Five-color plum, also known as: lantana, red color flower, dizziness flower, mountain dandan, big red hydrangea, coral ball, ruyi flower, etc., is the five-color plum lantana camara L, erect or semi-rattan shrub, up to 2 meters high, with a strong odor, the whole plant is covered with short hairs. The stems often have undercurved spines. The leaves are opposite, ovate or oblong-ovate. It blooms in four seasons, the inflorescence is axillary, the corolla is tall and saucer-shaped, 4 5-lobed, there are red, pink, yellow, orange, yellow and other colors, so it is called "five-color plum". The drupes are spherical, fleshy, purplish-black when ripe.
The effect of five-color plum [sexual taste] bitter, cold.
1."Nanning Drug Chronicle":"Bitter, flat and non-toxic. "
2."Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine":"It has a bitter taste, a cold nature, and is non-toxic. "
3.Guangzhou Army's "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine":"Pungent and cool. "
4."Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine":"The taste is slightly sweet and spicy, and the sex is cool. "
Returning to the meridians] large intestine meridians.
Function] reduce swelling and detoxification, dispel wind and relieve itching.
Carbuncles, dampness, scabies, poisonous sores.
1."Lingnan Medicine Collection":"Wash wet scabies. "
2."Nanning Drug Chronicle":"Leaf: scabies poisonous sores, bruises to stop bleeding. Flowers: can stop bleeding. "
3."Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine":"Dispel wind and relieve itching, reduce swelling and relieve pain, disperse toxin, and apply large intestine ulcers and carbuncles. "
4."Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine":"Whole herb: antipyretic, insecticidal and anti-itching, sores and ulcers. "
How to eat five-colored plums
Dosage and dosage: decoction, 05 1 taels; Or mash the juice to make wine. External use: Pound or decoction wash.
The taboo of five-colored plums
Oral administration should not be excessive. Pregnant women and the infirm should not take it.