Golden Leaf

Golden Leaf

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonyms] lice grass, Yunnan kelaimu (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), buguling, laoshangye (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the leaf of pseudoschima yunnanensis.

[plant morphology] Schima yunnanensis

Small evergreen trees, 3-7 m high. Branches thick and glabrous. Single leaf alternate: leathery; oblong, 6-9 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, apex acuminate or obtuse, base locust shaped, entire, microwavy, light green above, light green below; petiole short. Panicle at the top of branchlets, 15-25 cm long; flowers white. Capsule oblate, about 1 cm in diameter, with 5 edges outside. Seeds small, winged on one side. It blooms in summer.

It grows in shrub or sparse forest on hillside. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] harvest in autumn and winter and dry in the sun.

[nature and taste] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "astringent, slightly pungent, warm, highly toxic. "

[functions and indications] 1. Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "warming meridians, activating collaterals and relieving pain. Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatism numbness, exogenous cold. "

② "Shujin Huoluo" in selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines. Treatment of fractures, rheumatism, falls, paralysis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: Yanshu, 0.5-1 min; or decoction, 1 tablet each time.

[taboo] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "pregnant women and the weak should not take it. "

[preparation] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "the poisoning of golden leaf can be solved by acid soup. "