The efficacy and function of hanging fruit

Diseases require improvement through medicine. Different diseases require different medicine choices. If you want to treat your own diseases well, you need to use the right medicine. The traditional Chinese medicine Diao Diao Fruit is also very helpful in treating certain diseases. Let’s take a look at this medicinal herb.

[Other names] Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, White Schisandra

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of Schisandra yunnanensis, a plant of the Schisandraceae family.

[Original form] Deciduous vine. The twigs are twisted, slightly longitudinally ridged, and have scattered long round lenticels. Simple leaves are alternate; petiole is about 3cm long; leaves are nearly leathery; leaf blade is broadly ovate, 8-15cm long, 4-8cm wide, apex acuminate or acute, base is broadly cuneate to truncate, margin is entire or wavy, green above, glabrous, with scattered pinkish-white spots, pinkish-green below, slightly frosted. Flowers are unisexual and dioecious; solitary in leaf axils; flowers are yellow, about 1.5 cm in diameter; tepals are 8-10, rarely 13, the outermost tepals are 2-6 mm long and 2-5 mm wide, the inner tepals are 4-7 mm long and 3-7 mm wide; stamen column is 4-6 mm in diameter, stamens are numerous, separate, in 3-4 rows; pistil carpels are numerous and nearly spherical. The aggregate infructescence is up to 10 cm long and red when ripe. Seed coat has obvious tubercles. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is July-October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in broad-leaved forests at an altitude of 1100-2300m.

【Properties】 Identification: The fruit is spherical, with a diameter of 3-6mm. The surface is brown, wrinkled, and has marks from the fruit stalk falling off; the peel is not easy to peel off. The seeds are kidney-shaped, with papillary or tiny warty protrusions on the surface. It has a slight fragrance and tastes slightly salty and spicy.

【Nature and flavor】 Sour; sweet; warm

【Functions and indications】Nourishes the lungs and strengthens the stomach; replenishes the kidneys and strengthens the body. Mainly used for chronic cough, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, loss of appetite, low back pain due to kidney deficiency, and neurasthenia

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The effects and functions of the diaodiao fruit have been described in detail above, and I believe everyone has a certain understanding of it. However, whether the diaodiao fruit has other therapeutic effects still requires further research.