South sour jujube

South sour jujube

(Zhejiang folk herbs)

[synonyms] wuyanguo (Guangxi herbal medicine), shanzao (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine), renmianzi, shanzaozi (Nanchuan Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the fresh fruit or core of Zizyphus jujuba. The plant morphology is detailed in the "five eye fruit bark" section.

[collection] fresh fruit: harvested in early winter. Core: take the fruit stack fermentation, so that the pulp rot, and then wash, dry.

[nature and taste] ① Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "sour and astringent in taste, cold in nature. "

② In Nanchuan's Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines, it is said that "the nature is flat and the taste is sweet. "

[functions and indications] 1. Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "fresh fruit, xiaoshizhi, zhishizhi, abdominal pain. Fruit core, clearing away heat and toxin, killing insects and converging. HUOSHANG decoction. "

② In Nanchuan's Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine: "fruit core, sober up and detoxify. Treatment of wind poison from a pimple into a sore or sore. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: fresh fruit: chew, 2-3 pieces. Core: fried soup, 5-8 yuan. External use: Calcined fruit stone and charcoal powder.