Laoya persimmon

Laoya persimmon

(Zhejiang folk herbs)

[synonym] milk persimmon, clove persimmon, yueyueyou, Zhishi, dingjili, Quanli and glutinous rice thorn.

[source] it is the root or branch of Diospyros kaki.

[plant morphology] Laoya persimmon

Deciduous shrub, up to 3 m high. The main root is stout with dark brown skin and tough texture. The branches are thin and slightly curved, spiny, and the young branches are covered with dark brown hairs. Leaves alternate, ovate rhombic to obovate, 4-5.5 cm long and 2-3 cm wide, apex pointed or obtuse, base narrowly cuneate, with yellowish hairs on the top along lateral veins, falling off when old, and sparsely pilose below. Flowers white, solitary in leaf axils, unisexual, dioecious. Fruit ovoid or ovate, ca. 2 cm in diameter, apex pointed, villous, orange yellow at maturity: persistent sepals leathery, nearly oblong lanceolate, apex acuminate, with prominent straight veins. The flowering period is from May to June. The fruiting period is October.

It grows in the thickets on the sunny hillside, under the sparse forest, in the hilly land and beside the village road. It is distributed in East China.

[collection] the roots and branches can be harvested all year round, washed, sliced and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] it is flat in nature and bitter and astringent in taste.

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation and promoting liver function.

[selection] ① treatment of liver cirrhosis: four coins of Laoya persimmon root and six red dates. Decoct in water for 10 to 15 doses.

② Treatment of acute icteric infectious hepatitis: Old Crow persimmon branch five money to one or two, decoction. Or old crow persimmon root, Elaeagnus root, hawthorn root each one or two, fried in water.

③ Treatment of bone tuberculosis: Laoya persimmon root, Huaxiang tree root each five money, Yuteng six points, yellow rice wine half a Jin. Steam off.

④ Treatment of traumatic injury: Laoya persimmon root one or two, fried in water, red wine service.