Jue leaf

Jue leaf

(Cao Mu Bian Fang)

[synonym] big banyan leaf.

[source] it is the leaf of Phellodendron amurense.

[plant morphology] Huangge (Bian Zhou Wen Jian Lu), also known as Jiashu (Emei county annals), wannianyin (wannianyin) and Borneo (essential preparation of raw herbs), banyan (herbs and herbs).

Large deciduous tree, 15-26 m high, glabrous. The bark is dark gray and the new branches are green, slightly triangular. Leaves alternate, oblong, 10-15 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, apex short acuminate or short acuminate, base obtuse or rounded, entire, lateral veins 7-10 pairs: petiole 2.5-5 cm long; stipules needle shaped, about 1 cm long, caducous. Inflorescence receptacle solitary or paired in leaf axils, or 3-4 clustered on old branches, subglobose, sessile, 5-8 mm in diameter, whitish, with red halo and small red spots, yellow at maturity; basal bracts 3; male, gall and female flowers in the same inflorescence receptacle; male perianth 3, stamen 1; gall and female perianth 4. Achenes slightly rugose. The flowering period is from May to June.

Most of them grow in open forests and streams, or are cultivated. It is distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and even in the south.

The root or root bark (root), gall (root knot), aerial root (Rhizoma Polygonati), bark (bark) and milk (milk) of this plant are all used for medicine. See special regulations for details.

[nature and taste] "raw herbal medicine: astringent in taste, flat in nature. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind, relieving pain, strengthening muscles and bones. It can cure pain of muscles and bones, tears of windy eyes and itching of skin.

① "Raw herbal medicine nature preparation": in addition to the wind inside the bone, it can continue the bone. "

② "Seeking the source of Materia Medica": "to continue the muscles and bones, to relieve pain, to remove blood stasis, to bone wind. "

③ "Cao Mu Bian Fang": "tie Kuai Chuang. "

④ "Chongqing herbal medicine": "fried water fumigation, eye tears, skin itching. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: Decoction; 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

[prescription selection] ① to cure bone pain in remote years: take the leaves of Ficus microcarpa to steam vinegar, and then send rice to eat frequently. (essential preparation of raw herbs)

② Continue bone: big banyan leaf pound apply. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)