Boxwood

Boxwood

(compendium)

[source] it is the stem and branch of Euonymus japonicus.

[plant morphology] Euonymus japonicus (Youyang Zazu), also known as Euonymus japonicus (Lvyan materia medica), Qiannianai, xiaohuangza (classified herbal medicine), bairihong, evergreen, Douban and Guazi Euonymus japonicus.

Evergreen shrubs or small trees, 1-3 meters high. The bark is gray, the cork is regularly peeled, the stems and branches are quadrangular, and the outer scales of twigs and winter buds are short hairy. Leaves opposite, leathery, round or obovate to elliptic lanceolate, usually wider above middle, apex slightly concave, base narrowly cuneate, 1-3 cm long, 7-15 mm wide, base and petiole of lower midrib hairy. Flowers unisexual, monoecious, spikes axillary; female flowers in the upper part of the inflorescence, sepals 6, arranged in two rows; male flowers sepals 4, degenerated ovary, sepals equal length. Capsule globose, composed of 3 carpels, 3-valved along the ventricles, black at maturity, ca. 1 cm in diameter. The flowering period is April. The fruit ripens in July.

It grows in mountainous and rocky places. It is distributed in Shandong, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hubei, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places. Now it is cultivated for ornamental use in all provinces.

The root, tender leaf and fruit of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

Euonymus tenuifolia, also known as Euonymus japonicus, is distributed in Shandong, Jiangsu, Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. It is also used in the same way.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "it is flat in nature, bitter in taste and non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and dampness, regulating qi and relieving pain. Treatment of rheumatic pain, chest and abdominal distension, toothache, colic, traumatic injury.

① Classified herbal medicine: "it can cure all kinds of rheumatism, headache, nine kinds of Qitong, red and white dysentery. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is used to treat rheumatism, toothache, Qitong, Miaotang, chest and abdominal distension, traumatic injury, dystocia and furuncle in summer. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or soaking in wine. External use: tamping.

[formula selection] treatment of traumatic injury: a wine soaked suit made of Euonymus japonicus. (records of traditional Chinese medicine in Sichuan) one or two leaves of Populus euphratica, four to five coins of blue stone silkworm (water keel), three to four coins of tender bamboo leaves and Magnolia officinalis. Fried in water, once in the morning and once in the evening on an empty stomach. (records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

Chinese PinYin : Huang Yang Mu