Bubble flower seed

Bubble flower seed

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[source] it is the bark of milkvetch, a plant of alpiniaceae.

[plant morphology] yellow cow milk tree, also known as water wax gourd, flower fragrant wood.

Evergreen trees or shrubs, often variable in shape. The buds and young branches were covered with grayish brown pubescence. Leaves simple, alternate, leathery or papery; lanceolate. Elliptic or obovate, about 20 cm long and 6 cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, margin serrate, upper smooth, green, lower light green, middle rib protruding, upper sparsely white hair; petiole about 1.5 cm long. Spikes, axillary, glabrous or short hairy, 2-6 times longer than petiole; bracts and bracteoles with glandular points on the edge, bracteoles with coarse hairs; calyx about 2 mm long, glabrous, 5-lobed, lobes imbricate; corolla white, lobes about 4 mm long; stamens numerous; longer than corolla, filaments base combined to form inconspicuous five body stamens; ovary inferior, apex glabrous. Drupe globose, 4-6 mm in diam., apex constricted, persistent calyx lobes erect. The flowering period is from April to May.

Born in the wild. It is distributed in Zhejiang, Sichuan, Fujian and Guangdong.

[flavor] cool, bitter and non-toxic.

[function and indications] dispersing cold and clearing heat. Treatment of cold dizziness, heat evil mouth dry and cold body heat.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang.