Effects and functions of acupuncture

Acupuncture of iron acupoints can not only supplement the body's nutritional elements, but also help regulate the body's various functions. It also has high medicinal value. Today, I will take you to learn about acupuncture of iron acupoints.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of the Myrsinaceae plant.

[Original form] Large shrub or small tree, 3-7m high. Branchlets often angular. Leaves are alternate; petiole is about 5mm long; leaf blade is firm papery to nearly leathery, elliptic to lanceolate, sometimes rhombic, 5-9cm long, 2-3.5cm wide, apex is long acute to long acuminate, base is cuneate. Margin usually serrulate with spiny serrations above middle; midrib raised on dorsal surface, lateral veins joined into marginal veins, veinlets reticulate, distinct, with sparse glandular dots, especially densely or almost absent at margin. The umbels or flower clusters are axillary, with 3-7 flowers, each with 1 bract at the base; bracts are ovate, with ciliate and glandular dots; pedicels are about 2mm long and pubescent; flowers are 4-someres, about 2mm long, calyx base united into a short tube, up to 1/3 of the total length or slightly shorter, equal ovate or triangular to elliptic, often sparsely pubescent outside, with glandular dots and ciliate; corolla white to light yellow, nearly united or short tube at base, usually 1/3 of the total length, lobes oblong, oblong or tongue-shaped, with obvious glandular dots above the middle, ciliate; stamens are the same length as corolla or longer, filaments are short, inserted on the corolla tube, anthers are the same shape as corolla lobes, and degenerate in female flowers; pistil is degenerate in male flowers, pubescent, shorter or slightly longer than stamens in female flowers, pubescent, ovary ovate, style acuminate upward, stigma fissure, fringed. The fruit is spherical, 5-7mm in diameter, red to purple-black, with dense glandular dots. The flowering period is from February to April, and the fruiting period is from October to December.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in dense forests, hillsides, roadsides, ditches, etc. at an altitude of 500-2700m.

【Properties】 Identification: The fruit is spherical, with a diameter of 4-5mm. The surface is purple-black or brown-red, with glandular dots and one seed inside. Some have persistent calyx, with the lower half of the sepals fused.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; sour; neutral

【Functions and indications】Anti-insect. Main red worm disease

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-12g. .

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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