Turmeric osmanthus

Turmeric osmanthus

(Fujian folk herbal medicine)

[alias] maola flower, Yinsi grass (flora of Guangzhou), guoqiongcao, xiaolulian, luhancao, Xiaoben baihuacao, Shinan flower, xielicao (Fujian folk herbal medicine), yinhuacao (medical records of Nanning City), maojiangjun (materia medica of Quanzhou), baimaocao, baimaolian, baimaojiang (Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine), baigecao (manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army).

[source] it is the whole plant of Osmanthus fragrans.

[plant morphology] Cinnamomum thunbergii

Herbs slender and hairy. The stem is 20-70 cm high, branched, expanded or oblique, not twining. Leaves alternate; ovate, elliptic or oblong, ca. 5 mm long, sometimes up to 10 mm long, apex mucronate, base obtuse, entire, both surfaces densely silky. Flowers small, axillary, solitary or 2-3 on slender peduncle, peduncle longer than leaf; bracts small, linear, hairy; sepals 5; corolla funnel-shaped, light blue or near white, diameter 6-8 mm; stamens 5; ovary superior, style 2. The seeds are spherical, with 4 capsules. The flowering period is from spring to autumn.

On dry slopes. Distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and other places.

Bitter, pungent and cool.

① Fujian folk herbal medicine: "sweet slightly bitter, flat.". "

② "Medicine records of Nanning city": "Xin, Liang. "

③ "Guangdong traditional Chinese medicine": "it is mild in taste and slightly cool in nature. "

[Guijing] Quanzhou materia medica: "entering the liver, spleen and kidney. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and promoting diuresis. It can treat jaundice, dysentery, drenching, leucorrhea, edema and scabies.

① Fujian folk herbal medicine: "clearing heat and purging fire, astringent and lean Yin. "

② "Nanning medicine records:" external use of hemostasis, detumescence, liver heat, tuiyi. "

③ "Clearing dampness and heat". Treatment of red and white dysentery, damp heat, abdominal pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan (fresh 1-2 Liang); or mashed juice drink. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

[selection] 1. Treatment of jaundice and hemoptysis: one or two pieces of fresh earth Ding GUI. Fried with brown sugar. (Quanzhou materia medica)

② Cure dysentery: Earth Ding GUI 1 to 2 liang, brown sugar half Liang. Take it in water, twice a day.

③ The treatment of Mengyi: tuding guier Liang, Ginkgo biloba Liang, yellow rice wine Liang. Add water to stew.

④ Treat drenching turbid leucorrhea: Earth Ding GUI 1 to 2 liang, rock sugar half Liang. Take it in water.

⑤ Treatment of enuresis: two Tu Ding GUI and one pig bladder. Take it in water. (2) Fujian folk herbal medicine

⑥ Treatment of infantile malnutrition: fresh soil Ding GUI five money to one or two, or add a chicken liver, water stew service. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

⑦ Treatment of emphysema: fresh soil Ding GUI mash applied to the affected area.

⑧ Scabies treatment: fresh soil Ding GUI four Liang each time, a little alum, decoction wash the affected area.

⑨ Snake bite treatment: fresh soil Ding GUI, mash Jiaozhi, and wine orally, residue applied to the affected area. (7) Quanzhou materia medica is published below.)