Common name: Pu Jiangzai, Pu Jiangzai

Division: Verbenaceae

Introduction: Branchlets have four edges, and the branches are densely covered with slender gray hairs; Leaves will have a pungent smell when rubbed. Palmately compound leaves, opposite, 3-5 leaflets, with long tips; Conical cymes are terminal, with small flowers, lilac corolla and 5-lobed lips; Drupe ovoid and spherical. The fibrous tissue of stem bark is an excellent material for papermaking, and the special smell of dried leaves can be used as a substitute for mosquito-repellent incense. In addition, branches, leaves, stems, roots and fruits also have medicinal functions, which have the functions of relieving fever, expelling wind and dampness and eliminating sores; Because the tree is stout, drought-resistant and barren-resistant, it is a good soil and water conservation plant on the hillside. It grows everywhere in our country.

In addition to dyeing textiles with dyes and putting them on, some ethnic groups also directly apply pigments contained in plants to their bodies for use. For example, the aborigines in Taiwan Province Province will cut off the branches of Vitex negundo, bake the middle of the branches with fire, and then collect the juice dripping from the side to dye their teeth black.

Kamalan wizards will use Vitex negundo leaves to cast spells when treating patients. When people in Marca Island pray for rain, they dip Vitex negundo leaves in water for sacrifice. When offering sacrifices to their ancestors, Ketagalan people will first spread Vitex negundo leaves on the ground and then put sacrifices to show the sacredness of the sacrifice.

Also known as Vitex negundo, Vitex negundo, Vitex negundo, Vitex negundo, Finger Wind and Finger Orange.

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Sexual taste orientation

Roots and stems: bitter, slightly pungent, flat.

Leaf: bitter, cold.

Fruit: bitter, pungent and warm.

Functional indication

Rhizome: clearing away heat and relieving cough, resolving phlegm and stopping malaria. Used for bronchitis, malaria and hepatitis.

Leaves: Eliminating dampness and stopping malaria. Used for colds, enteritis, dysentery, malaria and urinary tract infections; External use for eczema, dermatitis and tinea pedis, decoction and external washing.

Fruit: relieving cough and asthma, regulating qi and relieving pain. Used for cough, asthma, stomachache, dyspepsia, enteritis and dysentery.

Fresh leaves: tamping, insect control, snake bite, mosquito killing.

Fresh whole plant: killing maggots.

Usage and dosage of root and stem are 0.5 ~1; 0.3 ~ 1 leaf; Fruit 1 ~ 3 money.

Excerpted from the National Collection of Chinese Herbal Medicine

Growing environment: Born in sunny hillside and Yuan Ye.

Collection and processing: autumn leaves in summer, autumn fruits, roots of four seasons, sliced and dried.

Chemical constituents include 1, 8- cineole, cedrene, pinene, camphene, caryophyllene, diterpenoids, sesquiterpene alcohols and Austrian compounds. It also contains flavonoids and cardiac glycosides.

The taste is warm, pungent and bitter.

Its main functions are dispelling wind and resolving phlegm, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain. Used for colds, coughs, asthma, rheumatism, malaria, stomachache, hernia, hemorrhoids and leakage.

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