Jasmine

Jasmine

(compendium)

[synonyms] golden belt (qunfangpu), golden plum (Dianzhi), yellow plum (botany Dictionary), qingminghua (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] it is the flower of Jasminum nudiflorum.

[plant morphology] Jasminum nudiflorum

Deciduous shrub, up to 5 m high. Branches slender, erect or arched, branchlets smooth, glabrous, quadrangular. Compound leaves opposite; leaflets 3, ovate or oblong ovate, 1-3 cm long, apex pointed, margin hairy, glabrous below; petiole 5-10 mm long. Flowers pale yellow, first leaf flowering, inserted on last year's branches, solitary or axillary; pedicel about 6 mm long, covered with narrow green bracts; calyx campanulate, lobes 6, linear, green, as long as or longer than calyx simple; corolla tube discoid, diameter about 2 cm, lobes 6, 6 mm long, tube length 12 mm; stamens 2, inserted in tube; ovary 2-locular. The flowering period is from February to April.

Most of them grow in gardens. Distributed in Shandong, Shaanxi, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guizhou and other places.

The leaves of this plant (Jasminum nudiflorum) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] harvest and dry from February to April.

[nature and taste] ① Guizhou folk medicine: "the nature is flat, the taste is bitter. "

② Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet and astringent in taste, flat in nature. "

[functions and indications] ① pharmacology of traditional Chinese medicine: "sweating, diuresis. "

② "Guizhou folk medicine": antipyretic diuretic. Treatment of fever, headache, hot urine pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-3 yuan; or grinding powder.

[prescription selection] 1. For fever and headache: the golden belt costs five yuan, fried in water. (Guizhou folk medicine)

② Treatment of hot urination pain: gold belt costs five money, plantain grass five money, fried water clothes. (Guizhou folk medicine)