Chestnut leaf

Chestnut leaf

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[source] it is the leaf of Castanea mollissima. See "shilizi" for plant morphology.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round and dried in the sun.

[herbal medicine] the dry leaves are wrinkled, papery, ovate to long ovate, 10-20 cm long, 8-15 cm wide, apex acuminate, base truncated or heart-shaped, both sides bare, upper green, lower light green; veins obvious, main vein 1, lateral veins pinnate. Petiolate, stellate hairy, with 2 small dark red glands at the top. It is better to have clean leaves and no branches.

It is produced in Guangxi and Guangdong.

[nature and taste] Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "slightly bitter, cold. "(toxic)

[functions and indications] 1. In Lingnan caiyao Lu: "for amenorrhea, take four pairs of raw stone chestnut leaves and pig waist decoction. It can also give birth. "

② Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "Tongjing, qingyure, Baizhuo. "

[taboo] Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "taboo for pregnant women. "