May tea

May tea

(color atlas of common Chinese herbal medicines)

[synonym] wuweiye (preparation of raw herbs), wuweicai (collection of herbs in Lingnan), Suanwei tree (color atlas of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines).

[source] it is the root, leaf and fruit of Euphorbiaceae.

[plant morphology] may tea

Shrubs or small trees, up to 10 m high. The bark is grayish brown and the young branches have obvious lenticels. Leaves leathery, glossy, obovate oblong, 7-14 cm long, glabrous on both sides; lateral veins 7-11 pairs; petioles 6-8 mm long, slightly pilose; flowers small, solitary, apetalous, dioecious; male inflorescence terminal or lateral inflorescence with a few branches, 6-12 cm long; calyx 4-lobed; stamens 3; female inflorescence racemose, 5-12 cm long, on top of branches; calyx 4-lobed; stamens 3-lobed Green, light cup-shaped: ovary 1-locular, style 3. Drupe subglobose, ca. 8 mm in diam., red. Slightly flat after drying, with wrinkles. The flowering and fruiting period is summer and autumn.

Born in sparse or dense forest. It is distributed from Guangdong to Yunnan.

[collection] roots and leaves can be harvested all year round; fruits can be harvested in summer and autumn.

Sour and smooth.

① "Raw herbal medicine sex preparation": sour taste, flat nature. "

② "Common Chinese herbal medicine color atlas": "sour taste, warm nature. "

[function indications] it can produce fluid, quench thirst, activate blood circulation and detoxify. Treatment of cough, thirst, injury, sore poison.

① "Raw herbal medicine nature preparation": cough, thirst. Wash sore also. "

② "Common Chinese herbal medicine color atlas": "convergence, antidiarrhea, thirst, fluid, Qi and blood circulation. Treatment of body fluid less, dyspepsia, traumatic injury. "

③ "Guangxi medical plant directory": "Ye: detoxification, treatment of malignant syphilis. "

④ "Guangxi plant list": "leaf: treatment of pediatric head sores. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: wash with boiling water.