Rubus

Rubus

(notes on materia medica)

[synonym] yangouzi (materia medica for daily use) and Ribes (compendium).

[source] it is the immature fruit of Rubus.

[plant morphology] Rubus, also known as' Er Ya ','er Ya','er Ya ','er Ya','er Ya ','er Ya','ri Hua Zi Ben Cao ', Ribes triqueter, Salicornia davidii, Ribes davidii, Ribes davidii, Ribes davidii and barley.

Deciduous shrubs. The stem is erect, 2-1 m tall, with hairs when young. Single leaf alternate, ovate to ovate lanceolate, 3-9 cm long and 2-5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base subcordate, margin irregularly serrate, sometimes 3-lobed, basal 3-veined, upper vein pilose, lower gray villus, midvein and petiole often with small uncinate spines; petiole about 5-20 mm long; stipules linear, adnate to petiole. Flowers solitary or several on branchlets, white, ca. 3 cm in diameter; sepals 5, hairy outside; petals 5, oblong; stamens numerous, separate; carpels numerous, separate. The aggregate fruit is bright red and juicy when ripe. The flowering period is from March to April. The fruit period is from May to June.

Born in sunny hillside, stream side, shrub. It is distributed in Hebei, Shaanxi and other provinces south of the Yangtze River Basin.

The root or root bark (Rubus) and stem (uncinate stem) of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] when the fruit is full and still green, pick it, remove the stems and leaves, soak it in boiling water for 1-2 minutes, and then dry it in the hot sun.

[herbal medicine] the dried fruits are cone-shaped or spherical in shape. They are aggregate fruits formed by many fleshy small drupes gathered on a cone-shaped receptacle, with gray green surface. The surface of drupe is slightly hairy. The upper part is blunt and round, the bottom is flat, with brown involucre, 5-lobed. Under the involucre, there is often a slender fruit stalk, crisp and easy to fall off. The small seeded fruit is easy to peel off and contains one seed with reticular grain on the surface. It tastes sweet and slightly sour. It's better to be big, plump, with neat grain, gray green color and no stem.

This product is used as raspberry in Jiangsu Province. See "raspberry" section.

[nature and taste] 1. In the collection of materia medica: "sour. "

② "Compendium": "acid, flat, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: sober up, quench thirst, remove phlegm and detoxify. Treat gout, erysipelas, spermatorrhea.

① "Materia medica gleanings": "food to sober up, quench thirst, remove phlegm and saliva, to wine poison. "

② "Compendium": "mash juice clothes, detoxify shooters and sand lice. "

③ "Modern practical Chinese medicine": "internal treatment of gout, external application of erysipelas. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan; or raw food. External use: mash juice and spread it.

[selection] treatment of seminal emission: dried raspberry fruit for five to seven yuan, fried in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)