The efficacy and function of Hovenia dulcis

Hovenia dulcis is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. There are precedents of using Hovenia dulcis to treat diseases in ancient times, so we can eat it with confidence. Next, I will mainly introduce to you the effects of Hovenia dulcis.

[Other names] Wood honey (Lu Ji's "Poetry Notes"), tree honey, wood sugar (Cui Bao's "Ancient and Modern Notes"), Baishi wood ("Jingchu Sui Shi Ji"), honey Qulu ("Taiping Guangji"), chicken feet, leprosy fingers ("Su Chen Liang Fang"), jujube ("Bi Ya"), back Hongzi, Jianqiong ("Zhu Zi Daquan"), jujube ("Jiuhuang Bencao"), Tianteng, Huanyangteng ("Yunnan Bencao"), wood coral, chicken claw, chicken orange, knot, Caogong claw, thorn wolfberry ("Compendium of Materia Medica"), Baishi jujube ("Medical Collection"), longevity fruit ("Drug Production Identification"), chicken claw pear, sweet midnight, dragon claw ("Chinese Tree Taxonomy"), Bijiuzi ("Flora of Guangzhou"), golden hook, sour jujube ("Jiangsu Plant Medicine"), chicken claw fruit ("Nanning City Medicine"), jujube ("Chinese Medicine"), turn button

[Source] The fruit or seed with a fleshy stalk of the Hovenia dulcis plant of the Rhamnaceae family. The fruits are harvested when they are ripe in October and November. The fruits and stalks are picked off and dried in the sun. Or crush the husk and sift out the seeds. Dry in the sun.

[Original form] Hovenia dulcis (Cui Bao's "Ancient and Modern Notes"), also known as: Goji (The Book of Songs), Hovenia dulcis (Zhuangzi), Hovenia dulcis (Notes), Holly (Lu Ji's "Shi Shu"), Baishimu (Cui Bao's "Ancient and Modern Notes"), Jiaojiazhi (Leigong Paozhi Lun), Jingoumu (Yudizhi), Jujube Tree (Health Easy Prescriptions), Pear Jujube Tree (Compendium of Materia Medica), Golden Fruit Tree.

【Habitat distribution】Wild or cultivated. It is distributed from Hebei, Henan to Guangdong, Guizhou and Yunnan. It is mainly produced in Shaanxi, Guangdong, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui and Fujian. In addition, it is also produced in Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hebei and Tibet.

【Properties】 ① Dried fruit with stalk

【Chemical composition】 The fruit contains a large amount of glucose and calcium malate.

[Pharmacological action] The fruit has a significant diuretic effect on rabbits without any side effects.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet and sour, neutral.

【Meridian】 ① "Ben Cao Zai Xin": "Enters the heart and spleen meridians."

【Functions and indications】 Treats drunkenness, restlessness, thirst, vomiting, and difficulty in defecation and urination.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration: decoct in water, 3-5 qian; soak in wine or make into pills.

【Note】 "Depei Materia Medica" states: "It is forbidden to use in patients with spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness."

[Additional prescription] ① Treats excessive drinking and accumulation of body fluids due to extreme heat, dryness of body fluids in the five internal organs, frequent urination and bleeding, muscle wasting, and craving for cold foods. Cold soup: 2 liang of Hovenia dulcis, 1 qian of Musk. Grind into powder, make into balls with flour paste, as big as walnuts. Take 30 pills each time, swallow on an empty stomach with salt water. (The effective prescription of the world's doctors, Zhiqizi Pills)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Tang Materia Medica"

From the above we can see that the traditional Chinese medicine Hovenia dulcis has very high medicinal value, so we can consider applying Hovenia dulcis in our lives.