Scientific name in ChinesePinecone.
Pinyin」sōng qiú
English name」pine cone
Latin scientific name」pinus massoniana lamb.
AliasesPine fruit, pine yuan, pine cone, small pine ball, pine tower, etc.
It is the cones of Pinaceae plants Masson pine, Pinus tabuliformis and Yunnan pine. Harvested in late spring and early summer, fresh or dried for later use.
Original formMasson pine is an arbor, up to 45m tall and with a chest circumference of 15m。The bark is reddish-brown, the lower part is grayish-brown, and it is irregularly lobed. The twigs are often whorled, pale yellowish-brown, without white powder, ** winter buds ovate cylindrical, brown, apex pointed, bud scales edged filamentous, apex pointed or with long pointed tip. Leaves needle-shaped, 2 needles in a bunch, sparse 3 needles in a bunch, 12-30 cm long, slender and soft, leaf margins finely serrate, resin tracts about 4-8, on the dorsal side, or ventral surface also have 2 marginal; The leaf sheath is brown at first, and then gradually turns grayish-black, and remains. Male cones pale reddish-brown, cylindrical, curved, 1-1 long5 cm, clustered in the lower bracts of new branches, spike-shaped; Female cones are solitary or 2-4 clustered at the tips of new branches, pale purplish-red. The cones are ovate or conical-ovate, 4-7 cm long, 2 in diameter5-4m, with short peduncles, drooping, millet brown when ripe; The middle scale is nearly oblong-obovate, about 3 cm long; The scales are diamond-shaped, slightly raised or flat, the scales are slightly concave and thornless. The seeds are ovate, 4-6 mm long, and the wings are 2-2 years long7cm。The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruit ripening period is from October to December of the following year.
Habitat DivisionMasson pine is born in the mountains below 1500m above sea level. It is distributed in Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.
traitsIt is spherical or oval, composed of lignified spiral-arranged scales, 4-6 cm in diameter, mostly broken. Surface brown or tan. The apex of the back of the scale is broad and thickly raised, and the umbilicus of the scale is blunt. There are remnants of fruit stalks or fruit stalk marks at the base, which are hard, have a specific aroma of pine resin, and have a slightly bitter taste.
Chemical compositionThe kernel contains 153, fat 63, carbohydrate 13.
How to eatInternal: decoction, 9-15g; Or into the pill, scattered. External use: appropriate amount, fresh fruit mash juice or water decoction.
StoragePut it in a dry place, mildew-proof, moth-proof.
Sexual tasteSweet; Bitter; Sexual temperature.
ReturnLungs; Large intestine meridian.
features
1.dispelling wind and removing paralysis; Dissolves phlegm, relieves cough and asthma, diuresis, and laxative. Excerpt from "Chinese Materia Medica".
2.Wind paralysis, intestinal dryness, difficulty in stool, hemorrhoids. Excerpt from "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine".
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