Aglaia odorata

Aglaia odorata

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonyms] Shulan (Taiwan Chronicles), Siamese flower, yuzilan (Guangzhou flora), thymus (Luchuan materia medica), orchid rice, Zhulan, muzhulan (Sichuan flora of traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the flower or branch of Meliaceae.

[plant morphology] mizzielan, also known as fragrans.

Small evergreen trees, up to 5-6 m high. It has many branches and a semicircular crown. The leaflets are 3-5, leathery and glossy, with a long apex, smaller leaflets on both sides, and a pair of smaller leaflets at the base. The leaflets are sessile, narrowly elliptic to narrowly elliptic lanceolate, 5-8 cm long. The apex is obtuse or obtuse, entire or slightly pointed, and the base is cuneate and downward. The flowers are monoecious and hermaphroditic. They are axillary panicles, 6-12 cm in length. They are small, spherical, fragrant, 2 mm in diameter, with short stalks. The sepals are 5, green. The petals are 5, yellow. The stamens are 5, the filaments are tubular, and the anthers are in the tube. The pistils are 1, 1-2-locular, and the ovules are 1-5. Berry, ovate or subglobose, 10-12 mm long, with scattered stellate scales on the surface. The flowering period is from July to August.

Most of them are planted near houses or in gardens. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Yunnan, Sichuan, etc.

[collection] in summer, the flowers were harvested when they were in bloom, and the impurities were removed and dried in the sun.

[herbal medicine] the dried flowers are small and uniform granules, brownish red. The Corolla is composed of 5 petals tightly packed, with less obvious stamens on the inner surface, light yellow. It is light, hard and slightly brittle. The air is fresh and fragrant. The best color is golden and fragrant.

Produced in Guangxi, Sichuan and other places.

[chemical constituents] the leaves contain triterpenoids, such as oryzalanol.

[sexual taste] it is sweet and pungent.

[meridian tropism] entering the lung, stomach and liver meridians.

[functions and indications] ① flower: relieve depression and wide heart, promote birth, sober up, clear lung, wake up, stop thirst. Treatment of chest diaphragm distending discomfort, choking diaphragm, cough and dizziness. (nature and taste are listed in Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals)

② "Guangxi medical plant directory": "branches and leaves: treat Dieda, gangrene. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan. External use: Boil paste coating.

[taboo] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "pregnant women should not take it. "

Chinese PinYin : Mi Zai Lan