Guava leaf

Guava leaf

(drug records of Nanning City)

[synonym] Jiya tea (Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine records).

[source] it is the leaf of guava, a Myrtle plant. The plant morphology can be seen in the section "guava stem".

[collection] collect tender leaves and dry them in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the leaves contain β - sitosterol and triterpenoids. It also contains quercetin, guava glycoside, colorless cyanidin, Changsheng glycoside, guava acid and Ruixu glycoside. It contains volatile oil, eugenol and so on.

[nature and taste] Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "sweet and astringent in taste, flat in nature, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] 1. In Nanning Pharmacopoeia, it is called "astringent and antidiarrheal". Treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, eczema, trauma bleeding. "

② "Treating skin eczema, pruritus and heat rash" in the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.8-1.5 yuan (fresh 0.5-1 Liang). External use: fried, washed or tamped.

[should avoid] those with constipation and diarrhea are not clear.

[selected formula] ① for enteritis and dysentery: one to two pairs of fresh guava leaves, fried. (selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)

② Treatment of traumatic injury, knife wound bleeding: guava fresh leaves mashed external application of the affected area. (Guangzhou Air Force Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine)