The efficacy and function of papaya[picture]

There are many types of Chinese medicine. When we choose, we need to understand the medicine first. So do you know about papaya [picture]? Let us introduce it below.

【English name】 FRUCTUS CHAENOMELIS

[Other names] Chinese crabapple, iron-footed pear, wrinkled papaya, Xuan papaya

[Source] This product is the dried nearly ripe fruit of Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai, a plant of the Rosaceae family . The fruits are harvested when they are green and yellow in summer and autumn, blanched in boiling water until the skin turns grayish white, cut in half longitudinally, and dried in the sun.

[Properties] This product is oblong and is usually cut into two halves longitudinally. It is 4 to 9 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide, and 1 to 2.5 cm thick. The outer surface is purple-red or reddish-brown with irregular deep wrinkles; the edges of the cross section curl inward, the flesh is reddish-brown, the center is concave, and brown-yellow; the seeds are flat and triangular and most of them fall off. Hard texture. It has a light fragrance and a sour taste.

[Identification] Take 1g of the powder, add 10ml of 70% ethanol, heat to reflux for 1 hour, filter and test the filtrate as follows.

[Preparation] Wash, soak or steam thoroughly, cut into thin slices and dry in the sun.

【Nature and flavor】 Sour, warm.

[return through meridians] Return to the liver and spleen meridians.

【Functions and indications】Calms the liver and relaxes the muscles, harmonizes the stomach and eliminates dampness. It is used for dampness, arthralgia, cramps, soreness and pain in the waist and knee joints, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, and beriberi and edema.

【Usage and Dosage】 6 to 9g.

[Storage] Store in a cool and dry place, away from moisture and insects.

[Remarks] (1) It is generally used to treat rheumatic pain and soreness of waist and knees, and is often used in combination with tiger bones. It is an important medicine for treating vomiting, diarrhea and convulsions. It is used for cholera caused by summer heat and dampness, vomiting, diarrhea and convulsions, and can be used together with coix seed, stinging sand, coptis root, evodia rutaecarpa and other drugs. In addition, this product is an important medicine for treating swollen and painful athlete's foot, and can be used in combination with Evodia rutaecarpa, Perilla frutescens, and Areca catechu. It also has a digestive effect and can be used for indigestion.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Pharmacopoeia

[Source] Leigong Paozhi Lun

From the above description, we can know that papaya [picture] has high nutritional value and medicinal value. It can treat some diseases and can also be used as a raw material for diet therapy. It is indeed a good choice for health and wellness.