Osmanthus fragrans

Osmanthus fragrans

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[synonyms] jasmine from Lingnan (Chinese tree taxonomy), big black bone (selected Chinese herbal medicine from Simao, Yunnan), duck color cover (Dai name).

[source] it is the whole plant of Osmanthus fragrans.

[plant morphology] Osmanthus fragrans

Shrubs rattan, smooth, glabrous. The young stem is black. Leaves opposite, ovate or linear lanceolate, thin leathery, 5-10 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base obtuse or cuneate, dark green, base with three veins, petiole short or almost sessile. Cymes terminal or axillary, pedunculate, with 3-5 flowers; petiole 1-2 cm long, bracts linear, 5 mm long, calyx tubular, calyx teeth 5-6; corolla yellow, lobes linear, as long as corolla tube. Berry, black when ripe.

Born on the roadside, in the bush. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round and dried in the sun.

Bitter, cold.

Functions and indications: heat clearing and detoxification, anti inflammation and diuresis, detumescence and stasis dispersing. Treatment of dysentery, urinary tract infection, cystitis, urethritis, nephritis, edema, fall injury, sprain and contusion.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang. External use: tamping.

[selection] treatment of urinary tract infection: cassia leaf Suxin. Take it in water. (the following is a selection of Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine.)