A daily taste of Chinese medicine Mao Dongqing

Mondo Health Updated on 2024-02-26

Traditional Chinese medicine Mao Dongqing, also known as Wuwei Ding, Carbuncle Tree, June Frost ("Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine"), fine-leaved holly, fine-leaved green, bitter snail, tung oil, rat gnaw, mountain holly ("Zhejiang Folk Commonly Used Herbal Medicine"), Mao Phi Tree, Tea Holly (Guangzhou Air Force "Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine Manual"), water and fire powder ("New Outline of Chinese Medicine"), throat poison ("Guangxi Plant Directory") and so on. It is the root of the holly family. Harvested in summer and autumn, sliced and sun-dried evergreen shrubs, about 3 meters high. The twigs are ridged, coarsely hairy, and black-brown after drying. Monophytic leaves; paper or membranous; Elliptic or obovate-oval, 3.4 cm long and 1.0 cm wide5 2 cm, apex pointed, usually with a small convex cucum, base broadly wedge-shaped or slightly obtuse, sparsely haired below, margins with sparse small tines or near entire, midrib concave above, sparsely hairy, lateral veins 4 5 on each side; The petiole is 3.4 mm long. flowers lavender or white, dioecious; inflorescences in clusters; Male inflorescences: one flower per branch, rarely a 3-flowered umbrella inflorescence; peduncle 1 2 mm long; 2 bracts; calyx 5 6-lobed, lobes ovate-triangular; petals 4 or 6, obovate-oblong-elliptic, 2 mm long; The stamens are 3 4 petals long;Female inflorescences: 1 3 flowers per branch; peduncle 2, 3 mm long; calyx 6-7-lobed deep, pubescent; Petals 5 8-pieced, oblong, 2 mm long. The berries are spherical, 4 mm in diameter, red when ripe. Flowering period in summer.

The efficacy of hairy holly

Sexual taste] "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": The taste is slightly bitter and sweet, flat and non-toxic.

Returning to the meridians] lungs; Liver; Large intestine meridian.

Function] clear heat and detoxify, invigorate blood and veins.

1."Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": clear away heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain, and facilitate urination.

2."Zhejiang Folk Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine"; Cold, tonsillitis, 3"New Compendium of Traditional Chinese Medicine": Invigorating Blood and Circulating Pulses.

Dosage] Internal: decoction, 1 3 taels. External use: Coated or soaked in decoction.

This product is slightly toxic and should not be taken in large quantities for a long time.

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