Jindaocai

Jindaocai

(Hunan medical records)

Another name: zhenzhufeng and smelly Changshan.

[source] it is the stem and leaf of Callicarpa kwangtungensis.

[plant morphology] Callicarpa kwangtungensis

Shrub, 0.8-2 m high. Branchlets slightly stellate hairy. Leaves opposite, papery, narrowly elliptic lanceolate, 10-20 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, apex acute, base narrowly cuneate, margin serrate, glabrous on both sides, densely covered with golden glandular dots below, lateral veins 12-14 pairs, protruding below; petiole about 1 cm long. Cyme axillary; peduncle 0.5-0.8 cm long, densely short hairy; bracts lanceolate, small; calyx 4-lobed, calyx teeth obtuse triangular; corolla white, tubular, apex 4-lobed; stamens 4, filaments as long as corolla; ovary superior, glandular, 4-locular. Drupe globose, ca. 3 mm in diam., purple.

Under the forest. Distributed in Guangdong, Hunan and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[flavor] sour and astringent, non-toxic.

It can relieve pain and stop bleeding. Treatment of hematemesis, chest pain, migraine, stomachache, traumatic bleeding.

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

[prescription selection] ① treatment of hematemesis chest pain: Guangdong Zizhu Wuqian, alizarin Sanqian, xiantaocao Sanqian, huangmaogen Yiqian. Take it in water.

② To cure deviant tendencies: Zizhu Qiqian, Guangdong Province. Take it in water. On the left, Joan of arc three dollars. Add tangerine peel to the right.

③ Measles: Guangdong Zizhu three money, cattle thorn two money, wild sorghum two money. Take it in water.

Chinese PinYin : Jin Dao Cai