Alder shoot

Alder shoot

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[source] the tender branches and leaves of Alnus cremastogyne. The plant morphology can be seen in the article "cow dung tree".

[nature and taste] Chengdu's "manual of commonly used herbal medicine treatment": "cool in nature, bitter and astringent in taste. "

Functions and indications: clearing heat and reducing fire, stopping bleeding and diarrhea. Treatment of hematemesis, bleeding, diarrhea, dysentery, sores.

① "Collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines": "clearing heat, reducing fire, stopping water and diarrhea. Treatment of hematemesis, bleeding. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "treating yellow water sores. This product is used as tea clothing in summer. It's waterproof and diarrhea resistant. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.

[selected formula] ① the treatment of epistaxis is more than that of alder and gardenia. Fried soup. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② Treatment of diarrhea and dysentery: alder branches, Liuhe grass. Fried soup. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

③ Treatment of snakebite: appropriate amount of young leaves of cow dung tree, and tamping on the injured area. (Guizhou folk medicine)