Camellia sinensis

Camellia sinensis

(records of Sichuan flood detention medicine)

[source] it is the fruit of Eurya obtusifolia.

[plant morphology] Eurya obtusifolia

Small shrubs, 1-2m high. The branchlets are rough. Leaves alternate, leathery, lanceolate, oblong, elliptic or obovate, 1.5-5.5 cm long, apex obtuse or rounded or slightly concave, base cuneate, subentire or upper part slightly denticulate, both surfaces smooth and glabrous. Flowers small, unisexual, dioecious, axillary, usually bunched on short peduncles; sepals 5, suborbicular; petals 5; stamens 10; ovary 3-locular, style apex 3-lobed. Berry about 3 mm in diameter, purplish red, with 1 remnant style at the top. The flowering period is from March to April.

Born in the forest of low mountain area. It is distributed in Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places.

[flavor] cool, bitter and non-toxic.

[function indications] quench thirst and awaken brain. It can cure heat, thirst, dysuria, diarrhea and dizziness.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.

[selected formula] for diarrhea and enteritis: camellia seed, Portulaca oleracea, isatis root, pomegranate, Agrimonia pilosa. Take it in water.