Shanzhiren

Shanzhiren

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonyms] Badou and yahuazi (Chinese tree taxonomy), zhamuren (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine records), tulianqiao and guangzhiren (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine formulas).

[source] it is the seed of Pittosporum glandularis.

[plant morphology] Pittosporum glandularis, also known as shanfan tree, Shanzhi, shanzhicha and shanhaitong.

Small evergreen trees. Upper branches sometimes whorled, all glabrous. The petiole is 5-10 mm in length, and the middle rib is prominent. Flowers yellow, at the top of branchlets, forming corymbs, usually 6-13; flower diameter about 7 mm; pedicel 10-15 mm long, smooth surface; calyx base united, 5-lobed, lobes broadly ovate, smooth surface, margin hairy; petals 5, 3 times longer than calyx; stamens 5, alternate with petals; ovary often 3-locular. Capsule, ovate or elliptic, ca. 1. 5 cm long, 3-valved, seeds mostly dark red. The flowering period is April. The fruit ripens in September.

Born in the forest and wetland. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other places.

The root or root bark (mountain branch root) and leaf (cloud leaf) of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] after autumn, the fruit is picked and dried in the sun, the shell is broken, the kernel is taken out and dried in the sun.

[medicinal material] the dried seeds are granular, irregular and slightly concave polyhedron with different sizes of edges, about 3-7 mm in diameter. The appearance is brown or reddish purple, less application is brown, smooth. Hard, not easy to crush, white heart, smell of oil aroma. It is better to have full grains, red color, strong fragrance and no fruit shell.

It is mainly produced in Sichuan and other places.

[nature and taste] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "the nature is flat, the taste is bitter and astringent, and it is non-toxic. "

[Guijing] Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "into the lung, spleen. Three channels of large intestine. "

[function indications] clear away heat, generate fluid and quench thirst. Treatment of deficiency, enthusiasm, thirst, sore throat, diarrhea after heavy, fatigue.

Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "clear away heat, stop diarrhea, convergence. The treatment of sore throat, lower after heavy, limb fatigue. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or grind powder.

[selection] 1. To treat deficiency heat and thirst: Fructus Forsythiae Wuqian. Take it in water. (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine formula)

② Treatment of sore throat: shanzhiren, Platycodon grandiflorum, licorice, Shegan, decoction.

③ Treatment of diarrhea: shanzhiren, Poria cocos, Alisma, Magnolia officinalis, tangerine peel, Polyporus, decoction.

④ After the treatment of dysentery: shanzhiren, Huoxiang, Houpu, Gegen, Canglong, Chenpi, Baishao, decoction. (2) Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals