The efficacy and function of mountain fragrant fruit

Traditional Chinese medicine is very effective in treating some special diseases, but we still need to understand it before taking it. Today we will talk about some common knowledge about the medicinal material mountain osmanthus.

【Alias】 Liangan fruit

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of the Piper melongena plant of the Lauraceae family.

[Original form] Net-leaved Piper melongena is a shrub or small tree, up to 12m tall, with gray-black or light brown bark. Young branches are more or less angular, brown or gray-brown, slightly covered with yellow-brown silky hairs, while old branches are glabrous; terminal buds are small and long-cornered. Leaves are alternate; petiole is 1cm long, covered with yellow-brown soft hairs; leaf blade is thin leathery to leathery, often lanceolate, with 5-8 pairs of lateral veins, purple-brown above when dry. Flowers are unisexual, dioecious; umbels, male inflorescence has 6-8 flowers; 4 bracts; flowers are yellow, tepals are 6, fertile stamens are 9, pistils are degenerate, ovary is ovate, 1.2mm long, 0.6mm wide, with a fine tip; female inflorescence has 4-8 flowers, yellow; peduncle is 0.6-0.8cm long, slightly yellow-brown pubescent; tepals are 6, stamens are 9, about 1.3mm long, ovary is ovate, glabrous, about 1mm long, style is thick, stigma is shield-shaped, with papillae. The fruit is spherical, about 6mm in diameter, purple-black when ripe; the fruit stalk is about 6mm long and thick. The flowering period is from March to May, and the fruiting period is from June to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in sparse forests, thickets or forest edges on hillsides or gullies at an altitude of 700-2200m.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; sweet; warm

【Meridian】 Liver; Kidney

【Functions and indications】Nourishes the liver and kidneys; warms the waist and knees. Mainly used for cold pain in waist and knees; soreness and fatigue

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-10g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the detailed introduction of the mountain fragrant fruit, I believe everyone has a certain understanding and can better improve our common sense of life.