Dongfeng tangerine root

Dongfeng tangerine root

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[source] it is the root of Rutaceae.

[plant morphology] Jiubing Jie, also known as bantiandiao, Huajiao, Zhudiao jiegong, Dongfeng orange (Lingnan medicine collection record), oyster shell thorn, Tongjiang, clam shell thorn, Gouju tree.

Shrubs or dwarf trees, glabrous or young branches pubescent, often with axillary tough spines. Leaves alternate, leathery, obovate to obovate, oblong, 1.5-5 cm long, 8-25 mm wide, apex obtuse or concave, base narrow into a short stalk, with many delicate veins. Flowers bisexual, solitary or 2-3 in axils; calyx teeth broadly ovate triangular; petals 5, white, 3-4 mm long; stamens 10, separated; ovary 2-3-locular. Style exfoliate, stigma capitate. Small berries subglobose, black when ripe. It blooms in summer.

Wild in hills and wasteland. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan.

[chemical constituents] it contains alkaloids, flavonoid glycosides and amino acids.

[nature and taste] Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "pungent, warm. "

Functions and indications: removing blood stasis and relieving pain, smoothing Qi and resolving phlegm. It is used to treat swelling and pain, fracture, rheumatic pain, hernia, cold, cough, malaria and stomachache.

① Lingnan caiyao Lu: "Li Dieda has swelling and pain. It can also relieve pain, remove wind and phlegm, and is effective for paralysis. Sorao injury, cough, in addition to small bowel pain. "

② Lu Chuan's materia medica: "it can remove swelling, pain and blood stasis. Treatment of bone fracture, rheumatism and bone pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-4 yuan; or soak in wine. External application: fried wine.

[optional formula] 1. For influenza, cold, cough and malaria: three to five dollars for dried roots or leaves of Dongfeng orange. Take it in water. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

② Treatment of stomachache, lumbago and leg pain: Dongfeng orange root five money to one or two. Take it in water. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)