Sorbus tianshanensis

Sorbus tianshanensis

(Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual)

[synonym] Sorbus bungei (Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual).

[source] it is the twig, skin and fruit of Sorbus tianshanensis.

[plant morphology] Sorbus tianshanensis

Deciduous shrub or small tree, 3-5M high. The winter buds are white pubescent and the young branches are glabrous. Leaflets usually 11-15, ovate lanceolate, apex acuminate, base obliquely rounded or cuneate, margin serrate, only base entire, upper bright dark green, lower green, glabrous, rachis narrow winged, glabrous. Compound corymb on the top of short branch, large, many flowers, arranged sparsely; flowers white; sepals 5, calyx tube glabrous, white pilose on the inner surface of lobes; petals 5. The pear fruit is spherical, red, with residual calyx at the top.

Born on the hillside. It is distributed in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual: "fruit: sweet and bitter, flat, non-toxic. Twig and skin: bitter, cold, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual: "Qingfei Zhike, Bupi Shengjin. Treatment of tuberculosis, asthma, cough, gastritis, stomachache, vitamin A, C deficiency. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang fruit, 3-5 yuan twig and skin.