Bakelite

Bakelite

(Lu Chuan Ben Cao)

[synonym] Camellia sinensis and wood shavings (flora of Hainan), agarica sinensis and Ladybird (list of medicinal plants in Guangxi).

[source] it is the bark or leaf of Phoebe pubescens.

[plant morphology] Machilus tomentosa

Small trees or shrubs, up to 4-6 m high. Branches brown tomentose. Leaves alternate, often 3 or 5 near whorls; leaves leathery, obovate, elliptic, 12-20 cm long and 5-12 cm wide, apex acute acuminate, base acute acuminate, new leaves have reddish brown villi on both sides, old leaves are bright above and rust colored hairs below; midrib and lateral veins are slightly convex above and obviously convex below; petioles are thick, 1.5-3 cm long and villous. Flowers unisexual, dioecious; panicles axillary; male inflorescence 6 cm long, male perianth lobes elliptic, 3 mm long, villous, stamen 9, innermost 3 basal glands usually sessile, filaments villous, anthers oblong, pistillodes small, stigma 2-lobed; female inflorescence 10 cm long, female perianth lobes 1.5-2 mm long, ciliate, outside villous The pistil is villous, the style is curved, and the stigma is 2-lobed. Fruit globose, 4-6 mm in diameter, fruit tray shaped. The flowering period is from August to December. The fruiting period is from February to March next year.

It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan.

[collection] harvest in spring and summer.

[nature and taste] Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "pungent, flat. "

[functions and indications] 1. In Luchuan materia medica: "skin and leaf: expelling wind, detumescence, breaking accumulation, detoxification. Treatment of traumatic injuries, sores, boils, swelling and poison. "

② "Guangxi medical plant directory": "Ye: relieving cough. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: tamping.