Banana leaves

[ source ] from the" compendium of Materia Medica".
[ ] B Pinyin name is a Ji o Y keyword.
English name [ ] Leaf of Japanese Banana
[ source ]
Medicine source: banana plants banana leaves.
Latin animal mineral name: Musa basjoo Sieb . Et Zucc.
Harvest and storage: the year may collect, shredding, fresh or dried.
[ ] the original morphology of plantain, tufted perennial herb, high 2.5-4m. Petiole stout, up to 30cm; leaf blade oblong, long 2-3m, 25-30cm wide, apex obtuse, base rounded or asymmetric, foliage green, glossy. Inflorescences and, pendulous; bracts brownish red or purple; male flowers in inflorescences of female flowers in inflorescences of upper, lower bracts; female flowers in each 10-16 flower, 2 columns; tepals connate with 5 ( 4-4.5cm, 3+2 ) tooth crack, free tepal few and compound tepal equal, apex with small pointed. Berries trigonous, oblong, long 5-7cm, with 3-5 edge, subsessile, fleshy, with most seed. Yi to seed, warty process and irregular edges, wide 6-8mm. Flowering 8-9.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: Qinling Mountains south of Huaihe can open cultivation, much cultivated in gardens and farmhouse near.
Resource distribution: China Taiwan may have wild.
[ ] taste sweet; light; cold
[ ] to the liver through the heart;
[ ] and functions; diuretic; detoxification. The main fever; stroke; edema; beriberi carbuncle; scald;
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 6-9g; or burning of grind end, each 0.5-1g. External : the amount, trace and apply; or burned dark grinds the powder powder.
[ ] the discussion
1" Materia Medica": new treatment for liver heat burning fire, wind, Chufan heat.
2" Modern Practical Traditional Chinese medicine": diuretic. Beriberi treating external carbuncle, eliminating.
The 3" Chinese medicine planting field guide:" skin and leaves: enough, or bee sting, pain, and the hemostatic effect of.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.com/