Yinxiangpi

Yinxiangpi

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

Another name: Cinnamon from Guangdong Province.

[source] the bark of Cinnamomum camphoraceae.

[plant morphology] Yinxiang, also known as kancao, yincao, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum cassia.

Evergreen trees, up to 20 m high. Branchlets reddish brown, glabrous. Leaves nearly opposite or scattered, leathery, ovate or oblong, 6-10 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, apex short acuminate, base cuneate to suborbicular, entire; upper green, glossy, lower pink green, glabrous on both sides, with 3 veins from the base, no raised glands in vein axils; petiole 8-12 mm long. Panicle terminal or axillary; flowers small, green white; perianth 6, base slightly connate, 4-5 mm long, both sides pilose; fertile stamens 9, arranged into 3 rounds, outer 2 rounds anther inward, third round anther outward, anthers are ovate, 4-locular, petal split, filament short, there is still 1 round of staminode in the innermost; pistil 1, ovary superior, 1-locular, 1 ovule, style thin, stigma small. Berry drupe shaped, ovate, less than 1 cm long, ca. 5 mm in diam., base with a thick cup-shaped persistent perianth, apex with 6 truncated short lobes. The flowering period is from March to April. The fruit period is from April to October.

Growing in open forest with sunshine; or cultivated. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places.

The root (Yinxiang root) and leaf (Yinxiang leaf) of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[chemical constituents] the bark contains volatile oil (cinnamaldehyde, eugenol, safrole, etc.)

[nature and taste] 1. "

② Lu Chuan's materia medica: "Xin, Wen. "

[function indications] warming, dispersing cold, dispelling wind and dampness. It can treat less food, abdominal distension, watery diarrhea, epigastric pain, rheumatism, sore swelling, falls and sprains.

① "Lingnan medicine collection record": "taking three or four coins from the skin and taking them in boiling water can strengthen the stomach and remove wind. Its skin for the end, with wine transfer application, the treatment of vicious big sores, SHENGFEI snake sores. "

② Lu Chuan materia medica: "dispel wind and dampness, stop diarrhea. Treatment of cold and damp diarrhea, abdominal pain, dysentery, rheumatism and bone pain. "

③ "Dispelling wind, dispersing cold, warming and relieving pain" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. Treatment of cold stomach pain, abdominal distension, diarrhea. "

④ "Common Chinese herbal medicine color atlas": "dispel wind, detumescence, convergence and diarrhea. It is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, lumbocrural pain, sprain, furuncle, sore poison, wound bleeding, watery diarrhea, cold stomach and abdominal pain, loss of appetite and amenorrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-3 yuan; or grind powder. External use: grind the end to adjust to apply or dip wine to rub.

Chinese PinYin : Yin Xiang Pi