Fragrant leaves

Fragrant leaves

(Guizhou medicine and plant catalogue)

[source] the bark, branches and leaves of Cinnamomum camphora.

[plant morphology] fragrant leaf, also known as fragrant tree.

Evergreen shrub, 1-3 m high. Twigs smooth, bark yellow green. Leaves alternate, fragrant, lanceolate or elliptic lanceolate, 4.5-9 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, apex long pointed, base sharp or wedge-shaped, dark green above, gray green below, silky when tender, with fine pits on both sides; 3 veins, lateral veins thin but not obvious; petiole about 5-8 mm long. Flowers dioecious, yellow, fragrant, umbel axillary, male inflorescence without pedicel, 2-7 flowers; perianth 6-lobed; fertile stamens 9, anthers 2-locular, intropetal lobed. Drupe ovate, glabrous, about 1 cm long, black at maturity, pedicel about as long as fruit, with silky hairs.

It grows under the broad-leaved forest and in the rocky valley. It is distributed in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangxi.

[functions and indications] ① in the catalogue of Guizhou medicinal plants: "bark: warming meridians, unblocking meridians, promoting qi and dispersing knots. "

② "Hunan folk medicine materials": "branches and leaves: Shun Qi, treat stomachache, gastric ulcer, dyspepsia. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan.