The efficacy and function of mountain orange [picture]

As people's living standards continue to improve, health and longevity are gradually valued by us. Therefore, health-preserving diet therapy is very popular nowadays, the trend of traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular, and Chinese medicine has once again occupied people's vision. Today we will talk about the Chinese medicine Shan Xiaoju [Picture].

[Other names] Mountain citrus, wild tangerine, wine cake wood [Guangdong]

[Source] It is a plant of the genus Glycosmis citrifolia in the Rutaceae family, Glycosmis citrifolia (Willd.) Lindl., and its roots, leaves and fruits are used as medicine. The leaves are collected in summer and used fresh or dried in the shade. The roots can be dug up all year round, washed, sliced, and dried in the sun or in the shade. Pick the fruits in late autumn, blanch them in boiling water and then dry them in the sun.

[Original form] An upright shrub, about 4 meters high. Young branches and buds covered with rusty hairs. Leaves are alternate and petiolate; simple and pinnate compound leaves are mixed, with 3 leaflets, rarely 2, opposite or alternate, leaflets narrowly elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 7-15 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, obtuse or acutely acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, entire margin, with transparent glandular dots on both sides. Small white flowers bloom in summer and autumn, forming small axillary densely flowered panicles. The inflorescence axis is thinly covered with rusty hairs. The flowers are nearly sessile, with 5 flowers. The calyx is very small, less than 1 mm long, the petals are ovate-rectangular, about 3 mm long, there are 10 stamens, and the disk is thick. The small berries are fleshy, nearly spherical, often slightly oblique, about 7 mm in diameter, light red or darker, slightly transparent.

[Habitat distribution] Grown on hillsides, bushes, hills and village edges. Distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong and other provinces.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy, sweet, neutral.

[Functions and indications] It can eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, regulate qi and eliminate accumulation, disperse blood stasis and reduce swelling. Used for cold and cough, indigestion, loss of appetite, abdominal pain due to food accumulation, hernia pain; used externally to treat swelling and pain caused by bruises and blood stasis.

[Usage and Dosage] 3-5 qian; for external use, mash the fresh leaves and apply to the affected area.

[Remarks] The flower buds and young leaves of Glycosmis pentaphylla, a plant of the same genus, contain glycosmin (C ₂₂ H ₂₆ O ₁₀ ), which is hydrolyzed to produce salicylalcohol, 3,4-dimethoxybenzoic acid and a molecule of glucose.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

【Source】 "Color Atlas of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines"

Through the detailed introduction of mountain tangerine [picture], I believe everyone has a certain understanding and can better improve our common sense in life.