The efficacy and function of chicken crop

Chicken gizzard can not only supplement the body's nutritional elements, but also help regulate the body's various functions. It also has high medicinal value. Today, I will take you to learn about chicken gizzard.

[Other names] Wild lychee (Illustrated Guide to Higher Plants of China), Fructus Rubus (Common Folk Herbs in Kunming).

[Source] The leaves and fruits of the Cornus officinalis plant. Harvest in autumn.

[Original form] Evergreen small tree, 3 to 10 meters high. Young branches densely covered with white soft hairs. The leaves are simple and opposite, leathery or thinly leathery, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-10 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, with acute apex, cuneate base, entire margin, dark green above, gray-green below, both sides covered with appressed white pubescence, 4-5 pairs of lateral veins, raised on the underside of the leaf, with obvious axils at the intersection with the midrib. The inflorescence head is nearly spherical, about 1.2 cm in diameter, with 4 yellow-white petal-like bracts. The involucral bracts are obovate, pointed at the apex, 3-4 cm long and 2-3 cm wide; the calyx is tubular, 4-lobed, and the lobes are round and obtuse; there are 4 petals, yellow; there are 4 stamens; the disk is cup-shaped; the ovary is inferior and 2-chambered. The infructescence is oblate and purple-red; the fruit stalk is thick and 4 to 7 cm long.

[Habitat distribution] Growing on hillsides, ditch edges and bushes. Distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, neutral.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, detoxifies, promotes diuresis, and kills insects. Treat hepatitis, ascites, ascariasis, burns and scalds.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 3 to 5 qian; or grind into powder. For external use: Leaves: grind into powder and sprinkle or decoct in water and wash with.

[Additional prescription] ① For the treatment of hepatitis and ascites: ㈠ Take three to five cents of chicken crop fruit, decocted in water and taken orally. (Kunming Folk Commonly Used Herbs) ㈡ Take 3 to 5 qian of chicken crop leaves and decoct them for oral administration. (Selected Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicines)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

It can be seen that the medicinal value of chicken crop is still very obvious. However, not everyone can use chicken crop. We can judge based on our own physical condition.