The efficacy and function of Jigong Chaiguo

Jigongchai fruit is usually used as a medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine. This is also because of the medicinal value of the Jigongchai fruit itself, so today I will tell you about the relevant knowledge about the Jigongchai fruit.

【Other name】 Rice soup fruit

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of the plant Viburnum chinense of the Caprifoliaceae family.

[Original form] Viburnum chinense is a deciduous shrub, up to 4m tall. Buds and leaves turn black, black, dark brown or gray-brown after drying; current year's twigs are light yellow, then gray-brown. Winter buds are usually less than 5mm long, with 2 pairs of scales, the outermost pair is half to 2/3 the length of the winter buds. Leaves are opposite; petiole is 1-1.5cm long; leaf blade is papery, ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 7-12cm long, 3.5-7cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, rounded at the base, with a few distal bodies on both sides near the base below, and the margin is sparsely serrated except at the base; lateral veins are 6-8 pairs, nearly parallel and straight, extending to the tips of the teeth. The cyme is glabrous or slightly covered with long procumbent hairs, 2.5-4cm in diameter, with usually 5 first-level radiating branches, and the flowers are borne on the third-level radiating branches, fragrant; the calyx tube is about 1.5mm long, and the calyx margin has 5 fine teeth; the corolla is white, radial, 4-6mm in diameter, and the lobes are longer than the corolla tube; there are 5 stamens, half as long as or equal to the corolla; the style does not exceed the calyx teeth. Infructescence curved, with 5 stamens, half as long as or equal to the corolla; style not higher than calyx teeth. The infructescence is curved, the drupe is red, spherical-ovate, 9-11mm long; the core is flat, 8-10mm long, and uneven. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is September-October.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Strengthens the spleen. Indigestion; loss of appetite

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the above introduction, let us understand the relevant knowledge about Jigongchai fruit. If we can give full play to the efficacy of Jigongchai fruit, it can help us solve some physical diseases. Therefore, many people regard it as their own health care choice.