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Chinese name Platycladus orientalis, Platycladus orientalis, cypress tree
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English name Platycladus orientalis, Platycladus orientalis, Platycladus orientalis, Platycladus orientalis, Platycladus orientalis, Cedar, Platycladus orientalis in China.
Latin scientific name Platycladus orientalis.
Classification of families and genera: Cupressaceae, Cupressaceae.
Evergreen trees in plant form, more than 20 meters high, DBH 1 meter. The bark is thin, gray-brown, and longitudinally split into strips. Branchlets with scaly leaves are thin and flat, extending upward and arranged in a plane. The leaves are scaly, alternate, 1-3 mm long, and the tip is slightly blunt. The exposed parts of the leaves on the upper and lower sides of the branchlet are in the shape of inverted oval rhombus or rhombus, and the leaves on both sides are folded on the basal surfaces of the upper and lower leaves in the shape of keel. There is a strip glandular groove in the middle of the dorsal lobe. Monoecious, the male cones are mostly on the lower branchlets, oval, 2-3 mm long, with short stalks and 5- 10 pairs of stamens; Female flowers are born on the upper branches, nearly spherical, blue-green, covered with white powder, sessile, 3-4mm in diameter, 3 pairs of scales, sometimes 4 pairs of fleshy protrusions on the lower part, and two upright embryo balls at the base. The fruit is nearly ovoid, long 1.2-2.5 cm, fleshy and light blue, and then becomes woody, reddish brown, hard and cracked, with barbs at the top of the fruit scales, which curl outward. The seeds are elliptic or nearly elliptic, with sharp apex, 6-8 mm long, taupe or purplish brown, slightly angular, wingless or extremely narrow, and the hilum is large and obvious. The flowering period is from March to April, and the cones mature in September-65438+1October.
Habitat distribution is born in moist and fertile land, and limestone mountains are also planted. Distributed in most parts of the country. Medicinal materials are mainly produced all over the country.
Mature seeds, branches and leaves of medicinal parts are used as medicine. Name of traditional Chinese medicine: seed kernel: arborvitae seed. Branches and leaves: Platycladus orientalis
Harvesting and processing seeds: the seeds are harvested and dried when they mature in early winter. Crushing seed coat, winnowing, and drying in the shade. Branches and leaves: harvested in summer and autumn, cut off twigs and dried.
The main ingredients contain fat and saponin.
Pharmacological effects can stop bleeding, relieve cough, eliminate phlegm, relieve asthma, calm down and resist pathogenic microorganisms.
Sexual taste and functional benevolence: sweet and flat. Branches and leaves: bitter, slightly cold. Kindness: nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, stop sweating and moisten the intestines. Branches and leaves: cool blood to stop bleeding, long black hair.
Indications: Seed kernel is used for insomnia due to yin deficiency, palpitation, night sweats, intestinal dryness and constipation. Branches and leaves: used for hematemesis and bleeding, hemoptysis and hematochezia, metrorrhagia and bleeding, blood-heat alopecia, premature whitening. Seeds: oral: decoction, 9-15g; Or pills or powder. External use: appropriate amount, mashed. Be careful when the stool is thin and phlegm is too much. Branches and leaves: oral administration: decoction, 9- 15g, or pill or powder. External use: appropriate amount, decocted in water; Pour or grind, and then smear. Taking too much or too long can easily cause stomach and wrist discomfort and loss of appetite.
Seeds:
Secret recipe for the elderly: Semen Platycladi, Fructus Cannabis and pine nuts, equally divided. After research, the melted white wax pill is big. Take 20 or 30 tablets with Shao Huang Dan before eating.
Branches and leaves:
Urine and blood: 9 grams of cacumen Platycladi and 9 grams of Rhizoma Coptidis, taken with wine.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the aromatic gas emitted by cypress has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, eliminating dampness and killing insects, eliminating diseases and resisting pathogens, and cultivating healthy people. The main components are indigo and limonene. These natural substances can not only kill bacteria and viruses, purify the air, but also relax the spirit and stabilize the mood. After inhaling the scent of cedarwood, people can lower blood pressure, reduce cerebral blood flow and relieve depression. Some countries implement forest therapy to enable cancer patients to
Semen Platycladi is sweet and flat, and has the functions of nourishing the heart, calming the nerves, moistening the intestines and relaxing the bowels. Semen Platycladi is combined with Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Poria, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, Radix Polygalae and Ginseng for treating fright and insomnia. Semen Platycladi, Fructus Cannabis, and pine nuts are ground and taken in equal amounts for treating senile or postpartum constipation.
The cypress leaves taste bitter, astringent and cold, and have the functions of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, expelling wind and removing dampness, reducing swelling and detoxifying. Take 3700 grams of Platycladus orientalis leaves, boil and concentrate into a thick paste of 12, add 300 grams of fine powder of Platycladus orientalis leaves, and dry. Take 2 grams each time, three times a day, and the effect is quite good. Take a proper amount of fresh Platycladus orientalis leaves and decoct them in water, which can be used to treat pertussis and ulcer bleeding. Soaking the fresh leaves of Platycladus orientalis in 70% alcohol and wiping the hair with medicinal liquid is very effective in treating baldness.
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Dry branches and leaves of Platycladus orientalis, a cypress plant.
Origin: It is produced in most parts of the country.
There are many branches, small and different in length, with scales. The color is reddish brown. You can see that the leaves are opposite on the surface, and the section is yellow and white. Crispy texture, easily broken. The stems and branches are cylindrical and reddish brown; Branchlets are flat, with a diameter of 1~2mm. Leaves are small scales, alternate and opposite, inserted on branches, dark green or yellow-green. Crispy. Sweet, bitter and slightly pungent.
The best quality is the tender leaves, which are turquoise and have no crumbs.
Bitter, astringent and cold.
Efficacy can cool blood, stop bleeding, dispel wind and remove dampness, reduce swelling and detoxify. Can be used for treating hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, bloody dysentery, intestinal wind, metrorrhagia, rheumatic arthralgia, bacillary dysentery, hypertension, cough, erysipelas, mumps, and scald.
efficacy
Zi: Sweet, pungent, slightly bitter and flat.
Leaves: bitter, bitter and warm.
Resin: light, astringent and flat.
Functional indication
Son: dispel wind and clear heat, soothe the nerves and stop bleeding. Used for fever, irritability, high fever in children and hematemesis.
Leaves: stop bleeding and promote granulation. A topical medicine for treating traumatic hemorrhage.
Resin: it can relieve fever, dry dampness and relieve pain. Used for fever, headache and leucorrhea; A topical medicine for treating traumatic hemorrhage.
Usage and dosage: 3~5 yuan of seed and resin; Apply proper amount of leaves and resin externally, mash or grind into powder, and apply mixed sesame oil to the affected area.