Jade coral root

Jade coral root

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[source] it is the root of Solanaceae plant coralline.

[plant morphology] coral cherry, also known as coral seed and winter coral.

Small shrubs, 0.6-1 m high. Stem erect, much branched. Leaves alternate, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 5-10 cm long, apex obtuse or short pointed, base gradually narrowed into short stalks, entire or somewhat wavy, smooth on both sides. Flowers solitary or several clustered, pedicel smooth; calyx 5-lobed; corolla 5-lobed, white, about 8-12 mm in diameter; stamens 5; ovary superior, 2-locular. The fruit is globose, 1.2-1.5 cm in diameter, red or yellow, lasting for a long time. Seeds numerous, oblate. The flowering period is from May to August. The fruit period is from June to December.

Many potted plants are used for ornamental purposes. They are also cultivated in gardens all over the world.

[collection] all year round.

[chemical constituents] the root contains 0.83-2.24% of the alkaloid daucostaline, which has anti tuberculosis and anti pneumococcal effects. The leaves and stems contained 1.53-2.15% of daucostaline. It also contains phyllostatin.

[nature and taste] Guizhou folk medicine: "warm in nature, salty and slightly bitter in taste. "(toxic)

[function indications] Guizhou folk medicine: "pain relief. Treating tuberculosis and lumbago. Coral root one or two, half a jin of wine. Take it twice a day, five yuan each time.