Litsea cubeba

Litsea cubeba

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[source] it is the fruit of Cinnamomum officinale.

[plant morphology] Zingiber officinale, also known as Piper nigrum, Chimonanthus praecox, Syzygium sibiricum and Zingiber officinale.

Deciduous small trees, 3-7 m high. The flower branch is slender. The leaves are papery, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 5-10 cm long, with silky pubescence at the beginning and smooth at the end; the petioles are hairy. Flowers unisexual, dioecious; umbel, composed of 8-12 flowers, with short stalks; flowers opening before leaves; surface of involucre hairy, early falling; flowers yellow, pedicel small, 1-1.5 cm long, with silky hirsute; perianth 6, obovate; anthers 4-locular, lobed, fully introverted, filaments only at base with fine hairs; female flowers larger, with coarse hairs. Drupe globose, bluish black, ca. 7-10 mm in diameter; upper part of pedicel slightly enlarged. The flowering period is from March to April. The fruit period is from August to September.

It grows on the side of stream, slope or edge of mixed forest. It is distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Henan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places.

The root, stem and branch, and leaf of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

In addition, the fruits of Zanthoxylum bungeanum and Zingiber officinale were used as Zingiber officinale in Sichuan.

[collection] from August to September.

[nature and taste] Guizhou folk medicine: "warm in nature, pungent in taste. "

Functions and indications: invigorating spleen, drying dampness, regulating qi and eliminating food. Treatment of stomach cold, abdominal pain, diarrhea, food stagnation, fullness.

① Guizhou folk medicine: "invigorate the spleen, dry dampness, help digestion, external treatment of sore poison. "

② Chongqing herbal medicine: "expelling cold, relieving pain, strengthening stomach, relieving fullness and distension. Treatment of heart and stomach cold air pain, cold bone wind, cold food pendulum, dysmenorrhea. "

③ "Expelling wind and dispersing cold" is the main content of Hunan medical records. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan; or powder. External use: mash and apply.

[taboo] Chongqing herbal medicine: "it should not be used when the intestines and stomach are hot. "

[prescription selection] 1. To treat abdominal pain caused by cold: four to five yuan of wood ginger. Take it in water. (Hunan medical records)

② Treatment of diarrhea abdominal pain: wood ginger research end, boiled water swallow a money.

③ For the treatment of Fasha Qitong: wood ginger, green rattan, spider each one money. At the end of the research, wine swallow.

④ Treatment of dyspepsia, chest and abdominal distension: dried wood ginger, grind, swallow three to five minutes each time. (2) Guizhou folk medicine is published below the prescription.)

⑤ Treatment of joint pain: one or two pieces of wood ginger, five pieces of realgar, two pieces of chicken excrement. Mash, stir fry, bag, rub pain. (Hunan medical records)

⑥ Treatment of sores: external application of wood ginger. (Guizhou folk medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Mu Jiang Zi