plum

plum

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

Li Shi ("bielu") and Jia Qingzi ("Liangjing Ji").

[source] it is the fruit of Rosaceae plum.

[plant morphology] Li (Book of songs)

Deciduous trees, up to 10 m high. Branchlets glabrous, reddish brown glossy. Leaves usually elliptic lanceolate or elliptic obovate, 6-10 cm long and 3-4 cm wide, apex acute, base gradually narrowed to petiole, margin with dense obtuse fine compound teeth, upper midrib sparsely hairy, lower vein axillary with bundle hair, the rest glabrous; petiole 1-2 cm long, several glandular points. Flowers usually 3 clusters, white, 1.5-2 cm in diameter; pedicel 1-1.5 cm long, glabrous; calyx oblong ovate, glabrous; petals 5; stamens many; pistil with slender style, ovary smooth. Drupe globose ovate, 5-7 cm in diameter, apex apical, base deeply sunk, crevice marked, usually yellow or yellowish green, or reddish. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruit period is from July to August.

Living in the roadside or shrubbery. It is often cultivated in gardens. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

The root (plum root), root bark (plum root bark), resin (plum gum), leaf (plum leaf) and seed (plum kernel) of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[chemical composition] asparagin is 0.1% in pulp, and it also contains glutamine, serine, glycine, proline, threonine, alanine, gamma aminobutyric acid and other amino acids.

[nature and taste] sweet and sour, flat.

① Bielu: "it tastes bitter. "

② "Gan Jin? Shi Zhi": "bitter and sour, slightly warm, astringent, non-toxic. "

③ Cui Yuxi's book of food: "Xiao Leng. "

④ Daily use materia medica: "it tastes bitter and sweet, and slightly toxic. "

"Into the liver and kidney. "

Functions and indications: clearing liver, clearing heat, generating body fluid and promoting diuresis. Treatment of deficiency, fatigue, bone steaming, thirst, ascites.

① Bielu: "in addition to chronic heat, the tone is in the middle.". "

② Meng Shen: "to get rid of the heat between bones. "

③ Rihuazi materia medica: "Yiqi. "

④ "Diannan Materia Medica": "treating rheumatism, qi stagnation and blood coagulation. "

⑤ Yilin zuanyao: "nourishing liver, purging liver, breaking blood stasis. "

⑥ According to the diet of suixiju: "clearing the liver, clearing away heat, promoting blood circulation and promoting body fluid. "

⑦ "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "clearing dampness and heat, relieving pathogenic and toxic factors, promoting urination, stopping thirst. Liver disease and ascites were treated by heat eliminating drink. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: raw or mashed juice.

[taboo] ① Qianjin Shizhi: "it's better to eat for liver diseases. "Don't eat too much. "

② "Diannan Materia Medica": "do not eat too much, damage the spleen and stomach. "

③ According to the diet chart of suixiju: "eat more phlegm, help dampness and develop malaria, especially for the weak spleen. "

[selection] 1. To treat bone steaming and heat, or to quench thirst and drink: take fresh plums and mashed juice cold. (Quanzhou materia medica)

② Treatment of liver swelling ascites: Plum fresh. (Quanzhou materia medica)

Chinese PinYin : Li Zi