Eurya parasitism

Eurya parasitism

(Hunan medicine manual)

[synonym] fangye, crab foot, Chlorophytum, Hu Longxu.

[source] the branches and leaves of Eurya, a parasite of the family Moraceae.

[plant morphology] Eurya parasitism

Small evergreen shrubs, 10-13 cm high. Stem many nodes, branched, green, longitudinally striated, internodes flat. The leaves are small and scaly. The flowers are unisexual, monoecious and arranged in simple 3-flowered cymes on both sides of the top of internodes; the flowers are yellow green; the male perianth is 3, the stamen is 3, the filament is very short, the anther chamber is 2, and the side is longitudinally split; the female flower is 3-lobed, and the ovary is surrounded by perianth tube. Berry elliptic, 2-4 mm long, orange yellow. The flowering period is late spring and early summer.

It is often found on trees such as Paulownia, Eurya and Ligustrum lucidum. It is distributed in Hunan, Guangdong and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[function indications] it is used to treat Qitong and injury.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.3-1 Liang, or soaking in wine.

[selection] 1. Treatment of Qitong: Eurya parasitized three to five coins. Take it in water.

② Treatment of injuries: five to one or two dollars for Eurya parasitism. Fried in water and served with wine.