Star anise

(pinhui Essentials)

[alias] Boshang fennel (general treatment of beriberi), (health zaxing), Boshang fennel, fennel and star anise (compendium), star anise and star anise (seeking truth from materia medica), star anise (seeking source from materia medica), crude fennel (compilation of medicinal materials), star anise (Pharmacology).

[source] it is the fruit of Illicium verum, a Magnoliaceae plant.

[plant morphology] star anise

Evergreen trees, 10-14m high, with gray to reddish brown bark. Leaves alternate, leathery, lanceolate to oblong, 6-12 cm long and 2-5 cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, base cuneate, entire, sparsely pilose below, veins pinnate, midrib depressed, lateral veins slightly raised; petiole stout. Flowers are solitary in leaf axils, pedicel 1.5-3 cm long; flowers are round, perianth fleshy; sepals 3, yellow green; petals 6-9, arranged in 2-3 rings, light pink or dark red, broadly ovate or oblong; stamens 15-19, arranged in 2-3 rings, carpels 8-9, separated, style short, base thick, stigma small. The follicles are stellate, green when young and reddish brown when mature. The stellate body is about 2.5-3 cm in diameter and dehiscent. Seeds oblate ovate, brown glossy. The first flowering period is from February to March, and the fruiting period is from August to September. The second flowering period is after the first fruiting period, and the second fruiting period is from February to march of the next year.

It grows in the wet mountain with loose soil. Wild or cultivated. Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Taiwan and other places.

[collection] harvest twice a year. The first time is mainly from August to September, and the second time is from February to march of the next year. After picking, dry it with low fire, or soak it in boiling water for a while, and then dry it after the fruit turns red.

A few of them are arranged radially, with 8-13 whorls, and one fruit is usually axial. The pod is boat shaped, 5-20 mm long, 5-10 mm high and 5 mm wide. The top is blunt and straight, and the upper edge is dehiscent. The outer surface of pericarp is reddish brown, most of them are wrinkled, the inner surface is light brown, glossy, containing 1 seed. Seeds oblate ovate, 7 mm long, 4 mm wide, 2 mm thick; testa brown or grayish brown, bright, one end with a hilum, next to a clear micropyle, the other end with a chalazal point, between the hilum and chalazal point with a pale narrow ridge. The seed cortex is crisp, containing white kernel and rich in oil. It is slightly sweet and has a special aroma. It is better to be big, red, oily and fragrant.

Mainly produced in Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan and other places.

The fruit of mangcao is very similar to star anise in shape, which is easy to be confused. Mangshi is poisonous and should not be misused. The main differences are as follows: the fruit of mangcao is small, about 7-10 mm long; its tip is upward curved beak. The fruit stalk is vertical, often falling off. It has a gum like smell and tastes bitter.

[processing] sift the mud seeds and pick up the impurities from the fruit stalk.

"Materia medica Mengluo": "stir fry with salt and wine. "

Sweet and warm.

① The essence of pinhui: "it tastes sweet and warm. "

② "Materia medica Mong" says: "it is pungent in taste, flat in Qi and non-toxic. "

③ Bencao tongxuan: "sexual heat. "

[Guijing] into the spleen and kidney.

① "Into the heart, kidney, small intestine, bladder. "

② "Into the liver, bladder, small intestine. "

③ In Bencao Zaixin: "entering the spleen and kidney meridians. "

Functions and indications: Warming Yang, dispersing cold and regulating qi. Treatment of cold vomiting, cold hernia abdominal pain, kidney deficiency lumbago, dry, wet beriberi.

① "The essence of pinhui": "all the air-conditioning and hernia treatment. "

② "Materia medica Mengluo" says: "it is responsible for kidney fatigue, colic, small intestine hanging Qi contracture pain, dry and wet feet Qi, bladder cold air swelling pain. Appetizer stop vomiting, under the food, fill the life gate insufficiency. Fistula, cholera. "

③ "Introduction to medicine": "it's mainly about low back pain. "

④ Ben Cao Zheng: "in addition to dental disease, lower Qi, detoxification. "

⑤ Yilin zuanyao: "moisten the kidney, invigorate the kidney, soothe the liver, achieve depression, relax the tendons, and remove beriberi. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 yuan; or into pills, powder.

[should not] those with Yin deficiency and excessive fire should take it carefully.

① "To match the materia medica": "eat more damage eye sore. "

② "Huiyue medical mirror": "those who vomit when the Yang is strong and get hot should stop. "

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of small intestinal Qi Stagnation: star anise, three coins each, a little. Water (fried) take sweat. (ren Zhai Zhi Zhi Fang)

② For hernia: one or two anise powder, one or two anise powder. With a pig urine cell, even urine into the end of two in, the Department set the pot, boiled with wine, even cell pound pills such as Wuzi big. Take 50 pills each time, and take white soup. (health zaxing)

③ Treatment waist heavy thorn bulge: star anise, fried, for the end, before eating wine take two money. (ren Zhai Zhi Zhi Fang)

④ Treatment of lumbago such as acupuncture: star anise (fried Research) every two money, before eating salt soup. One or two liters of glutinous rice is used outside. Stir fry it hot, then put it in a bag and tie it to the pain. (simple formula)

⑤ Cure all secret of defecation and defecation, abdominal distension such as drum, shortness of breath: hemp seed (fried, shelled) half two, star anise seven. For the end, health, with the research decoction, tune Wuling powder. (Yonglei qianfang)

⑥ It can cure wind, poison, dampness, ulcers, purulent skin and flesh, weakness in walking, skin and flesh heat: Fennel (fried), earthworm (fried), head (gun, peeled tip), (file) and Petunia (fried) on board. Pestle even fine, wine paste for the ball, such as the son big. Take 15 pills of hollow salt soup every two days. (anise pill in the treatment of beriberi)

Chinese PinYin : Ba Jiao Hui Xiang