Rhizoma zingiberensis

Rhizoma zingiberensis

(records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

[synonym] plantain poplar.

[source] it is the root, leaf and fruit of Cinnamomum officinale.

[plant morphology] Litsea angustifolia

Deciduous trees, up to 20 m high. Leaves alternate, broad obovate, rhomboid obovate or broad elliptic, 9-20 cm long and 6-13 cm wide, apex obtuse or rounded, base slightly auricular, entire, thick papery, veins reddish brown, lateral veins 7-9 pairs, both sides of veins are pubescent, upper surface becomes smooth when old; petiole 3-7 cm long. The flowers are unisexual, dioecious, with 5-8 umbels of open first leaves; the involucre is 8-piece, broad ovate, with silky hairs on the outside; the perianth is yellow, 6-8-lobed, with hairs on the outside; the male flowers have fertile stamens 9, anthers 4-chambered, with inward petals splitting; the female flowers have staminodes 9, ovary ovate, style slightly pubescent near the top. Drupe ovoid, black when ripe, ca. 1. 5 cm long. The flowering period is from March to April. The fruit period is from September to October.

Born on the sunny hillside of high mountains. It is distributed in Zhejiang Province.

[function indications] root bark and fruit: cure cunbai insect. Ye: it can cure tendon injuries.

[selection] 1. To cure cunbaichong: three to four coins for fruit and root bark of Curcuma Tianmu, and two to three coins for root of buddlefish grass. Fried in water, once in the morning and once in the evening on an empty stomach.

② Treatment: Tianmu ginger cotyledon, Ampelopsis root. Let's make up for the mess, and make up the distiller's grains or baijiu.

Chinese PinYin : Tian Mu Mu Jiang Zi