Milk tree

Milk tree

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[synonym] milkseed (flora of Guangzhou), milk numbness, milkweed, Zhumu tea, Zhuru tree (color atlas of common Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root, skin and leaf of Ficus microcarpa.

[plant morphology] Ficus microcarpa

Shrubs or small trees, 3-5 m high, with milk. Young branches setose, hollow. Leaves leathery, often opposite; ovate, obovate or oblong, 10-20 cm long, 6-12 cm wide, base rounded or broadly cuneate, apex short pointed or with a short tail tip, entire or irregularly serrate, or only apically slightly serrate, both sides rough, upper surface sparsely setose, lower surface densely hirsute; petiole 1-4.5 cm long; stipules broadly lanceolate, 1.5 cm long. It is oblate or gyriform, 1.5-3cm in diameter, yellow at maturity, stipitate, coarsely hairy, usually with several bracts below the middle, 3 bracts at the base, 3 bracts at the mouth of receptacle for male and gall flowers, 3 male perianths, 1 stamen, and no perianth for gall flowers and female flowers. Nuts, bone. The flowering period is from June to July (Guangxi).

It grows in plains, hills, valleys and streams. Distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

The fruit of this plant (milkvetch seed) is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[collection] all year round. Wash the root and dry it in the sun, remove the outer skin of the skin and take out the second layer of skin; brush the leaves to remove the hair.

[nature and taste] Color Atlas of common Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet, cool. "

Functions and indications: dispersing wind and relieving heat, eliminating accumulation and resolving phlegm, promoting qi and dispersing blood stasis. Treatment of cold, fever, bronchitis, dyspepsia, dysentery, swelling and pain.

① Lingnan caiyao Lu: "to treat axillary sores, pound the seeds and apply them on the leaves. "

② Color atlas of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and dampness, eliminating accumulation and resolving phlegm, promoting qi and dispersing blood stasis. Treatment of cold, fever, cold, cough, bronchitis, rheumatoid arthritis. Conjunctivitis, dyspepsia, dysentery, tumefaction and pain due to contusion, and pain due to pneumoconiosis. "

③ Guangzhou Air Force's "manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "treating macular rash and fever. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: smash the external application or wash the affected area with boiling water.