Callicarpa macrophylla

Callicarpa macrophylla

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

[synonym] pseudo Da Ai (manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Air Force), baigufeng and dafengye (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root or leaf of Callicarpa macrophylla.

[plant morphology] Callicarpa macrophylla

Shrubs to small trees, the whole plant is gray white hairy. Leaves opposite, oblong, 15-24 cm long, 7-9 cm wide, apex acuminate, base obtuse or cuneate, margin serrate, lateral veins 12-15 pairs; petiole 1-2 cm long. Cyme axillary, 5-8 cm wide; peduncle 2-3.5 cm long; calyx stellate pilose, teeth obtuse triangular; corolla purple, slightly hairy; stamen long prominent, locule longitudinal. Fruit globose, about 2 mm in diameter, purple red when ripe. The flowering period is June.

It grows on hillsides, hills, and shrubs near villages. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] root, which can be harvested all year round; leaf, which can be harvested in summer and autumn.

[chemical constituents] the leaves contain flavonoids, sugars, tannins, phenols, amino acids and organic acids.

[nature and taste] the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army: "hard work, flat.". "

[functions and indications] Guangzhou army's "manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "stop bleeding, relieve pain, disperse blood stasis and detumescence. Treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding, hemoptysis, bleeding, trauma bleeding, tooth extraction bleeding, traumatic swelling and pain, rheumatic bone pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: leaf, grind, sprinkle or tamp.

Chinese PinYin : Da Ye Zi Zhu