Cherry

Cherry

(bielu)

[synonyms] Hantao (Book of rites), Jingtao (Erya), Zhuying (Shudu Fu), Zhuguo (pinhui Jingyao), Yingzhu and jiacherry (Chinese tree taxonomy).

[source] it is the fruit of Rosaceae cherry.

[plant morphology] Cherry

Deciduous shrub or tree, 3-8m high. Bark grayish brown, with obvious lenticels: young branches glabrous or covered with white short hairs. Leaves alternate; petioles 5-8 mm long, covered with short hairs; stipules 2, usually 2-4-lobed; leaves broadly ovate, oblong ovate to elliptic ovate, 5-13 cm long, 3-9 cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded, margin with double serrations of different sizes, teeth with glandular dots, upper surface green, few glabrous, lower light green, veins covered with short hairs, base usually with 2 glands. The flowers are white, about 2 cm in diameter; calyx tube is green, broadly oblong, apex 5-lobed; petals are 5, ovate to round, apex slightly concave; stamens are numerous, as long as petals; pistil 1, ovary superior, style smooth and glabrous. The drupe is nearly spherical, about 1.3 cm in diameter, bright red at maturity, with a long stalk, containing one seed. The flowering period is from March to April. The fruiting period is May.

Cultivated in garden or farm. Distributed in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan, Shanxi and other places.

The root (cherry root), branch (cherry branch), leaf (cherry leaf), fruit core (cherry core) and juice (cherry water) obtained from fresh fruit are also used for medicine. See special regulations for details.

[collection] in early summer, the fruits are harvested when they are ripe.

[chemical composition] the seeds contain cyanosides, which hydrolyze to produce hydrocyanic acid. Daphnetin, Sakura and a steroid compound were obtained from bark.

Sweet, warm,

① Bielu: "it tastes sweet. "

② "Herbivorous Materia Medica": "flat, non-toxic. "

③ "Gangmu": "sweet and astringent, hot, non-toxic. "

[function indications] Yiqi, Qufengshi. She was paralyzed, cold limbs, rheumatism, lumbocrural pain, frostbite.

① Bielu: "in the main tune, Yiqi. "

② "Diannan Materia Medica" says: "it can cure all deficiency diseases, greatly invigorate the vitality and moisten the skin; it can treat left paralysis, right paralysis, cold limbs, rheumatism, waist and leg pain by taking it with wine. "

③ "Clearing blood heat, tonifying blood and kidney, preventing laryngopathy" in Nanchuan's Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 0.5-1 Jin; or soak in wine. External use: dip in wine, rub or tamp.

[taboo] 1. Meng Shen: "don't eat too much. It's dark. "

② "Rihuazi materia medica:" eating more makes people vomit. "

③ "The book of materia medica:" although more food does not damage, but the hair deficiency hot ears. "

④ Daily use materia medica: "it is characterized by deficiency fire, which can cause deficiency heat and cough, especially for children. "