Red bayberry

Red bayberry

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Myrica rubra (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root bark, stem bark or fruit of Myrica humilis.

[plant morphology] Myrica humilis

Evergreen shrub, 2 m high. The root is irregular, with a few fine roots. Stem erect, branched, branchlets stout, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Leaf simple, alternate, leathery, long elliptic obovate to short wedge obovate, 2.5-8 cm long and 1-3.5 cm wide, with glandular pits above and glands below, usually glabrous; petiole 1-4 mm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Dioecious. The inflorescence has single leaf axils and no significant branches at the base; the male inflorescence is erect or upturned, with 1-3 male flowers in the branches; the male inflorescence has no bracteoles, with 1-3 stamens; the female inflorescence is 1.5 cm long, with 2-4 sterile bracts and 2 female inflorescences; the female inflorescence has 2 bracteoles, and the ovary is hairless. The drupe is spherical, dark red at maturity, and the endocarp is hard and yellowish white. 1 seed.

It grows on the edge of hillside forest and shrubs. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] root: it can be collected all year round. Wash and dry. Fruit: picked in summer, fresh.

[nature and taste] 1. Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "root bark: astringent, cool. Fruit: sour, cool. "

② Common folk herbs in Kunming: "sour and astringent, warm. "

[function indications] it is used to treat dysentery, diarrhea, dyspepsia, metrorrhagia, rectal bleeding, anal prolapse, rheumatism, pain, injury and strain.

① "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": "convergence, hemostasis, anti-inflammatory. Prevention and treatment of dysentery, internal bleeding, rheumatism, pain, metrorrhagia. "

② "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection": "astringent and antidiarrheal, hemostasis, Tongluo. It can treat dysentery, diarrhea, stomachache, dyspepsia, rectal bleeding, rheumatoid arthritis, injuries and injuries. "

③ Common folk herbs in Kunming: "Xiaoshi Jianwei, convergence, Qufengshi. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of rheumatic pain: Yang Pei and flowers under leaves were studied and taken with wine or boiled water.

② Treatment of diarrhea and dysentery for a long time: steamed red bayberry fruit with sugar. Two red bayberry sauce (ripe red bayberry five Jin, two Jin, preserved for a year later reserve) often serve.

③ Treatment of anal prolapse: red bayberry root grind powder, cook large intestine to eat.

④ Cough: red bayberry sauce with, and (three flavors for the end), a total of steam eat. (selected the prescription of Kunming folk commonly used herbs)