Bark of Cinnamomum bark

Bark of Cinnamomum bark

(Chinese medicine and plant Atlas)

[source] it is the bark of Celastraceae.

[plant morphology] Pushu, also known as SAPO, Qingpu, poshu, Qianli, Puyu, Sangzi, Puzi and xiaoyeniujin.

Deciduous trees, up to 16 m high. The bark is brownish gray, annual branches are densely hairy, with obvious lenticels. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate or ovate elliptic, 5-10 cm long and 3-4.5 cm wide, apex pointed, base oblique, margin upper half serrate, upper bald, lower veins with a few hairy or glabrous; petiole 5-10 mm long, pilose. The flowers are heterozygous, monoecious, 1-3 in the axils of the new branches of the same year; perianth segments are 4, hairy; stamens are 4, filaments are red; pistils are 1, styles are 2-lobed, ovary is ovate. The drupe is nearly globose, reddish brown at maturity, 4-6 mm in diameter, with dens and ridges on the surface of the drupe. The flowering period is May. The fruiting period is October.

Most of them live in the flat land, roadside and riverside of villages. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places.

The leaves of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] summer.

[chemical constituents] bark reacts with alkaloids and saponins.

[functions and indications] 1. Chinese medicine plant Atlas: "regulating menstruation, treating urticaria. "

② "Treatment of lung carbuncle" in "records of Jiangsu medicinal materials". "

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

[selected prescription] for lumbago: four to five taels of cortex puerariae and two to three taels of Sophora flavescens. Water fried, red rice wine, brown sugar, sooner or later fasting each time. (records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)