Carambola

Carambola

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

Grandma Yang.

[source] it is the root or fruit of Actinidia arguta.

[plant morphology] Kiwifruit

Deciduous twining shrubs, about 3 meters high; rough skin. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, and densely clustered in the upper part of the short branch. The leaves are ovate or ovate elliptic, 5-8 cm long and 2.5-4 cm wide. The apex is short and pointed, the base is round, the edge is closely pointed and serrated, and there are stellate hairs between the axils of the lower veins. Flowers variegated, white, axillary cymes, or solitary; sepals ovate. Berries ovoid to oblong, 2-2.5 cm in diameter, beaked, purple

Born in the crevice of rock mountain. Distributed in Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Jiangxi and other places.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

[flavor] sour and astringent, flat.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and dampness, tonifying deficiency and benefiting damage.

[selection] 1. Treatment of hematemesis: one or two roots or fruits of Actinidia glabra. Mash, add a little wine, rinse, clear and then remove the residue.

② Treatment of menstrual disease: one or two peach roots of lamb, stewed meat with sorghum stalk.

③ Treatment of chronic hepatitis: xiaoyangtaogen, suantanggangen each five money. Simmer water clothes.

④ Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: Lamb peach root one or two, simmer water service; another two simmer water fumigation wash the affected area.