Jatropha curcas root

Jatropha curcas root

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[source] it is the root of Euphorbiaceae.

[plant morphology] tung tree, also known as red diaofu, Chensha wood, purple bran wood, pig tripe wood, red tung tree.

Deciduous shrubs or small trees, about 3 m high. Young branches densely covered with brownish yellow hairs. Leaves alternate, peltate; leaves ovate, 12-17 cm long, 8-13 cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded, margin with tiny teeth, sometimes irregularly wavy, papery, green above, pubescent when young, glabrous below, brown pilose below; petioles 6-12 cm long, densely hairy. Flowers unisexual, dioecious, raceme axillary or terminal, peduncle hairy; male flowers clustered, sepals 3-5-lobed, no petals, stamens many; female flowers solitary in bract axils, sepals 3-5-lobed, pistil 1, ovary round. Capsule globose, base with bracts 3, peduncle 5-8 mm long, all parts covered with stellate hairs. The flowering period is June. The fruit period is from July to September.

It grows in sparse forest or shrub of mountain and slope land. Distributed in Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

The leaves of this plant (red cap top) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[nature and taste] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "the nature is flat, the taste is slightly bitter and sweet, and it is non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] 1. Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is used to treat lung heat and hematemesis, five kinds of labor and seven imitations, and pulmonary tuberculosis and hemoptysis. "

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "clearing heat, relieving pain. Treatment of white turbidity, uterine prolapse. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang.

[selected formula] to treat pulmonary tuberculosis and hemoptysis: one to two Taenia root, gamete cock stew. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)