Hongmuzi

Hongmuzi

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[source] it is the seed of kaempferulaceae.

[plant morphology] horned goat tree, also known as shandingmu.

Deciduous small trees, 5-12m high. Branchlets gray, glabrous. Inflorescence 2-14 cm; bracts 2-5 cm long, glabrous, glandular apex oblong, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrous, glabrou A few of them are 4 pieces, ovate, 1.5-1.8 cm long and 1-1.2 cm wide; without petals; most stamens; ovary superior, hairy, style arranged radially. Capsule fusiform, slightly curved, woody, with yellowish hairs, 4-5 cm long. Seeds with membranous wings at one end. The flowering period is from May to June. The fruit is hot in October.

Born on the edge of the forest. It is distributed in Sichuan, Hubei and other places.

[flavor] cool, bitter and nontoxic.

Functions and indications: eliminating wind and tonifying brain. Treat head stuffy dizziness.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.

[selection] 1. Treatment of head depression: hongmuzi, Ligusticum, Gastrodia elata, cassia seed, Prunella vulgaris. Steamed pig brain and marrow.

② Treatment of dizziness: hongmuzi, chrysanthemum, mulberry leaf, Setaria, yeminghe, shijueming. Steamed pork liver.