Osmanthus fragrans

Osmanthus fragrans

(Nanchuan Handbook of common Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Polygala tenuifolia (list of Guangxi plants).

[source] the root, leaf or bark of Polygala tenuifolia.

[plant morphology] Polygala tenuifolia

Shrubs or small trees, 1-4 m high. The bark is gray green. The leaves are elliptic, elliptic lanceolate to oblanceolate, 5-10 cm long and 1.5-2.5 cm wide, green or purplish above and white green below. Raceme solitary in axils near the top of branchlets, 2-5 in clusters; yellow flowers, or purple at the apex, 12-20 mm in length: calyx 2-whorled, outer whorl 3-tiny, inner whorl 2-petal-shaped; petal 3-middle keel, dorsal top of petal with two saccate appendages, two-thirds of petals on both sides adnate to the filament sheath; stamen 3, lower 3 / 4 of flower locust united into sheath. Capsule elliptic obovate, 10-14 mm long. Seeds 2, pale brown villous.

In the bushes on sunny hillsides. Distribution in Sichuan, Hubei; Hunan, Guangxi and other places.

[nature and taste] Nanchuan's Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines: "slightly sweet and astringent in taste, warm in nature."

[functions and indications] ① in the list of medicinal plants in Guangxi, bark: nourishing and strong, relaxing tendons and dispersing blood. Treatment of traumatic injuries. "

⑧ "Roots and leaves: promoting blood circulation and detoxification" in Nanchuan's Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines. The treatment of breast carbuncle. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction. External use: tamping.