Wood bamboo

Wood bamboo

(compendium)

[synonym] Lingnan daonianzi (Chinese tree taxonomy), Lingnan mountain bamboo (flora of Guangzhou), mangosteen, Dongzhu, Longmeng, Azadirachta indica, Huangya, ranya (Guangxi wild resource plant), Zhuju (Luchuan materia medica).

[source] it is the fruit, core and bark of bamboos from Lingnan mountain.

[plant morphology] bamboo in Lingnan mountain

Evergreen trees, 5-15m high. Simple leaf opposite; shortly stipitate; obovate oblong or oblanceolate, 5-10 cm long, 2-3.5 cm wide, apex obtuse or pointed, base gradually narrowed, entire; leathery. The flowers are unisexual, orange or light yellow, usually terminal, but also axillary; the male flowers are 3-7, aggregated, with common stem, sepals 4, round, petals 4, ovate, stamens many. The female flower is small, solitary, without pedicel, sepals 4, flowers 4, ovary ovoid, without style, stigma shield shaped. The berry is nearly globose, yellow green, 2-4 cm in diameter. It tastes sour and edible. The flowering period is May. The fruiting period is October.

In forests of plains or lower parts of mountains. It is distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong and other places.

The fatty oil (wood bamboo oil) from the seed kernel of this plant is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[collection] the fruit is picked when it turns yellow in winter, and the bark can be picked all year round.

[nature and taste] 1. In guihaiyuhengzhi: "Gan". "

② Yao Kecheng's food materia medica: "it tastes sweet and flat. "

[functions and indications] 1. Yao Kecheng's food materia medica: "it can clear away heat, benefit the pulse, regulate water and viscera, quench thirst, generate fluid, relieve heat and eliminate alcohol. The treatment of vomiting and non food, closed grid refused to block, spleen depression, anal fall off not convergence. It can clear away heat, cool large intestine, remove accumulation of blood, benefit ears and eyes, treat cough and reverse upper Qi. "

② "Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine": "anti inflammatory pain, convergence and muscle. "

[selected formula] 1. Treatment of burns, scalds, eczema, stomatitis, periodontitis, carbuncle ulcers and ulcers: the seeds or bark powder of mangosteen are scattered on the affected area. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

② Rule iron sand into the meat not out: mangosteen fruit mashed applied to the affected area. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[clinical application] ① treatment of children with dyspepsia

Oral administration of 50% mangosteen bark solution, 30 ml each time, twice a day. The baby should be reduced. 170 cases were cured in 3-5 days. Both simple and toxic can be used.

② Used to draw bullets

Grind the endodermis of mangosteen, add Begonia oil, boil it into paste, and apply it to the affected part. It was used to remove bullets and shrapnel from war wound. 3 cases were observed and all were effective.