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金櫻子 Jinyingzi
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Chinese Name |
金櫻子 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Jinyingzi |
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English Name |
Cherokee Rose Fruit |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Rosae Laevigatae Fructus |
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Category |
Fruits and seeds |
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Origin |
The dried mature fruit of Rosa laevigata Michx.(Rosaceae) |
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Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Jiangxi, Chongqing, Hunan, Hubei. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Receptacles develop to form a pseudocarp. Inverse egg-like shape; externally reddish-yellow or reddish-brown, with raised brown spots, which are the remnants of fallen hair thorns. Apex has disc-like remnants of calyx, center has yellow base of style, bottom is gradually pointy. Hard texture. After being cut open, inner surface of receptacle has numerous hard small achenes, which have pale yellow fuzz. faint odor, sweet taste, slightly astringent. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is large, reddish-yellow, lustrous, and cleaned of all hairy thorns. |
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Properties |
Sour, sweet, astringent; Neutral |
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Functions |
Secures essence, reduces urine, secures the metrorrhagia, relieves vaginal discharge, astringes intestines, stops diarrhea. Apply to emissions and spermatorrhoea, anischuria and urinary frequency, metrorrhagia and metrostaxia, lingering diarrhea and dysentery. |
| Link |
 Medicinal Plant Images Database
Chinese Medicine Specimen Database
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00236 |
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