Simple and simple

Simple and simple

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] fir fruit and Taraxacum mongolicum (Shaanxi herbal medicine).

[source] it is the fruit of Abies Taibai.

[plant morphology] Abies Taibai, also known as Abies sichuanensis, Abies songmo, Abies Taohe and Abies Chuancong.

Evergreen trees, up to 25 m high. Annual branches reddish brown or brown, later grayish; glabrous or slightly hairy. The leaves are arranged spirally. It is usually developed into pseudo2-row shape; linear, flat, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, apex obtuse, slightly concave or pointed, upper midrib concave, and 2 Pink White stomatal bands below; petiole yellow after drying. Flowers monoecious, male cones ovate, pendulous. Cones erect, single leaf axils, dark purple red, oval oblong, 5-8 cm long; fruit scales transversely elliptic, abscission, bract scales apex pointed, shorter than fruit scales, slightly exposed. There are membranous wings on the top of the seed.

It grows in high mountains with an altitude of 2500-3000 meters. It is distributed in Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan, Hubei and other places.

In addition, Abies qinlingensis and Sequoia taibaiensis are similar to this species in function and fruit. The main characteristics of the former are: arbor; 36 meters high; young branches are yellowish gray and dark gray when old; young leaves are 2-4.2 cm long; cones are reddish brown when hot, fruit scales grow wider and bract scales disappear. The latter is deciduous tree; young branches are yellowish, old branches are yellowish gray; leaves are clustered; fruit scales are persistent.

[collection] fruits are picked in summer and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "the taste is astringent and slightly pungent, and the nature is flat. "

[function indications] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "calming the liver and calming the wind, regulating menstruation and activating blood circulation, stopping bleeding, calming the mind and calming the mind. Treatment of hypertension, headache, dizziness, restlessness, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan.