Single pepper

Single pepper

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[source] it is the root bark of Sorbus ranunculata.

[plant morphology] Sorbus unguiculatus

Deciduous shrub, 2-5M high. Branchlets gray or brownish brown. It is composed of odd pinnate compound leaves, alternate or clustered at the top of short branches, 5-13 cm in length; 25-33 leaflets with narrow wings on the leaf axis; the leaflets are oblong, 1-1.8 cm in length, 4-7 mm in width, with blunt apex, short tip, 4-13 spines on the edge, inclined base, dark green above and gray green below. Corymb, terminal; calyx tube campanulate, apex 5-lobed, lobes ovate triangular, smooth or hairy; petals clawed, white, 5-5.5 mm long, smooth; stamens 15-20; carpels 5, rarely 4; style base connate, ovary inferior, smooth. Pear fruit, small globose, 5-9 mm in diameter, white or lavender. The flowering period is from May to June.

He was born in the forest of Zhongshan District. It is distributed in Sichuan and other places.

[flavor] pungent, warm, non-toxic.

[function indications] dispel wind and cold, remove dampness. Treatment of gingival swelling and pain and kidney Yin shrinkage.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 4-6 yuan; or soak in wine.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of gingival swelling and pain: Dujiao, tuxixin, Drynaria, Baizhi, tuzhimu, Sheshen, Digupi. Take it in water.

② Treatment of kidney deficiency and Yin contraction: Du Jiao, sulfur, Wu Yu, Guan GUI, fennel, dodder. Fried in water and served in wine.