Rice leaves

Rice leaves

(essential preparation of raw herbs)

[source] it is the branch and leaf of Paeoniaceae.

[plant morphology] Baifan tree (essential preparation of raw herbal medicine), also known as kumquat vine, fish bone vegetable, white fish eye, fish eye wood, white fire charcoal, white bubble fruit.

Deciduous shrub, 1-3 m high. Stem reddish brown, old branches with thick short spines. Leaves alternate, oblong, obovate to elliptic, 1.5-5 cm long and 1.2-2.2 cm wide, papery, apex slightly obtuse, pointed, entire, base broadly cuneate, green above and pale green below; petiole 3-5 mm long; stipules 2, 1.5-2 mm long. Flowers small, yellowish, unisexual, dioecious, many clustered in leaf axils; sepals 5, persistent, ca. 2 mm in diam., apetalous; stamens 5, exposed outside calyx, alternate with small glands of disk, filaments light yellow, anthers round; female disk annular, ovary 3-locular, style 3, very short, stigma 2-lobed. The fruit is globose, fleshy, white at maturity, 3-4 mm in diameter. The seeds are small, oblate and light yellow. Huapeng is from June to July. The fruit period is from October to November.

Born by streams, roadsides and bushes. Distributed in Guangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Taiwan and other places.

The root of this plant is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[nature and taste] Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "it tastes bitter and slightly astringent, has cool nature and little poison. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind, remove dampness, detoxify and kill insects. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis pain, head sores, pustules, eczema.

① "To kill or to pull out pus" is the key to the preparation of raw herbal medicine. If the iron nail does not come out of the flesh, it is better to beat the wound. "

② "Seeking the source of Materia Medica": "wash rotten head sores. "

③ "Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine": "dispelling wind and removing dampness, clearing away heat and toxin, killing insects and relieving pain, removing pus and astringing sores. Treatment of rheumatic arthritis pain, eczema, pustules, sores ulceration itching pain. "

[usage and dosage] external use: decocting, washing or tamping.