Semen zanthoxyli

Semen zanthoxyli

(Kaibao materia medica)

[source] it is the fruit of arenaria pinnatifida.

[plant morphology] guanglang (Guangzhi), also known as gulangmu (Linhai foreign body record), mianmu (Luoyang Jialan record), Dongzong (Zhuoyan), Tiemu (compendium), Tangshu (two kinds of Qiuyu nunnery essays), Shanzi, Nanye and Shatang coconut.

Trees, up to 12 meters high. The tree trunk has discrete ring lines. Pinnate compound leaf, 6-8.5 m long, with black fibrous sheath at the base of petiole, with many leaflets, more than 100 on each side, linear, 1-1.5 m long, apex divided, 2 ears at the base. The inflorescence is axillary, the pedicel is stout and downward curved, the branches are very many, about 1 meter long, the flowers are unisexual, monoecious, but on different inflorescences; the male flowers are in pairs, 1.2 cm long, the sepals are round, the stamens are many, the filaments are short, the anther tip has short protuberance; the female petals are triangular, the sepals are enlarged, the staminodes are many or absent. The fruit is spherical or oblate with 2-3 seeds. The flowering period is April. The fruiting period is November.

It grows in the Rock Forest in the warm and humid area. There are also cultivators. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

The starch from the pith part of the stem of this plant is also used for medicine.

[collection] in winter when the fruit is hot.

[medicinal materials] the dried fruit is spherical or oblate, about 2.5-5 cm in diameter; the pericarp is grayish yellow, hard, with triangular calyx at the top. When the fruit is cut open, 2-3 hemispherical seeds are seen, with a membrane with fine hairs; the kernel is brown, with several white cracks at the hilum.

It is produced in Guangxi and Guangdong.

[nature and taste] 1. Kaibao materia medica: "it tastes bitter, mild and nontoxic. "

② "Materia medica Huiyan": "bitter taste, temperature, non-toxic. "

[function and indications] 1. Kaibao materia medica: "it is the main source of blood. "

② Ben Cao Hui Yan: "breaking the food and accumulating blood. Grinding juice is used to treat postpartum pain of occipital blood and cold pain of heart and stomach. "