litchi

litchi

(notes on materia medica)

[synonyms] Lizhi (shanglinfu), Lizhi (QiminYaoshu), Danli (Gangmu), huoshanli (shengyaozhibei). Lizhi (compendium of Chinese materia medica) and Leli (Guangxi records of Chinese materia medica).

[source] it is the fruit of Sapindus mukorossi.

[plant morphology] litchi

Evergreen trees, up to 10 meters high, with broad crown and crooked branches. Pinnate compound leaves, alternate; leaflets 2-4 pairs, leathery and bright green, oblong to form oblong lanceolate, 6-12 cm long and 2.5-4 cm wide, apex pointed, base cuneate and slightly oblique, entire, new leaves orange red. Panicle terminal, flowers small, miscellaneous, bluish white or light yellow; Zun cup-shaped, 4 pieces, 2.5-3 mm wide, edge shallow wavy; no petals; disk ring, fleshy; stamens 6-10, 5-6 mm long, filaments separated. Ovary superior, with short stalks, obcordate, 2-3-lobed, 2-3-locular, style linear, apex 2-lobed. Drupe globose or ovate, ca. 3 cm in diam., exocarp leathery, tuberculate, red when ripe. The seeds are oblong, brown and bright. The aril is fleshy, white and translucent. It is easy to separate from the seeds. The flowering period is from February to March. The fruit period is from June to July.

Most of them are cultivated in orchards. Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

The root (Litchi root), leaf (Litchi leaf), exocarp (Litchi shell) and seed (Litchi core) of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] from June to July when the fruit is ripe.

[chemical composition] the pulp contains 66% glucose, 5% sucrose, 1.5% protein, 1.4% fat, vitamin C, a, B, folic acid, citric acid, malic acid and other organic acids, as well as a large amount of free arginine and tryptophan.

Sweet and sour, warm.

① "Dietotherapy Materia Medica": "mild temperature. "

② Ben Cao Shi Yi: "sour. "

③ "Haiyao Materia Medica": "glycine. "

④ Kaibao materia medica: "sweet, flat, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] yuluo yaoxun: "entering the spleen of foot Taiyin and liver meridian of foot Jueyin. "

Functions and indications: generate fluid, benefit blood, regulate qi and relieve pain. It can treat thirst, hiccup, stomachache, scrofula, emphysema, toothache, traumatic bleeding.

① "Food therapy Materia Medica" says: "intelligence: healthy qi."

② "Haiyao Materia Medica" says: "the main body is thirsty, heavy headed, restless and tired. "

③ "Daily use Materia Medica": "to generate fluid, to disperse stagnant Qi without form and quality. "

④ In the supplement to the meaning of materia medica: "eliminate tumor, redness and swelling. "

⑤ "The compendium of Medical Sciences" says: "it is used to treat purgatory, swelling, and mydriasis. "

⑥ Yucatalpa medicinal solution: "warm and tonify the spleen essence, warm and nourish the liver and blood. "

⑦ "From the new materia medica:" relieve thirst, stop hiccup. "

⑧ Yilin zuanyao: "tonifying the lung, calming the heart, and harmonizing the spleen. Appetizer. It is used to treat epigastric cold pain and Qi blood stagnation pain. "

⑨ "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "invigorating yang and replenishing qi, tonifying the middle and clearing the lung, generating body fluid and relieving thirst, benefiting the throat. Treatment of postpartum edema, spleen deficiency, sore throat, nausea and other syndromes. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 5-10 pieces; burning, grinding or soaking in wine. External use: tamping or burning, grinding and scattering.

[should not] those with Yin deficiency and excessive fire should take it carefully.

① "Dietotherapy Materia Medica": "if you eat more, you will get fever. "

② "Haiyao Materia Medica": "if you eat too much, you will get heat sores. "

③ "Compendium": "fresh people eat more, that is, swollen gums, mouth pain, or bleeding. It is especially taboo for patients with concealed teeth and fire. "

[prescription selection] ① for hiccup: seven lychees, with skin and core burning; for the end, Baitang tune down. (medical abstract)

② Treatment of ulceration: apply litchi meat to the affected area. (Quanzhou materia medica)

③ Treatment of sores evil swelling: litchi meat, white plum each three. Mash the cake and stick it on the sore. (Ji Sheng Mi LAN)

④ Treatment of wind fire toothache: a large lychee, cut open, filled with salt shell, calcined research, liniment. (Sun Tianren Jixiao Fang)

⑤ It can prevent wound bleeding, infection and ulceration, and can heal quickly: dry litchi and grind it in the sun. Take the powder and mix it with the affected area. (Quanzhou materia medica)

⑥ For the elderly, five dried litchi and a handful of spring rice are used to treat diarrhea at five o'clock and soft feces. They are cooked together with porridge for three times. It's better to drink Chinese yam or lotus seeds and cook them together. (Quanzhou materia medica)

⑦ Treatment of postpartum hemorrhage and postpartum hemorrhage after abortion: seven dried lychees (shell and core broken together), fried with two bowls of water to take a bowl.

⑧ Treatment of infantile enuresis: eat ten dried lychees every day.

⑨ Treatment of women's weak anemia: dried litchi, jujube each seven, decoction, one dose a day.

⑩ Treatment of qi deficiency and cold pain: take 5 pieces of litchi meat and 1 cup of boiled wine, which is effective repeatedly.

(11) Huaishan porridge with lychee and lotus seeds: 50g dried lychee meat, 10g Huaishan and 10g lotus seeds (mashed), 100g rice added when boiled until soft and rotten, cooked with porridge, seasoned with oil, salt or sugar. It can cure diarrhea in the morning (diarrhea at night), loose stool and other diseases of the elderly.

[famous expert's discussion] yuluoyaojie: "litchi is sweet, warm and moist, which is most beneficial to spleen, liver, blood essence, Yang, blood stasis and cold. The result is the same as longan, but blood heat is suitable for longan and blood cold is suitable for litchi. Dry taste, as fresh, and temperament peace, tonic, not to help the fire heat, then beat fresh. "

[note] fresh litchi is sweet and delicious, juicy, tender, nutritious, and contains a lot of vitamin C. It is really the best among fruits. Litchi should not be eaten more. If you eat fresh litchi continuously and in large quantities, you will have dizziness, palpitation, pale face, hunger, cold sweat, nausea, weakness of hands and feet, etc. in severe cases, you can also have vertigo, convulsion, irregular breathing, even sudden coma, weak pulse, near hypoglycemia, which is called litchi acute poisoning, namely litchi disease. If the above symptoms occur, the patient can lie down and rest, light immediately take a cup of sugar water, serious should be sent to the hospital immediately.

Chinese PinYin : Li Zhi