Xiaonian medicine

Xiaonian medicine

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

Badu powder.

[source] it is the leaf of Pittosporum yunnanense.

[plant morphology] Pittosporum yunnanense, also known as Pittosporum multiflorum.

Small evergreen trees. Leaves alternate, leathery, lanceolate, 20 cm long, margin undulate, above bright green. Compound corymb terminal; flowers small, yellow; sepals 5, ciliated; petals 5, basal commissure; stamens 5, alternate with petals; ovary superior, style simple 1, stigma undivided. Capsule, about 7 mm in diameter, glabrous, petals leathery, 2-4 seeds.

It is distributed in Yunnan.

[function indications] it is used to treat all sores, poisons, swelling and pain.

Chinese PinYin : Xiao Nian Yao