Cypress fruit

Cypress fruit

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] cypress seed (classified herbal medicine) and Xiangbai seed (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals).

[source] it is the fruit of Cupressus funebris. See "cypress leaves" for plant morphology.

[collection] from August to October, the fruits are harvested when they grow up without cracking.

[flavor] bitter and astringent, flat.

① Classified herbal medicine: bitter and astringent. "

② Chongqing herbal medicine: "it tastes sweet, pungent and slightly bitter, has a flat nature and is non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind, calm nerves, cool blood and stop bleeding. Treatment of cold, headache, fever, stomachache, irritability, hematemesis.

① Classification of herbal medicine: tranquilizing the mind and eliminating the trouble. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it can cure cold, stomachache, weakness and hematemesis. "

③ Chongqing herbal medicine: "dispel wind evil, calm the nerves, stop bleeding. Treatment of blood heat irritability, children with high fever, vomiting blood. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or grind powder.

[selected formula] ① for rheumatism, cold and headache; for stomachache: two to three cypress fruits. Break and drink. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② Treatment of hematemesis: Cypress fruit powder and sweet wine. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)