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杜仲葉 Duzhongye
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Chinese Name |
杜仲葉 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Duzhongye |
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English Name |
Eucommia ulmoides Oliv |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Eucommiae Folium |
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Category |
Leaves |
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Origin |
The dried leaves of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.(Eucommiaceae). |
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Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan; generally a cultivated product. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Leaf is elliptical or oval, 7~15cm long, 3.5~7cm wide. Externally yellowish-green or yellowish-brown, slightly lustrous. Apex gradually narrows, base is round to a wide wedge shape; edge has saw-teeth with short leaf stem. Brittle texture, breaks easily when twisted; fractured surface has a few silvery-white gluey threads connected. faint odor; slightly bitter taste. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is intact, yellowish-green, without foreign matter. |
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Properties |
Slightly Acrid; warm. |
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Functions |
Supplements the liver and kidney, strengthens sinew and bone. Apply to deficiency of liver and kidney, dizziness, lumbar and back pain, weakness of sinew and bone. |
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Remark |
Euconmmia (Eucommia ulmoides) is listed as "Vulnerable" in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. |
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 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=B00326 |
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