Fake hot tea

Fake hot tea

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonyms] softwood, big bitter wood, false Wuyu, yudanmu, chuanhuangpi, yechala, shanhuangpi (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), yaluoqing (Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine selection), yetongjiao, Yuzi (Chinese higher plant Atlas).

[source] it is the root or leaf of Melia indica.

[plant morphology] Melia indica

Shrubs or small trees, branchlets pubescent. Leaflets 9-17, opposite or nearly opposite, papery, ovate to ovate, oblong, 5-10 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, base oblique, apex acuminate or protruding, entire or dentate, both sides covered with grayish yellow pubescence, especially dense below. Panicles axillary, 10-15 cm long, pilose; flowers pale yellow, calyx 5-lobed, pilose outside; petals 5, narrowly oblong, apex slightly pointed, glabrous outside; stamens 10, filaments fused into a short tube; ovary globose, glabrous. Drupe globose, slightly fleshy, 5-ribbed when dry, ca. 5 mm in diam.

Growing in shrubbery along river banks, roadsides, etc. It is distributed in Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "hard work, mild temperature. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and dampness, promoting qi and relieving pain. Treat cold, rheumatism, dysentery, malaria, abdominal pain, scald, skin itching.

① "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "treatment of rheumatism, falls, dysentery, strangulation, abdominal pain. "

② Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "dispelling wind and dampness, promoting qi and relieving pain. Cure dysentery, malaria. "

③ "Selection of Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine": "clearing away heat and toxin, eliminating inflammation and swelling, treating constipation, cold, high fever, burns, skin itching. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh). External use: wash with boiling water.