Mountain orange

Mountain orange

(materia medica seeks the original)

Another name: qutouji (seeking the source of Materia Medica) and shandage (collecting herbs in Lingnan).

[source] it is the fruit of Nerium indicum.

[plant morphology] mountain orange, also known as monkey vine.

Tall woody vines, all bare except inflorescence slightly hairy. Leaves opposite, leathery, ovate, oblong or slightly lanceolate, 5-8 cm long, both ends acuminate; petiole 6-12 mm long. Flower white, fragrant, terminal cyme; petiole short; calyx about 3 mm long, covered with trichomes, lobes round, obtuse, margin membranous; corolla tube 10-12 mm long, covered with powdery trichomes, lobes about 1 / 2 or 1 / 3 of the tube, base narrow, upper part expanded to one side to form falcate, inner or expanded edge with 2 irregular teeth; laryngeal scale about 2 mm long, below middle part United into a 5-10-lobed cup; stamens short, not beyond corolla; ovary 2-locular. The berries are spherical, 5-6cm in diameter, and orange red when ripe. The flowering period is May.

Born in hilly land, valley forest, climbing stone wall. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] the fruits are harvested and dried in autumn.

[medicinal materials] the dried berries are spherical in shape, 3.5-6 cm in diameter, orange red in appearance, dark brown stripes, luster, and often persistent calyx. The pericarp is tough, the pulp is spongy, white and brown, 2-chambered, and most seeds are embedded in the pulp. Seeds oblate, ca. 5 mm long, brown to dark brown, densely covered with oblique pores; kernel yellow, rich in oil. It is better to be big, orange red and dry.

Made in Guangdong.

It's bitter, smooth and poisonous.

① Ben Cao Qiu yuan: "bitter, sweet, flat. "

② "Guangdong traditional Chinese medicine": "bitter, flat, small poison. "

Functions and indications: promoting Qi, relieving pain, dehumidification and killing insects. It is used to treat stomachache, diaphragmatic syndrome, hernia, scrofula, skin heat, wet ringworm, scabies.

① "Seeking the source of Materia Medica": "Nourishing Yin, eliminating heat, accumulating Qi and pain, the same as Siraitia grosvenorii. Its shell, wash skin blood heat poison, wipe wet tinea scabies. "

② "To treat diaphragmatic syndrome, decoct its skin for drinking and taking. "

③ "Lingnan caiyao Lu" says: "to treat intestinal hernia, we should take it with pig meat decoction. "

④ "Guangdong traditional Chinese medicine": "promoting Qi, relieving pain. It is used to treat stomach qi pain, chest diaphragm fullness and lymph tuberculosis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 pieces. External use: decocting, washing or dressing.