Yueju Fruit, a traditional Chinese medicine, is the fruit of the plant Yueju in the Ericaceae family. It is distributed in Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, and other areas. It has the effect of stopping diarrhea and is used for enteritis and dysentery. Today, the editor will introduce the morphology of the original plant of Yueju Fruit and its usage and dosage!
【Effects and Functions of Yueju Fruit】
According to traditional Chinese medicine, Yueju Fruit has the effect of stopping diarrhea and is used for enteritis and dysentery.
1. "Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Stops dysentery. Treats dysentery."
2. "Xinjiang Chinese Herbal Medicine Manual": "Treats enteritis and dysentery."
【Usage and Dosage】
Internal use: Decoction, 3-9g of Yueju Fruit.
【Morphology of Yueju Fruit】
Yueju is an evergreen dwarf shrub. It has long creeping rhizomes underground and above-ground plants that are 10-30cm tall. The stems are slender, erect or partially prostrate, and the branches and young branches are covered with gray-white short hairs.
The leaves are alternate; the petioles are short and slightly hairy; the leaf blades are leathery, elliptical or inverted ovate, 0.7-2cm long, 0.4-0.8cm wide, with a rounded apex, slightly pointed or slightly concave, and a wide wedge-shaped base;
The edges are rolled back, with shallow wavy blunt teeth, the surface is hairless or slightly hairy along the midrib, and the back is covered with glandular spots and short hairs. The short cymose inflorescences grow at the top of last year's branches, 1-1.5cm long, slightly drooping, with 2-8 flowers;
The axis of the inflorescence is slender and slightly hairy; the bracts are red and broadly ovate; there are 2 bracteoles, ovate; the calyx tube is short and bell-shaped, hairless, with 4 calyx lobes, broadly triangular;
