The world is full of wonders, and Chinese medicinal materials are also varied and varied. Here I would like to introduce to you a Chinese medicinal material - milk pulp. [Alias] Niu Ru Fu (Zhi Wen Ben Cao), large-sized milkman (Fujian Folk Herbs), wild loquat, mountain milk, milk beads, hairy fairy fruit, large-leaf milk fruit (Zhejiang Folk Commonly Used Herbs), milkman (Fujian Chinese Herbs). [Source] It is the fruit of the Moraceae plant. Harvest in autumn when the fruit is ripe. [Original form] Deciduous small tree or shrub, about 3 to 8 meters high. Branches reddish brown. Leaves are alternate, thick and papery; leaf blades are oblong or obovate, 7-20 cm long, 4-9 cm wide, wider above the middle, gradually pointed at the apex, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, entire, with sparse, short, coarse hairs on the upper side and only fine hairs on the midrib below, 5-7 pairs of lateral veins, with prominent veinlets in a reticular pattern; petiole is 2-4 cm long, glabrous; stipules are lanceolate and light red. Inflorescence; flowers are unisexual, with many florets, inserted in fleshy receptacles; receptacles are stalked, usually solitary or in pairs in leaf axils, spherical or nearly pear-shaped, about 15 mm in transverse diameter, purple-red, covered with white short hairs or glabrous; 4 bracts, which do not fall off; male flowers are pedunculate, with 4 tepals and 2 or 3 stamens. Achenes small. Flower friends in April. The fruit matures from August to September. [Habitat distribution] Distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and other places. 【Functions and indications】 ① "Chinese Materia Medica Summary": "Treats hemorrhoids." [Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang. 【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》 Now you know the role of milk pulp. I didn’t know that milk pulp was such a valuable thing before, which shows that our knowledge is not broad enough. So in the future life, learning more about it can be a good way to maintain health. In fact, if you want to maintain your health, there is knowledge everywhere in life. |
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