(Selected Chinese Herbal Medicine in Yunnan)
Different names of Saloyi, Fructus Momordicae, Honey Fruit, Snuff Fruit, Sticky Fruit (Selected Chinese Herbal Medicine in Yunnan), Wild Loquat and Eucommia ulmoides Oliv (Red River Chinese Herbal Medicine).
The source is the bark of Actinidiaceae plant Shuidongge Lancang.
Plant morphology Lancang Shuidongge
Small evergreen trees, 4 ~10 m high. The stems are much branched, and the branches are brown and hollow. Leaves alternate, leathery, oblong, about 30 cm long and about 10 cm wide, green on the top, light brown on the bottom, serrated on the edge, with more than 30 pairs of lateral veins, nearly parallel and protruding on the back of leaves; Petiole is 2 ~ 4 cm long. Flowers are broadly bell-shaped, pink, with a diameter of about 1 cm; Panicle axillary, 30 ~ 40 cm long. The fruit is spherical, about 1 cm in diameter, reddish brown, berry-like, sticky when ripe, sweet and edible. Flowering in summer.
Born by ditches or in dense forests. Distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.
The root of this plant (the root of cattle throat tube) is also used for medicine, and another article is detailed.
The same plant, Shuidongge, is also equally used as medicine. The main difference is that branchlets and leaves are scaly and strigose along veins. Distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and western Guangxi.
The collection can be collected all year round. Fresh or dried.
Nature and taste ① Selected Chinese Herbs in Yunnan: "Sweet and slightly astringent, flat."
② Selected Chinese Herbs from Simao, Yunnan: "Cool in nature and sour in taste."
Indications: ① Selected Chinese Herbal Medicine in Yunnan: "Dispelling blood stasis and promoting blood circulation". Treat fracture, traumatic injury and chronic osteomyelitis. "
② Selected Chinese Herbal Medicine of Simao, Yunnan: "Stop bleeding and promote granulation, dissipate blood stasis and reduce swelling. Treat fractures, falls and injuries, traumatic bleeding and urinary stranguria. "
③ Honghe Chinese Herbal Medicine: "Treating carbuncle and nameless swelling."
Usage and dosage for external use: tamping or grinding. Inner eye: decoction, 3 ~ 5 yuan.
Choose the prescription to treat the swelling and pain after joint dislocation: snot fruit and caviar orchid, and mash them and apply them to the affected area. (Selected Chinese Herbs from Simao, Yunnan)
Remind you that this Chinese herbal medicine comes from the internet, please follow the doctor's advice before using it.