Phoebe Serrulata

Phoebe Serrulata

(list of traditional Chinese medicine resources in Zhejiang)

[synonyms] Phoebe serrulata, Phoebe paniculata, Phoebe serrulata (dendrology of China), Phoebe serrulata (list of traditional Chinese medicine resources in Zhejiang), Eriobotrya japonica, nenpuchai microphylla (flora of Tianmu yam in Zhejiang).

[source] it is the bark and branches of Phoebe serrulata.

[plant morphology] Phoebe Serrulata

Evergreen trees, up to 16 m high. Young branches and leaves densely brown tomentose. Single leaf alternate, leathery, oblanceolate or obovate, 8-24 cm long, 4-9 cm wide, apex short, tail pointed, occasionally acuminate, base cuneate, green above, with fine hairs on veins when young, then gradually falling off, gray green below, veins densely covered with brown fine hairs, reticulate veins raised. Panicle axillary, densely covered with pale brown tomentose; flowers bisexual; perianth 6-lobed, ca. 3 mm long, hairy on both sides; fertile stamens 9, anthers 4-locular, third whorl stamens outward lobed. Drupe ovoid, ca. 8 mm long, base enclosed by persistent cup-shaped perianth tube; peduncle villous. The flowering period is from May to June. The fruit period is from September to October.

It grows in the shade and dampness valley. It is distributed in the South and southwest of the Yangtze River Basin.

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

[nature and taste] records of Zhejiang Tianmu yam plant: "leaf: slightly warm in nature, pungent in taste. "

[functions and indications] ① in the list of traditional Chinese medicine resources in Zhejiang Province, "Jiantang washes tendon and foot swelling. "

② "Zhejiang Tianmu yam Zhi": ye: warming stomach and soothing Qi. "

[prescription selection] to treat water dampness, beriberi edema, Qi reverse abdominal distension: one or two leaves of Photinia serrulata, Acorus tatarinowii root, fanxiaozhu root (Rosaceae pengtie), Hanzhu root (Rosaceae sorghum bubble), five to six coins each, three pieces of old ginger. Fried in water, daily morning and evening before meals. (records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)