Nanzhuzi
Pinyin name:
Nanzhuzi
English name:
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Latin name:
Vaccinium bracteatum
Alias:
Black rice fruit; The original plant Vaccinium bracteatum is also known as beef tendon, black rice grass and Vaccinium bracteatum.
Textual research on names
South Zhuzi (outline), Vaccinium bracteatum (medicinal material). Beef tendon (herbal tonic), black rice grass, black rice grass (Rihuazi herbal medicine), black grass (Kaibao herbal medicine), southern candle grass, Gongxu, dyed glutinous rice, monkey medicine, Houzhuo, monkey glutinous rice, grass king, Wei (herbal medicine), etc.
Subject source
Dicotyledonous medicine Ericaceae plants
Medicinal part
The fruit of Vaccinium bracteatum.
Sexual taste orientation
Sweet and sour, flat and non-toxic. The new edition of materia medica: "Enter the kidney and enter the liver."
Efficacy indication
Nourishing kidney, consolidating essence, strengthening tendons and improving eyesight. Treat wet dream for a long time, with chronic dysentery and leucorrhea.
dosage
Oral administration: decoction, 2 ~ 4 yuan; Or make pills.
Allocation of resources
Distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Taiwan Province and other places.
Medicinal material identification
Dried fruit, spherical, 4-5 mm in diameter. The surface is dark reddish brown, slightly wrinkled, persistent calyx, bell-shaped calyx tube, 5-lobed apex, triangular lobes, covering about 2/3 of the fruit, with osmanthus yellow spots at the top and often fruit stalks at the base. It tastes sour and slightly sweet.
Textual research of ancient books
From Compendium of Materia Medica (1) and Illustration of Materia Medica: "Southern Candle is only available in Jiangdong County today. The plant height is three to five feet, the leaves are small and small, and they are not carved in winter, and the red seeds are used as ears in winter. People use their branches and leaves at any time in a variety of courtyards outside the room, commonly known as the southern candle. Also known as southern candle vegetation. His son is like dogwood, ripe in September, sour and delicious. The leaves are not opposite, like tea, round and thick, with small taste, evergreen in winter and summer, slightly purple branches and leaves, and the big ones are four or five feet high, which are very fat and fragile and easy to destroy. " (2) "Outline": "There are many southern candles, Wu and Chu mountains and rivers. Leaves are like alum, smooth and sour. Small white flowers bloom in July, as strong as clusters of Pu Shu seeds and green. When it is ripe in September, it is purple, with fine seeds inside, sweet and sour, and children can eat it. "
chemical composition
Dried fruit contains about 20% sugar and 7.02% free acid (mainly malic acid, a little citric acid and tartaric acid).
Related selection
Add lean marrow, relax muscles and improve eyesight: 2 kg of candel (living), 4 kg of ginkgo (shelled), 1 kg of yam powder, 4 kg of Poria cocos and half a catty of Euryale euryales, all of which are pounded into cakes and baked with fire; Add 1 kg of Lycium barbarum, 1 kg of Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, 1 kg of Cornus officinalis, 2 kg of mulberry leaves (tender mulberry is better) and half a catty of giant fruit. * * * is the ending, and honey is a pill. Old wine is given five yuan every morning. (new edition of materia medica)
original shape
Vaccinium bracteatum is born on hillsides, roadsides or bushes.