Three tendons

Three tendons

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[alias] chaigui (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), xiaohuacao and xiangyezishu (Hubei Chinese herbal medicine earth method).

[source] it is the bark or leaf of Cinnamomum camphora.

[plant morphology] Cinnamomum camphora

Small evergreen trees, 1.3-3 meters high, fragrant. Leaves alternate, ovate elliptic, leathery, 7-14 cm long, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin shallowly undulate, three veins from base. Panicle terminal or near terminal; flowers small, light green yellow. Berries ovate.

In or near the woods. It is distributed in Hubei, Sichuan and Yunnan.

[collection] all year round. Cut and dry.

[chemical constituents] the bark contains volatile oil and cinnamaldehyde. The leaves contain volatile oil, including phellandrene, eugenol and so on.

[nature and taste] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "Gan Xin, Wen". "

[functions and indications] 1. Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "stop bleeding, connect bones, dredge channels and activate collaterals. Treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding, traumatic bleeding, traumatic injury, fracture. "

② "Hubei Chinese herbal medicine earth method": treating burns and scalds. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: Yanmo, 1-2 points. External use: grind and apply.

Chinese PinYin : San Tiao Jin