hance of Rosaceae. Pick the fruit when it is ripe, dry it immediately, remove the calyx after drying, or cut the fresh fruit in half, remove the stone, and then dry it.

Rosa davurica in its original form, also known as Rosa davurica and Rosa davurica.

Deciduous shrub, 0.8 ~ 2 meters high. The roots are woody, long and dark brown. Branches are dark purple, glabrous, with paired prickles at the base of branchlets and petioles, which are slightly curved or straight. Singular pinnate compound leaves alternate; Leaflets 5 ~ 9, oblong or broadly lanceolate, long1~ 3.5cm, wide (0.5 ~1.5cm), sharp or slightly obtuse at the apex, rounded or wedge-shaped at the base, with fine serrations on the edge, dark green on the top, hairless, grayish white on the bottom, with granular glandular spots and pubescence; Petiole has glands; Stipules persistent, long 1 cm, lower part 2/3 connate with petiole. Flowers solitary or 2 ~ 3; Crimson, about 4 cm; Sepals narrowly lanceolate, as long as corolla, entire, and enlarged in fruit. The fruit is spherical or ovoid, with a persistent calyx, and it is red. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruiting period is from August to September.

Habitat distribution is born in the open land along the forest edge and along the river bank, among shrubs on the hillside and in miscellaneous forests. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi and other places.

Characteristics: The dried fruit is spherical, the wall is firm and crisp, orange-red, the diameter is 1.2 cm, and the seeds are hairy, about 24 * *. It tastes sweet and sour.

Indications 1 Heilongjiang traditional Chinese medicine: digestive aid. Treat infantile dyspepsia.

Handbook of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Northeast China: invigorating spleen and regulating qi, nourishing blood and regulating menstruation. Treat dyspepsia, qi stagnation diarrhea, stomachache and irregular menstruation.

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 2 ~ 3 yuan.

Attached prescription for stubborn gonorrhea: a bunch of thorn berries. Decoct with water. (Handbook of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Heilongjiang)

Excerpt from * Dictionary