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木瓜 Mugua
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Chinese Name |
木瓜 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Mugua |
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English Name |
Common Floweringquine Fruit |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Chaenomelis Fructus |
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Category |
Fruits and seeds |
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Origin |
The dried mature fruit of Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai(Rosaceae). Also called ‘zhou pi mu gua(wrinkled skin mu gua)’ or ‘xuan mu gua’. |
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Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Sichuan, Hubei, Zhejiang. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Long round shape, often longitudinally cut into 2 halves. Externally purplish-red or reddish-brown, with irregular deep wrinkles. Edges are curled inward on the cut surface, flesh reddish-brown, center portion indented, brownish-yellow. Seeds are flat with a longitudinal triangular shape. Pieces are strips. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material has wrinkled outer skin, thick flesh, firm texture, purplish-red throughout, sour taste. |
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Properties |
Sour, warm |
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Functions |
Calms liver, soothes the sinews, harmonizes stomach, transforms dampness. Apply to damp arthralgia and contractions, heavy feeling and pain in the waist and knee joints, vomiting and diarrhea, muscle spasms, beriberi and edema. |
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 Medicinal Plant Images Database
Chinese Medicinal Formula Images Database
Chinese Medicine Specimen Database
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00195 |
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