Ligustrum lucidum

[alias] Ligustrum lucidum, ash tree.

[source] is LigustrumlucidumAit of Ligustrum lucidum of Oleaceae. The dried fruit becomes hot.

[original plant] Ligustrum lucidum is an evergreen shrub or small tree, up to 15 m tall; branchlets glabrous and with obvious lenticels. Leaves opposite, leathery and thick, ovate, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 6-15 cm long, apex acuminate, base attenuate or broadly cuneate, bright green above, light green below, all glabrous. Flowering in July and August; panicle 12-23 cm long, glabrous; flowers white, shortly pedicellate; Corolla tube slightly as long as calyx; stamens 2, inserted in Corolla tube throat, also slightly as long as Corolla lobes; ovary superior, 2-loculed. Drupe oblong, 10-12 mm long, blue-black at maturity. The seeds are oval. Born in mixed forests and forest edge valleys. Distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hunan, Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Henan, Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Anhui, Taiwan and other provinces and regions, cultivated or wild. Folk in northern Guangdong are often planted on the edge of the village, gardens or ridges as hedges.

[medicinal materials] our province is produced in the north, northwest, northeast, west and southwest, and more in the counties of northern Guangdong, mainly cultivated products. Harvest processing winter harvest. Pick the ripe fruit, remove the branches and leaves, and dry it in the sun; steam it slightly, or blanch it in boiling water and dry it. The character is kidney-shaped, oval or Obovate, with fruit pedicel scar or persistent calyx and short pedicel at the base. It is 5mm in length and 3mm in diameter. The surface is blue-black, purple-brown or yellowish brown with wrinkles. Exocarp thin, mesocarp slightly loose, easy to peel, endocarp woody, yellowish brown; there are 1 seed, 2 seeds, kidney-shaped, reddish brown, slightly pointed at both ends, cross-sectional white, oily. The breath is slight, the taste is sweet and slightly bitter. The quality requirement is that the fruit is full, kidney-shaped, purplish black and without stalks. According to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (1990 edition): this product contains no more than 3% impurities. The packaging and storage are loaded in gunny bags and stored in a ventilated and dry place.

[pharmacology] the effect of increasing white blood cells this product has an elevated effect on leukopenia caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. 50% bacteriostatic effect the plate trenching test showed that it had inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella flexneri, Escherichia coli, typhoid bacillus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Enhancing immune function can not only promote the transformation of lymphocytes and mother cells in healthy people, but also increase the number of hemolytic plaque forming cells. Other effects this product contains oleanolic acid has cardiotonic, diuretic, liver-protecting and enzyme-lowering, anti-inflammatory and inhibition of Smur180 tumor and other effects. The toxicity was very low, and the rabbits were fed with 75 grams of fresh heated fruit at a time without any side effects.

Ligustrum lucidum picks out impurities and cleans up. Take Ligustrum lucidum from wine, mix it well with 20% liquor according to the weight of Ligustrum lucidum, moist, steam for 2 hours after the wine is absorbed, remove and dry. After making the wine, it is grayish black or dark brown, with the smell of alcohol. Alcohol processing can enhance the solubility of organic acids in water, change the smoothness of oil, increase sugar content, and enhance the beneficial effect. Salt Ligustrum lucidum take clean Ligustrum lucidum, according to the weight of Ligustrum lucidum diluted with 2% salt and proper amount of water, mix well, moist, after the salt water is absorbed, steam for 2 hours, remove and dry. The salt is grayish black or dark brown with a slightly salty taste. Salt system can enter the kidney and enhance the effect of tonifying the kidney.

[medical use] the taste is sweet, slightly bitter and flat. The meridians are the liver and kidney channels. Function and main treatment of nourishing liver and kidney, bright eyes and black hair. It is used for dizziness, tinnitus and lumbar acid caused by yin deficiency of liver and kidney. It is recently used for neurasthenia, optic neuritis, chronic tracheitis, chronic benzene poisoning and habitual constipation in the elderly. Usage and dosage 9: 15g, fried in water.