Banana leaf

Banana leaf

(collection of compendium)

[source] the leaves of Cycadaceae.

[plant morphology] cycas, also known as Musa (qunfangpu), Fengwei pine (Huajing), Tieshu (Gangmu Shiyi), bihuojiao (Chinese tree taxonomy), dafengwei (Luchuan materia medica), tiejiasong (Sichuan chronicles of traditional Chinese Medicine).

Evergreen shrubs or trees, 2-3m high. Stem stout, cylindrical, many single, with very obvious leaf marks. Most of the leaves are leathery, linear lanceolate, apex acuminate and sharp, margin rolled back, bald on the top and sparse on the bottom. The small Porphyra in the middle is about 15 cm long, shorter to the lower part, and the basal leaves degenerate into sharp spines. The flowers are unisexual and dioecious. The male inflorescence is columnar, up to 45 boxes of meters, tightly packed by many flowers The female inflorescence is hemispherical capitate, carpel leaves broad ovate, densely covered with brown felted hairs, with 3-5 ovules on the lower side. Seeds oblate ovate, ca. 4 cm long, horny, brownish red. It blooms in summer and autumn.

It is distributed in Fujian and Guangdong, and is widely cultivated in various places.

The flowers (fengweijiao flower) and seeds (tieshuguo) of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[taste] sweet acid, slightly warm.

① Fujian folk herbal medicine: "sweet, slightly warm, with little poison. "

② Zhejiang folk herbal medicine: "cold in nature, sour in taste. "

[Guijing] Mindong materia medica: "entering the liver and stomach channels. "

Functions and indications: regulating qi and promoting blood circulation. Treatment of liver and stomach pain, amenorrhea, dystocia, cough, hematemesis, falls, knife wounds.

① "The compendium of compendium" says: "the liver is calmed, and all liver Qi pains are ruled. "

② Fujian folk herbal medicine: "promoting blood circulation, removing wind and detoxifying. "

③ "Lu Chuan Materia Medica": "anti inflammation, hemostasis. It is used to treat phlegm, cough, dysentery, stab wounds and bruises. "

④ Zhejiang folk herbal medicine: "eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, regulating qi and activating blood circulation. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan; or burning, storage and grinding. External use: burn, deposit, grind and apply.

[selection] 1. Stomach pain: five coins of iron leaves, fried in water. (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)

② Dystocia: three pieces of iron leaves, a bowl of fried water. (pointing to the South)

③ Treatment of women with amenorrhea: dried Cycas leaves, burned at the end of sexual research, take two money each time, send it down with red wine, once a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of hematemesis: Iron leaves, purple bull each five money; add glutinous rice grass four money, green stone silkworm three money. Take it by frying. (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)