Syringa oblata L

Syringa oblata L

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet)

Li Xi (Tibetan name).

[source] it is the flower bud of Syringa odorifera.

[plant morphology] Syringa floribunda

Deciduous shrub, smooth and glabrous. Leaves opposite, ovate, 1.5-3.5 cm long, 0.8-2 cm wide, apex pointed, base suborbicular, entire; stipitate. Racemes arranged in panicles, terminal; flowers blue purple; calyx 4-lobed, persistent; corolla funnel-shaped, 4-lobed; stamens 2. Capsule conic. Seeds winged.

It grows in the Bush on the hillside. Distributed in Tibet and other places.

[collection] harvest from May to June. dry in the shade.

Warm in nature and pungent in taste.

Functions and indications: warming stomach, dispersing cold, reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting. Treatment of stomach cold hiccup, vomiting, gastric mucosal congestion and other diseases.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1.5 yuan.