The efficacy and function of Fanbai Chai

The efficacy and function of the traditional Chinese medicine Fanbaichai are very great. We can often see Fanbaichai in our lives. Utilizing the medicinal and therapeutic properties of Fanbaichai will bring us many unexpected benefits in health care. Let's take a look at the traditional Chinese medicine Fanbaichai.

[Alias] Broomstick (Chinese Tree Taxonomy), Cotoneaster chinensis (Handbook of Economic Plants), Babacha (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica).

[Source] The whole plant of the Rosaceae plant .

【Original form】 Evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub. The stems are purple-red, with tufts of hair growing in clusters at the young stage. The leaves are elliptic-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 3-6 cm long, with pointed apex, cuneate base, glabrous and wrinkled above, and distinct veins on the below, 5-12 pairs; the petiole is 3-5 mm long, with a slightly red midrib. Corymbs, terminal, densely covered with fine hairs, 3-5 cm in diameter; calyx green, hairy, 5 calyx teeth, short-pointed, calyx tube fused to ovary; 5 petals, white; 20 stamens, white filaments, purple-red anthers; ovary semi-inferior, several styles, free. The fruit is nearly spherical, about 5 mm in diameter, red, shiny, and has 2 to 3 cores. Flowering period is June. Fruiting period is October.

[Habitat distribution] Grown on rocks on mountain tops, etc. Distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

[Nature and flavor] Cool in nature, bitter in taste, non-toxic.

【Functions and indications】 Eliminate wind-heat. Treats dry cough and aphonia, jaundice due to spleen dampness, intestinal bleeding and oliguria.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang.

[Additional prescription] ①Treat dry cough and aphonia: Radix Glehniae, Scrophularia ningpoensis, Ophiopogon japonicus, and Terminalia chebula. Decoction together in water.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Sichuan Chinese Medicine Records"

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