Juniperus amurensis

Juniperus amurensis

(records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

[source] it is the root or fruit of Sabina vulgaris.

[plant morphology] juniper, also known as thorn pine, cypress, fir.

Evergreen trees or shrubs. Branchlets drooping, often ridged; winter buds prominent. It is linear lanceolate, 1.2-2.5 cm long and 1.2-2 mm wide, apex acuminate, base articulated, not downward, slightly concave above, midrib slightly raised, green, with one white stomatal band on each side, slightly wider than the green edge, two white stomatal bands combined into one at the leading end of the leaf, and longitudinal blunt ridge below. Glomus solitary in leaf axils. Cones subglobose or broadly ovate, 0.6-1 cm long, 0.6-0.9 cm in diameter, pale red or reddish brown at maturity, with white powder, sometimes dehiscent at the top. Seeds usually 3, semilunar, wingless, with 3-4 ridges. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruiting period is from October to November of the next year.

It is also cultivated in Xiangyang mixed forest. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet and other places.

[collection] root, harvest in autumn and winter. Fruit, harvested at maturity.

[nature and taste] Jiangxi herbal medicine manual: "bitter, cold. "

[function and indications] Jinhua's selected prescriptions of common Chinese herbal medicines: "it can treat tinea cutis, and low fever does not subside. "

[prescription selection] when the measles is completely cured, the rash spots are not recovered on schedule, and the body heat does not subside: four to five dollars for the root of Juniperus amurensis, three to four dollars for the stem of honeysuckle and three to four dollars for the Prunella vulgaris. Take it in water. (records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)