Clove twig

[ source ] from the" compendium of Materia Medica"
[ ] Pinyin name D n Xi a n Zh be be
English name [ ] Clovetree Twig
[ source ]
Medicine source: Myrtle lilac branches.
Latin animal mineral name: Syzygium aromaticum ( L. ) Merr.Et Perry
Harvest and storage: the year may pick, cut, dried.
[ ] the original morphology of clove, evergreen trees, up to 10 meters high. Leaves opposite; petiole markedly; leaves ovate or oblong obovate rectangular, length 5-10cm, width 2.5-5cm, apex acuminate or acute, base narrow often exhibit a sessile, entire. The flowers are fragrant, into the terminal thyrses, flower diameter of about 6mm; calyx hypertrophy, green to purple, tubular, apex4 crack, lobation triangle; corolla white, slightly purple, short appressed,4 crack; stamens numerous, anthers longitudinally dehiscent; ovary inferior, and calyx tube connate, style thick, stigma not apparent. Berry red brown oval, rectangular, length 1-1.5cm, diameter5-8mm, apex night latch sepals. Seeds oblong.
[ ] taste spicy; flat
[ ] invigorating stomach meridian;
[ function ] regulate attending cold; temperature diarrhea. The main abdominal distention nausea; diarrhea; virtual slide; needless to water valley
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,3-9g; or into the pill, powder.
[ ] the treatise" schema" : for all air-conditioned, confidant fullness, nausea, diarrhea, virtual slide, water valley needless.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]


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