Faeces tree

Faeces tree

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonym] Alnus cremastogyne bark (Tianbao materia medica), acacia, garlic shell (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] the tender leaves and bark of Alnus cremastogyne.

[plant morphology] Alnus cremastogyne

Deciduous trees, up to 40 m tall. Bark smooth, gray; branchlets pubescent when young, glabrous at last, lenticellate. The leaf is obovate, long elliptic or elliptic, 6-15 cm long and 2.8-8 cm wide, with short apex and narrow base, irregular serrated margin, green above and light green below, 8-10 pairs of lateral veins, sparse hairs in vein axils; petiole is about 2 cm long, densely hairy. The flowers are monoecious and monoecious; catkins of both sexes are solitary between leaf axils; male inflorescences are elongated, with 3 flowers per bract; female inflorescences are spherical, with 2 flowers per bract; inflorescences are ovoid, pedicels of inflorescences are slender, 8 cm long; winged nuts are ovoid, with membranous wings.

Born on the edge of the mountain, soil, forest. It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

The tender branches and leaves of this plant (Alnus cremastogyne branches and shoots) are also used for medicine.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] it is flat, astringent and toxic.

[function indications] Tianbao materia medica: "calming liver, clearing fire, benefiting qi. Treatment of epistaxis, collapse, wind fire red eyes. "

[selection] 1. To treat leprosy: half a jin of cow dung tree, half a jin of millet firewood and half a jin of Sparganium. Mash together, fry and wash the affected area. (Guizhou folk medicine)

② Treat diarrhea: cow dung bark three money. Pound down and add boiled water clothes, three times a day. (Guizhou folk medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Niu Shi Shu