Kudingcha

Kudingcha

(Ben Jing Feng Yuan)

[source] it is mainly the leaves of ileaceae plant Lycium chinense and Ilex latifolia.

[plant morphology] ① Lycium barbarum, see "Lycium barbarum leaf" for details.

② Big leaf holly, also known as: Polo tree, big leaf tea.

Evergreen trees, up to 15 m high, about 60 cm in diameter. The bark is ochre black or gray black, rough with shallow cracks, the branches are thick and smooth, and the new ones have angular edges. Leaves leathery and thick, spiral alternate, oblong or ovate oblong. Apex acute, or slightly rounded, base obtuse, margin sparsely dentate, upper glossy, lower veined. Inflorescence: inflorescence: 1-4-fold, staminate, staminate; inflorescence: 1-4-fold, staminate; inflorescence: 1-4-fold, staminate; inflorescence: ovate; inflorescence: 1-4-fold, staminate; inflorescence: 1-4-fold, staminate The ovary is globular ovate. The drupe is globose, red after ripening, with residual style; it has 4 nuclei and 3 edges. The flowering period is April. The fruit ripens in November.

It is distributed in East China and Guangxi.

[herbal medicine] 1. Leaves of Lycium barbarum, also known as hornthorn tea. For the characters, please refer to "gouguye". The leaves are oval in shape, with a short pointed tip and a round base. The top is smooth, leathery and thick.

Produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places.

② Big leaf holly leaf, also known as: kudeng tea ((poisonous grass for urine). Oval shape, long oval, leathery, no shrinkage, some longitudinal slightly curly, above yellow green or gray green, shiny, below yellow green, taste slightly bitter.

Produced in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangxi and other places.

The varieties of Ilex Kudingcha are more complex. In addition to the main varieties mentioned above, in Jiangsu and Anhui areas, those roasted with tea and Chinese wolfberry leaf decoction are green brown or yellowish green in appearance, which is similar to common coarse tea. After boiling, the extended leaves are broad lanceolate and oval lanceolate, with serrated edges. The steeped liquor tastes bitter, and the thick ones can't bear to eat, which is different from Xitong tea. In Sichuan, the leaves of Ligustrum lucidum are used as Kudingcha; in Guizhou, the leaves of Ligustrum japonicum are used as Kudingcha.

[chemical constituents] the leaves of Lycium barbarum contain caffeine, saponins, tannins and bitterness.

The contents of ursolic acid, β - vanillin, shematol, dandelion, ursolic alcohol and β - sitosterol in the leaves, α - and β - vanillin in the bark and ursolic acid and 3-xyloglucoside in the fruit of Ilex latifolia.

[nature and taste] ① Yilin zuanyao: "bitter and sweet, cold. "

② "The taste is sweet and bitter. "

[meridian tropism] into liver, lung and stomach.

① In Bencao Zaixin: "entering the spleen and lung meridians. "

② "Into the liver, gallbladder, stomach three channels. "

[function indications] dispel wind heat, clear the head, eliminate thirst. For headache, toothache, red eyes, ears, fever, thirst and dysentery.

① "Stopping dysentery". "

② Yilin zuanyao: "the fanaticism of governing heaven.". "

③ In the compendium of compendium, it is said that "pursuing the wind, promoting blood circulation, eliminating pregnancy. "

④ New materia medica: "Xiaoshi Huatan, in addition to vexation and thirst, benefit two, to greasy. "

⑤ "Seeking the source of Materia Medica": "clearing the lung and spleen, stopping dysentery, clearing the leader. "

⑥ Chinese Medical Dictionary: "dispersing liver wind, clearing leaders, treating tinnitus, deafness, ear pus, activating blood vessels, cooling uterus. "

⑦ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it can clear away heat, disperse wind, remove vexation and quench thirst. It can treat headache, toothache, tinnitus, red eyes, food stagnation and phlegm. "

[usage and dosage] take orally: decoct soup, 1-3 yuan; or take pills. External use: smoked and washed with boiling water.

Chinese PinYin : Ku Ding Cha