Rib scraper

Rib scraper

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] guajinxiang, Tianbao Materia Medica, Yunnan soil, Chinese tree taxonomy.

[source] it is a tender whole plant of Aquilaria.

[plant morphology] Aquilaria

Small evergreen trees, 30-60 cm high. The bark is smooth, with a majority of lenticels, containing lotion in the cortex and outflow after cutting. Leaf blade obovate or elliptic lanceolate, 6-9 cm long, apex acuminate, margin with sharp teeth, base cuneate, upper green, lower light green, midvein and lateral vein are purplish red; petiole 4-6 mm long, purplish red. The flower is yellow green, unisexual, monoecious; inflorescence is erect spike, male flower is on the top, female flower is on the bottom: male flower is 20, right, base has 2 glands, bract 1, calyx 3, stamen 3, filament is erect, anther is yellow; each bract has 1-3 female flowers; female flower base has 1 gland, calyx 3, pistil 1, ovary is spherical, 3-locular, style is 3-lobed, purplish red. The fruit is spherical and slightly flat, about 1 cm in diameter. It is purplish red after ripening and splits into three small dry fruits, each of which has one seed. The flowering period is May. The fruiting period is July.

Most of them are cultivated, and some of them are wild. It is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] collected from September to October and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "it is mild in nature, bitter and spicy in taste, and non-toxic. "

Function indications: promoting Qi, breaking blood and eliminating accumulation. It is used to treat Baihuang, accumulation, distention, food accumulation, jaundice and hematemesis.

① "Classification of herbal medicine nature": "treatment of hematemesis, to wind cold phlegm, detumescence, grid food disease. "

② "Tianbao Materia Medica": "Xiaoqi Zhixue congealing. Treatment of five accumulation, distention, diet diseases. "

③ "Breaking blood and dispersing blood stasis" is one of the most popular Chinese herbal medicines. Treatment of infantile food accumulation, chancre gas. Kill insects, cure mad dog bite. "

④ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine records: "San Bao Kuai, in addition to cold and dampness, appetizer and spleen. Treatment of jaundice. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-4 yuan.