Purple bullet tree

Purple bullet tree

(records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

[source] it is the stem, leaf and root bark of Ulmaceae.

[plant morphology] Acanthopanax pulcherrima

Deciduous trees, up to 14 m high. Annual branches with reddish brown fine hairs. The leaves are ovate or ovate elliptic, 3.5-8 cm long, with single serrated margin at the middle and upper parts and sparse entire margin. The young leaves are covered with scattered hairs on both sides, the upper part is rough, the lower part has more hairs on the veins, and the old leaves are glabrous; the petiole is 3-7 mm long. The flowers are small and heterozygous; the male flowers are clustered at the base of the new branch, the female flowers are solitary or 2-3 gathered at the upper part of the new branch; the perianth piece is 4; the stamen is 4, the filament is light red; the pistil is 1, the ovary is ovate, the style is 2-lobed, and the stigma is hairy. Drupe usually 2 axillary, subglobose, orange or blackish, 9-18 mm long, with reticulate nucleus; stipe more than 2 times longer than petiole, hairy. The flowering period is from April to June. The fruit period is from September to October.

Like moist and thick clay soil, often grow in the hillside, gully edge and miscellaneous forest. Distributed in Shaanxi and the south of the Yangtze River.

Cold in nature and sweet in taste

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, eliminating phlegm and promoting urination. The treatment of infantile craniotomy.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 Liang. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] ① for lumbago: one or two stems and branches of Acanthopanax latifolia, plus dog's spine, half wine and half stew.

② Treatment of carbuncle swelling poison: Purple bullet tree root bark two to three Liang, water decoction; slag plus sugar mash applied to the affected area.

③ Treatment of ulcers and ulcers: Purple bullet leaves and sugar mash applied to the affected area.