Sandalwood

Rock (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan)

[synonym] land melon, pear.

[source] it is the bulbous root of Vaccinium cangshanense.

[plant morphology] blueberry in Cangshan

Shrubs, height about 80 cm. The roots are globose underground, with white inside and sweet juice. New branches brownish yellow, densely hirsute and pilose. Single leaf alternate; leaf blade leathery; obovate, entire, slightly retrovolved, above bright green, glossy, below gray green; petiole hairy. Raceme axillary or branch terminal, densely hairy; bracts linear or linear lanceolate; calyx shallow cup-shaped, 5-lobed, margin ciliated; corolla pot shaped, bell shaped, milky white, 5-toothed; stamens 10, anthers abaxially 2-awned; ovary inferior. Small berry globose, deep purple red. The flowering period is from May to June. The fruit period is from July to August.

It grows in the Bush on the hillside. It is distributed in Sichuan and other places.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round and dried in the sun.

[flavor] Gan Xin, Ping.

[function indications] soothe Qi and eliminate fullness. Treatment of chest and abdominal pain, fullness.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-3 yuan; or grind powder.