Starling

Starling

(Tang materia medica)

[source] it is the heartwood of Starling, a Cornaceae plant.

[plant morphology] starling tree, also known as starling, Erya, pine, poplar, liangmu, holly, Dengtai, Luqian, Daye Dengtai and Dingmu.

Deciduous trees, up to 15 meters high. The annual branches are reddish brown, sparsely soft hairy and angular. Single leaf, alternate opposite; broad ovate to elliptic ovate, 7-20 cm long, 2.5-10 cm wide, apex long and acute, base round or obtuse, edge with irregular wavy teeth, dark green above, bluish white below, with grayish white inverted short setae; petiole 1.5-3 cm long, with deep groove above. Panicle cyme with flat top, 10-15 cm long, smooth, glabrous, or retropubescent; calyx tubular, 4-lobed, lobes lanceolate, triangular, with white soft hairs outside; petals 4, yellowish white, lanceolate, oblong; stamens 4; ovary inferior, covered with dense flat gray white hairs outside, with disk on top. Drupe elliptic, calyx persistent, dark purple at maturity, nearly glabrous, nucleus globose. The seeds are small. The flowering period is May. The fruit period is from August to September.

Common in valley, stream, forest edge, sparse forest. It is distributed in Shandong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

The bark of this plant is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[chemical constituents] the tannins in bark and leaves are 8-20% and 5-13% respectively. The seed contains semi dry oil and the oil yield is 7-15%.

[nature and taste] Tang Ben Cao: "sweet and salty, flat, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: Tang materia medica: "it is mainly used for breaking wounds, breaking blood, nourishing blood, stabilizing fetus, relieving pain and raw meat. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan.

Chinese PinYin : Liang Zi Mu