Autumn elaeagnus root leaf and fruit

Name

Niu Nai Zi (Autumn elaeagnus root leaf and fruit)

Sources

The drug is the dried root, dried of fresh leaf or fruit of Elaeagrus umbellata Thunb. (Fatally Elaeagnaceae), growing on the edge of forests, in scrubs, on waste hillsides or along creeks, and distributed in North China, East China, Southwest China and Liaoning, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Hubei and Hunan.

The Effect of Autumn elaeagnus root leaf and fruit

Property

Bitter, sour, cool; lung, liver and large intestine meridians entered.

Actions

Clear heat and relieve cough, eliminate dampness and remove toxicity.

Indications

Leucorrhea, acute mastitis, diarrhea, dysentery, uterine bleeding, cough with lung heat, stranguria.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 15~30 g of the root and leaf, or 3~9 g of the fruit.