Heitazigen

Heitazigen

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Another name is Diospyros kaki root

[source] it is the root of Persimmon in Fuzhou.

[plant morphology] Fuzhou persimmon, also known as black tower, black, wild persimmon.

Shrub, 1-2m high. The branches are erect and spiny, leaves alternate, small, leathery, elliptic, broadly ovate to oblong, 2.5-3.5 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, apex obtuse or obtuse acuminate, entire, base round, both sides of leaves gray green, above smooth glabrous, below sparsely pubescent; petiole about 2 mm long. The flowers are dioecious, axillary; the male flowers are slightly small, cymes, stamens 16, 2-round arrangement, filaments separated, anthers lanceolate, ovary degenerated; the female flowers are mostly solitary, sepals 4-lobed, broadly ovate, apex pointed, both sides pilose, persistent, sepals enlarged after anthesis; corolla bell shaped, 4-lobed. Berry globose, pubescent, 1.5-3.5 cm in diam. Seeds oblong, flat, testa bony. The flowering period is from March to April.

Born on the edge of the mountain, tukanyin wetland. It is distributed in Sichuan, Fujian and other places.

The leaves of this plant (cotyledons of black pagoda) are also used for medicinal purposes.

[collection] from September to November.

[herbal medicine] the dry root is 30-40 cm long and 1-2 cm thick, with several branches and fine fibrous roots. The surface is brown black, delicate, thin skin, solid heart and yellow white.

[nature and taste] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "bitter and astringent in taste, slightly cold in nature, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: clearing heat, cooling blood, dredging meridians and promoting diuresis. Treatment of lung heat, cough, hematemesis, intestinal wind under the blood, stop, distention.

① "Classification of herbal medicine nature": "treatment of Qi diseases, Danting, distention. "

② "Clearing heat and cooling blood". For hematemesis and hemorrhoids. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "dehumidification, diuresis, detumescence. Treat toothache. "

④ "Chongqing herbal medicine": "for the treatment of intestinal wind, lower blood, lung heat and cough. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang.

[taboo] Chongqing herbal medicine: "do not use it if you are weak and cold. "

[selection] 1. For the treatment of lower blood due to intestinal wind: four taels of heitazi, two taels of milk, two taels of ground money, two taels of kudzu. Stewed pig large intestine. (Chongqing herbal medicine)

② Internal and external hemorrhoids: black tower root, milk root. Stewed pig large intestine. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Hei Ta Zi Gen