nanmu

nanmu

(notes on materia medica)

Another name is Nancai.

[source] it is the wood, branches and leaves of nanmu, a Lauraceae plant.

[plant morphology] Phoebe, also known as Nanshu (Ren Fang's Shuyi Ji), Yanan and Zhennan.

Evergreen trees, up to 30 m high. Branchlets slender, pubescent or hairy when young, then gradually fall off. The leaves are long or 4-8 cm, lanceolate or broad. 2-5 cm wide, apex pointed, base cuneate, smooth above, with gray or brown hairs below, especially along the main vein and lateral vein. Cymes axillary, flowers small, green; perianth discoid, lobes 6, apex pointed. Berry ovoid, black, 1.3 cm long; pedicel hairy, apex inflated. The fruit period is from September to October.

He was born in the mountains. It is distributed in Sichuan, Hubei, Guizhou and Yunnan.

The bark of this plant (nanmu bark) is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[collection] all year round.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

① Bielu: "Weiwen. "

② In the collection of materia medica: "the branches and leaves are bitter, warm and nontoxic. "

③ "Rihuazi materia medica:" it is pungent, hot and slightly toxic. "

[function indications] it is used to treat vomiting, diarrhea and tendon transformation. Edema.

① Bielu: "the Lord has vomited more than once. "

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "fried soup wash tendon and foot swelling. The branches and leaves work together. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-3 Liang. External use: it can be used for burning, dispersing or decocting.

[selection of prescriptions] ① for the treatment of cholera, the heart and abdomen are swollen and painful, and the patient is full of shortness of breath and has not vomited. Take three liters of water, boil three times, remove dross and make it burn. (behind the elbow)

② Treatment of edema: haggard wood, Tung wood. Soak enough juice and drink a little, day after day. (behind the elbow)

③ Treatment of ear, ear abscess, day and night more than: nanmu a minute (burn ash), spend Rouge a minute. Fine research for powder, put in the ear. (Sheng Hui Fang)