Parasitism of Melia azedarach

Parasitism of Melia azedarach

(materia medica seeks the original)

[synonym] Acacia parasitism, sour pomelo parasitism, wampee parasitism, Sophora japonica parasitism, loquat parasitism, mulberry parasitism, pear parasitism (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), pine mulberry parasitism (Hainan flora).

[source] it is the branch and leaf of the parasitic plant of mulberry.

[plant morphology] parasitism of Morus alba

Small slender, multi branched shrub, densely covered with stellate hairs when young, but hairs on stems and leaves fall early. Leaves opposite or nearly opposite, papery to thinly leathery, suborbicular to elliptic, sometimes ovate, 2-4.5 cm long, 1.2-3 cm wide, apex rounded to obtuse, base rounded to cuneate; petiole 4-6 mm long. Inflorescence usually single in leaf axils, with 2-3 flowers; total pedicel 1-5 mm long, slightly expanded at both ends; bracts ovate, about 1 mm long; calyx tube elliptic or slightly obovate, 2-2.5 mm long; corolla 1.4-2 cm long, apex 4-lobed, lobes spoon shaped; stamens 4, filaments few or only 1 mm long; style 4-ribbed, stigma rod-shaped. Berry elliptic, 7 mm long, surface stained. The flowering period is August.

It is distributed in the south of China.

[functions and indications] 1. In the book of Materia Medica, it is used to treat blood loss due to yin deficiency. "

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "pain, phlegm, cough, blood, heat, wind dampness. Treatment of tuberculosis, abdominal pain, scabies, falls. "

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