Kumeiteng

Kumeiteng

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[source] it is the tender branches and leaves of prunaceae.

[plant morphology] kumeicuo, also known as pair node thorn, diagonal thorn, broken rice seed, shaqiongle, broken rice wood.

Climbing shrubs evergreen or semi evergreen. Branchlets acupunctured. Leaves opposite, ovate to broadly elliptic, 1-4 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, apex obtuse, apiculate, base rounded or subcordate, lower veins prominent, both surfaces glabrous, only both sides of petiole with hairs; stipules caducous. Flowers are small, white, fragrant, villous, arranged in terminal panicles with spicate branches; calyx 5, petals 5, cucullate, disk cup-shaped, 5-lobed. Fruit purple black, nearly spherical, about 5 mm in diameter. The flowering period is from September to October. The fruit ripens from April to may in the next year.

It is usually planted as a hedge. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi.

The root of this plant is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[function indications] for scabies, lacquer sores and edema.

"Guangxi medicine plant directory": "Dispelling poison, promoting muscle. Cure scabies. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang, or into pills. External use: smoked and washed with boiling water.

[selection] treatment of edema: bilayer skin of kumeiteng. Cinnabar is five cents a coin, mung bean powder is one or two. At the end of the study, it was a pill as big as Wuzi. Take seven pills each time and bring them down with boiling water. (Fujian)