Plumeria tree

Medicinal value:

Medical name: Plumeria

Source: Plumeria of the Apocynaceae plant flowers.

Efficacy: clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, clearing intestines and stopping diarrhea, relieving cough and reducing phlegm.

Indications: Treat heatstroke, dysentery, abdominal pain, and cough.

Meridians of nature and flavor: "Nanning Drug Chronicles": "Sweet, flat, non-toxic." Enters the lungs and large intestine meridians

Usage and dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 1.5 ~4 money.

Taboos for use: It should be used with caution if there is a combination of heat-dampness and cold, cold-dampness has diarrhea, or lung-cold cough.

Drug compatibility: with Watermelon Cuiyi, it can clear away heat and promote fluid production; with Purslane, it can clear away Qi and divide heat; with Bamboo Ruyi, it can relieve cough due to lung heat.

Other names: Egg yolk flower, Leichui flower ("Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine" II), Dajihua ("Guangxi Medicinal Plant Directory"). Frangipani, also known as: Burmese Gardenia ("Plant Names and Facts Illustrated Research")

Prescription name: Frangipani, Egg Yolk Flower, Burmese Gardenia, Big Season Flower

Animals and Plants Resource distribution: distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

Harvesting and storage of medicinal materials: Pick blooming flowers in summer and autumn and dry them in the sun.

Latin name: Plumeria rubra L. Var. Acutifolia (Poir.) Bailey

Processing method: After picking, dry in the sun.

Textual research: From "Lingnan Medicine Collection Record".

Identification of raw medicinal materials: dry flowers, yellowish brown to tan, shriveled, mainly composed of 5 large rotating petals. The petals are obovate, about 3 cm long and 1.5 cm wide; the lower part unites to form a thin tube, about 1.5 cm long. There are 5 stamens inside, and the filaments are very short; sometimes a small egg-shaped ovary can be seen. The aroma is mellow and fragrant, and the taste is light and slightly bitter. The ones with clear flowers, dry color, yellowish brown color and aromatic aroma are better.

Chemical composition of traditional Chinese medicine: Flower: Contains frangipani acid, glycosides and volatile oil. Stem bark: Contains frangipaniside (C21H26O12). Root: Contains frangipaniin, isoflava frangipaniin, frangipaniin, B-dihydrofranginganin, and B-dihydrofranginganic acid. Leaves: Contain flavonoid glycosides: kaempferol glucoside, quercetin glucoside. Milk: Contains lupeol and acetate, etc.