Today is the Double Ninth Festival. What is Cornus officinalis like? Look at the picture.
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Label: Random talk on Compendium of Materia Medica of Evodia rutaecarpa in Hanzhong.
Today, I browsed the poetry circle in the forum of the Poetry Newspaper, and saw a poem by a big monk in love about inserting dogwood on September 9, which immediately aroused my thoughts for my relatives and friends all over the world. Do you know what dogwood is like? Send some photos below. Fruits feel like dates, and flowers are a bit like chrysanthemums. Figure X
Vacation in the mountains reminds me of my brothers in Shandong.
Author: Wang Wei
I am a lonely stranger in a strange land, and I miss my family more often during the holidays.
When I think of my brothers' bodies climbing high, I will feel a little regret for not being able to reach me.
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As a plant, Cornus officinalis mainly has two types:
One is Cornus officinalis of Cornaceae, and the other is Evodia rutaecarpa of Rutaceae. Because it is produced in Wudi (now in Jiangsu and Zhejiang), it has the best quality, so it is called Yuejiao or Dwarf. It is a small evergreen tree with pinnate compound leaves and green and white flowers in early summer, as strong as pepper seeds. Mature after autumn. The fruit is yellow when tender and purple when ripe, which has the effects of warming the middle warmer, relieving pain and regulating qi. The fruit is small and cracked, very spicy and delicious, and its stems and leaves can be used as medicine, which has the effect of warming stomach and drying dampness. It is one of the important components of Shiquan Dabu Pill and Liuwei Dihuang Pill. Cornus officinalis leaves can also cure cholera, and roots can kill insects. Compendium of Materia Medica says it is spicy and fragrant, warm in nature, and can cure cold and drive away poison. The ancients believed that wearing dogwood could ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. According to local customs, "On September 9th, Cornus officinalis was plugged to ward off evil spirits and avoid the cold."
One kind of Cornus officinalis is Cornus officinalis of Cornaceae.
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Alias: Cornus officinalis, jujube peel, medicinal jujube, Cornus officinalis, etc.
Family name: Cornaceae, Solanum.
Deciduous shrubs or small trees; The old branches are dark brown and the young branches are green. Leaves opposite, ovoid or ovoid, 5- 12 cm long and 7.5 cm wide, pointed at the top, rounded or wedge-shaped at the base, sparsely hairy on the back, 6-8 pairs of lateral veins, and yellowish brown pubescence in the axils of leaves; Petiole is about 1 cm long and has velvety hair. Umbrella axillary, with the first leaf, 4 bracteoles, oval, brown and yellow flowers; Calyx 4-lobed, lobes broadly triangular; Petals 4, ovate; Disk ring, fleshy. Drupe oval, red when ripe. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is 8-65438+1October.
Zhejiang and Anhui distribution; Born in canyons, streams or wet slopes.
Evodia rutaecarpa belongs to rutaceae.
Other famous songs are Yaozi, Fuchili Pepper, Chasby, and Stinky Bubble.
The source is the nearly mature fruit (Juss) of Evodia rutaecarpa. ) Bentham. Rutaceae.
Plant shrubs or small trees, 2.5 ~ 8 meters high. Young branches, leaf axes, petioles and inflorescences are all yellow-brown villous. Pinnate compound leaves are opposite; The leaflets are 5 ~ 1 1, oblong or ovoid, 5 ~14cm long and 2 ~ 6cm wide, with sparse hairs at the top and white villous hairs at the bottom with transparent glandular spots. Flowers unisexual, densely packed into terminal panicles. The fruit of osteophyte is purplish red with thick glandular points, and each fruit contains 1 seed. The flowering period is June-August, and the fruiting period is 9-65438+1October.
Born in mountains, roadsides or sparse forests in warm areas. Cornus officinalis is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which is used as medicine by removing the core and pulp. Foping County, Shaanxi Province, is located in the hinterland of the southern slope of the Qinling Mountains, northeast of Hanzhong, with mountainous territory, lush forests, warm and humid climate, abundant rainfall and loose and fertile soil. It is the best growing area of Cornus officinalis, and it has been a famous producing area of Cornus officinalis since ancient times. Tao Hongjing of the Southern Dynasties recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that "Cornus officinalis was born in Hanzhong Valley". "Records of Famous Doctors" contains: "Cornus officinalis was born in Hanzhong Valley and harvested in September".
Distribution in Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Fujian and Jiangxi.
When the fruits harvested in August ~165438+1October are not cracked, cut off branches, dry them in the sun or at low temperature, and remove branches, leaves and fruit stalks.