Bayberry 2

Bayberry 2

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonym] Salix (a textual research on the name of plants), Salix microphylla, shuibiji, chuanyumu (Guangxi Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine plant), shuijinkou, xiaoyeshuiyangmei (Zhejiang traditional Chinese medicine resource list), shuipomegranate, shuipaomu (Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine), crystal, shuijinling (Zhejiang folk common herbs), yuchuangill, chuanyuchuan, hydrangea, hydrangea, nailwood, Xiaoye Willow, willow dregs, sand gold (Journal of traditional Chinese medicine (6): 321966).

[source] stems, leaves, flowers and fruits of Myrica rubra.

[plant morphology] Myrica rubra

Deciduous shrub, 1-1.5m high. Branches slender, with reddish brown hairs, old branches glabrous. Leaves opposite, papery, ovate lanceolate or ovate elliptic, 2.5-4 cm long, 8-12 mm wide, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate, entire, glabrous above, lateral veins slightly white pilose below, subsessile; stipules small, caducous. Inflorescence simple, axillary or terminal, 0.5-1.5 cm in diameter, peduncle 2-5 cm long, pubescent; calyx tube short, lobes 5; corolla tubular, about 5 mm long, purplish red, lobes 5, outside hairy; stamen 5; ovary inferior, style slender, about 1 times longer than corolla. Capsule long ovate cuneate, ca. 3 mm, locular dehiscent. Seeds numerous, small, oblong, winged at both ends. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruit period is from September to October.

Born in streams, rivers, beaches and other wet places. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi.

The root of this plant (Myrica rubra) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] the stems and leaves were collected in spring and autumn, and the fruits were collected before and after October and dried in the sun.

[nature and taste] Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "it's light in taste, temperament and non-toxic. "

[function indications] it is used to treat high fever, diarrhea, toothache, eczema, traumatic bleeding.

① Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing heat and detoxifying. Treatment of wind fire, toothache, dysentery, skin eczema. "

② Treat fever and diarrhea. (Journal of traditional Chinese medicine (6): 321966)

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or decoction gargle. External use: tamping.

[selection] 1. Treatment of bacillary dysentery and enteritis: one or two herbs of Myrica rubra, fried in water and served as tea. The second water poplar plum fruit sequence five money, water fried (or boiling water for a quarter of an hour, to slag), take three times a day. (selected works on infectious diseases)

② Treatment of toothache caused by wind fire: one water Myrica rubra two liang, fried in water, gargle several times a day. Two water bayberry leaf amount, salt a little, total mash, plug insect teeth hole. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of skin eczema: Myrica rubra whole grass, triangle bubble, grasshopper, bitter gall each amount, water decoction wash the affected area. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of traumatic bleeding: fresh water bayberry leaves or flowers, mash external application. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

[clinical application] treatment of bacillary dysentery and enteritis

According to the observation of 666 cases, the cure rate was 89.2%. Most cases took effect within 3 days, with an average of 6.5 days. It is also effective for patients who are not sensitive to other anti dysentery drugs. The recurrence rate was less than 2.4%. It also has effect on chronic bacillary dysentery, acute and chronic nonspecific enteritis. Usage: Take 1 liang of whole herb, decoct it in water and drink it as tea; or use flower and fruit (both dry and fresh), dry product for 5 yuan, decoct and boil it or soak it in boiling water for 15 minutes and then drink it; or use tablet, 1.5-2.0 g for adults, 3 times a day. For some patients with oral difficulties or chronic diseases, retention enema can be performed with whole herb 2 liang Decoction plus 200 ml warm water, once or twice a day. If it is made into injection, it has the same curative effect. The results showed that the extract of the drug had antibacterial effect on Shigella dysenteriae at 10% concentration.

In addition, oral or external use of Myrica rubra (rinse or made into suppository) also has a good effect on vaginal trichomoniasis.

Chinese PinYin : Shui Yang Mei