Phyllanthus urinaria

Phyllanthus urinaria

(collection of common folk herbs)

[synonym] Yin Syndrome medicine, dabushen (a textual research on the names and facts of plants), flowers on leaves (Emei medicinal plant), fruits on leaves (Chinese medicinal plant Atlas).

[source] it is the leaves and fruits of Podocarpus officinalis, Podocarpus Tibetans or Podocarpus chinensis.

[plant morphology] 1. Green pod leaf, also known as green leaf supporting red pearl.

Deciduous shrub, 1-3 meters high, green or purple green twigs. Leaves alternate, ovoid or oval elliptic, 3-7 cm long, apex acute, base broad cuneate, upper edge of base denticulate, tooth tip apiculate, near the base there are bristle shaped bud teeth, both sides are smooth glabrous, light green; petiole 1-2.5 cm long, sometimes with needle shaped branching stipules, edge with eyelashes. The flowers are dioecious, green and white. The female flowers are solitary or 2-3 clustered near the center of the midrib on the top of the leaves. The male flowers form dense cymes with 10-12 petals. The petals are 3-5 triangular ovate. The male flowers have 3-5 stamens. The female flowers are hypogynous and the style is 3-5-lobed. Drupe subglobose, black, 3-5-ribbed. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruit ripens in August.

It grows under the forest of 1000-2000 meters above sea level. It is distributed in Shaanxi, Henan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong. Guangxi and other places.

② Tibet green pod leaf, also known as western region green pod leaf.

Deciduous shrub, up to 2-3 m high. Twigs yellowish brown. Leaves alternate, thinly leathery, oblanceolate or long elliptic lanceolate, 11-15 cm long and 1-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, with a pointed tail, base cuneate, margin spinose serrate, base entire; stipules margin obtuse. Flowers dioecious, male flowers in dense cymes, on the midrib above the leaves, near the base of the leaves, or on the twigs, female flowers 1-3 cluster on the midrib above the leaves, petals 4, triangular ovate, light purple, male flowers with stamens 4; female flowers ovary lower, drupe red, with 5 spindles. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruit period is June.

Most of them grow on the semi shady slope of 1200-2400m above sea level or under the shady forest of mountainous area. Distributed in Tibet, Yunnan, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

③ Chinese green pod leaf

Deciduous shrub, 1-3m high, with purple green shoots. Leaves alternate, leathery or near leathery, linear lanceolate or lanceolate, 4-15 cm long, 9-20 mm wide, apex caudate, margin sparsely serrate except base, teeth sharp. The flowers are dioecious; the male flowers are in cymes, arising from the upper and middle parts of the tender branches or leaves; the pedicels are 2-10 (even to 25) mm long; the petals are 3-5, ovate, and the stamens are 3-5; the female flowers are sessile, with the middle part of the leaf surface, the lower part of the ovary, and the stigma 3-5-lobed. Drupe black.

It grows in dense forest and humid place with altitude of 1200-2300m. It is distributed in Gansu, Hubei, Henan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong and other places.

The roots of the above plants (Phyllanthus urinaria) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] before the leaves wither and yellow in summer or early autumn, the fruits are picked with leaves and used fresh or dried in the sun.

[flavor] bitter, pungent and smooth.

① "Sichuan Zhi Liang, non toxic. "

② "Investigation of medicinal plants in Guizhou Province": "it is slightly bitter, but flat. "

③ Guizhou herbal medicine: "the nature is flat, the taste is pungent and slightly sweet. "

[function indications] for dysentery, hematochezia, carbuncle, furuncle, swelling and scald.

① Emei medicine plant: "clear fire. "

② Collection of commonly used folk herbs: "tonifying weakness. "

③ "Clearing heat and removing dampness". For dysentery, fecal blood and fetal loss. "

④ "Guizhou medicine plant investigation": "regulating deficiency and loss, relieving cough. "

⑤ Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing away heat, detoxifying, detumescence and relieving pain. Treatment of soup fire, sore, carbuncle, nameless swelling poison, knife wound, snake bite, stomachache. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-8 yuan. External use: tamping.

[selection] 1. To treat dysentery; Phyllanthus urinaria, Portulaca oleracea, feizhumiao, Xiebai. Take it in water. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② It is used to treat the bleeding of persimmon root, Rhizoma Bletillae, Rhizoma Bletillae. Take it in water. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

③ Treatment of unknown swelling poison, snake bite: flowers on leaves, Viola, purslane each one, a centipede. Total smash external application, change dressing once a day. (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Ye Shang Zhu