Pentaphyll

Pentaphyll

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[synonym] Camellia oleifera (list of medicinal plants in Guangxi) and dachiwangye (selected Chinese herbal medicine from Simao, Yunnan).

[source] it is the leaf of Cornus officinalis.

[plant morphology] Cornus officinalis

Shrubs or small trees, the whole plant has fragrance. Stem brown, with white punctate lenticels, odd pinnate compound leaves opposite; leaflets 5-9, 5-14 cm long, 1-4 cm wide, ovate or elliptic lanceolate, apex acute, base cuneate or oblique, entire; petiole 0.3-0.6 cm long. Flowers are terminal cymes arranged in panicles. The fruit is composed of 4 leathery and dehiscent carpels, about 2.5 mm in diameter, with obvious glands on the surface.

It grows on the hillside and the edge of bamboo forest. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

The fruit of this plant (Evodia rutaecarpa) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] collected in summer and autumn, dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] selection of Chinese herbal medicine in Yunnan Simao: "hard work, warm. "

[functions and indications] selected Chinese herbal medicines of Simao in Yunnan: "it is used to treat sequelae of poliomyelitis, rheumatoid arthritis, urticaria, eczema and itchy skin. "

[usage and dosage] external use: tamp on the affected area; or decoct and wash with water.