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(notes to the classic of Materia Medica)

[synonym] he Yuanzi (treatise on Lei Gong's processing) and southwest Chaenomeles (records of traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the fruit of the Rosaceae plant Juglans mandshurica.

[plant morphology] Mutao, also known as Chaenomeles angustifolia.

Shrubs, up to 3 m high. Branches brown, with obvious lenticels, spiny. Leaves elliptic lanceolate to lanceolate, 3-11 cm long and 1-3.3 cm wide, apex acute, base broadly cuneate to suborbicular, margin glandular acute, finely serrate, midrib covered with brown pubescence. Flowers in clusters, opening at the same time as or before leaves; calyx 5, nearly oblong, entire, erect, purplish red; petals 5, nearly circular; stamens numerous, anthers dorsifixed; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 5-locular, style 5, separated, lower part slightly united, base densely white pilose. pome. Conical oval to oval, yellowish in color and sour in taste. Seeds triangular, flat, pointed, dark brown, smooth. The flowering period is from March to April. The fruit period is from September to October.

It is distributed in Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou.

[collection] the fruit is picked when it is ripe, cut into two halves or several pieces, and dried or dried.

[herb] the dried fruit is slightly oval, about 5-9 cm long and 3-5 cm in diameter. There are pits at the top, narrow at the bottom and concave stipe marks. The surface is brownish red to dark red with slight luster and irregular deep wrinkles. The center of longitudinal section is concave, reddish brown, smooth and glossy, the edge is grooved, reddish yellow, granular, sometimes the ovary septum and slightly triangular seeds can be seen. Solid quality. The gas is slightly fragrant and the taste is sour and astringent. It is better to be big and brown.

[flavor] sour and astringent, flat.

① "Lei Gong Paozhi Lun": "the taste is astringent and slightly sour. "

② Meng Shen: "Ping. "

[function and indications] it is used to treat vomiting, diarrhea, tendon transformation, nausea, pantothenic acid and dysentery.

① "Breaking dysentery" is one of the key points in the book of Materia Medica. "

② Meng Shen: "it's the main way to turn the tendons. It's the way to cook and eat. "

③ "Materia medica collection": "to nausea and sour throat, stop wine phlegm yellow water. "

[taboo] 1. In the treatise on Lei Gong Paozhi, it is said that "it hurts people's morale. "

② Meng Shen: "if you damage your teeth and tendons, you can't eat them. "

Chinese PinYin : Zi