The efficacy and function of chicken crop fruit

Chicken gizzard fruit is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. This type of medicine can cover many aspects of disease treatment, so before choosing chicken gizzard fruit, you must have a good understanding of it. Let us introduce it in detail below.

[Other names] Wild raspberry, wild lychee, mountain lychee, chicken crop, chicken crop

[Source] Cornus capitata Wall. [Dendrobenthamia capitata （Wall.）Hutch.], a plant of the genus Cornus in the family Cornaceae, is used as medicine with its leaves and fruits . The fruits are picked in autumn and used fresh or dried; the leaves can be picked in all seasons, dried and ground into powder.

[Nature and flavor] Leaves: bitter, astringent, flat.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies, promotes bile secretion and promotes diuresis, eliminates accumulation and kills insects. Used for food stagnation and flatulence, infantile malnutrition, hepatitis, ascariasis; used externally to treat burns and scalds, and bleeding from trauma.

【Usage and Dosage】 2 to 3 qian. For external use, grind into powder and sprinkle or mix with egg white and apply to the affected area.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

The above is an introduction to the effects of chicken crop fruit. When using it, you can do so according to the needs mentioned above. Chicken crop fruit is also very helpful in treating certain diseases.