Raspberry fruit

Raspberry fruit

(Heilongjiang traditional Chinese Medicine)

It is a synonym for Rosa rubra.

[source] it is the fruit of Rosa davurica.

[plant morphology] Rosa davurica, also known as Rosa davurica and Rosa rugosa.

Deciduous shrub, 0.8-2 m high. The root is woody, thick and long, dark brown. Branches dark purple, glabrous, branchlets and petiole base with paired prickles, prickles slightly curved or straight. Leaflets 5-9, oblong or broadly lanceolate, 1-3.5 cm long and 0.5-1.5 cm wide, apex pointed or slightly obtuse, base rounded or cuneate, margin serrulate, dark green above, glabrous below, glandular dots and pubescence below; petiole glandular; stipules persistent, 1 cm long, 2 / 3 below, connate with petiole. Flowers solitary or 2-3; dark red, about 4 cm in diameter; sepals narrowly lanceolate, as long as corolla, entire, enlarged in fruit. Fruit globose or ovoid, 1-1.5 cm in diameter, red, with persistent calyx. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruit period is from August to September.

It grows in forest margin, open land, riverside, hillside shrub and mixed forest. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi and other places.

The root (raspberry root) and flower (Rosa davurica) of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] when the fruit is ripe, it should be picked and dried in the sun immediately. After drying, the calyx should be removed, or the fresh fruit should be cut in half, the core should be removed, and then dried.

[medicinal material] the dried fruits are spherical, crisp, orange red, 1.2 cm in diameter, and the seeds are hairy. There are about 24 seeds in total. It tastes sweet and sour.

[functions and indications] 1. Heilongjiang traditional Chinese medicine: "help digestion. It is used to treat children's food accumulation. "

② "Northeast commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "invigorate the spleen and regulate qi, nourish blood and regulate menstruation. Treatment of dyspepsia, qi stagnation, diarrhea, stomachache, irregular menstruation. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan.

[selection] treatment of intractable gonorrhea: a bunch of raspberries. Take it in water. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Heilongjiang)