【中藥材小知識】金櫻子 Jinyingzi

【名稱】        金櫻子   

【拼音】        Jinyingzi

【英文】        Cherokee Rose Fruit

【拉丁】        Rosae Laevigatae Fructus

【類別】        果實及種子類

【來源】        薔薇科植物金櫻子Rosa laevigata Michx.的乾燥成熟果實。

【產地】        主產于江西、重慶、湖南、湖北等地區。

【性狀】        本品為花托發育而成的假果。呈倒卵形，表面紅黃色或紅棕色，有突起的棕色小點，系毛刺脫落後的殘基。頂端有盤狀花萼殘基，中央有黃色柱基，下部漸尖。質硬。切開後，花托壁內有多數堅硬的小瘦果，內壁及瘦果均有淡黃色絨毛。氣微，味甘，微澀。

【品質】        以個大、色紅黃、有光澤、去淨毛刺者為佳。

【性味】        酸、甘、澀，平。

【功效】        固精縮尿，固崩止帶，澀腸止瀉。用於遺精滑精，遺尿尿頻，崩漏帶下，久瀉久痢。

金櫻子 Jinyingzi

 

Chinese Name 金櫻子   

ChinesePinyin：Jinyingzi     

English Name：Cherokee Rose Fruit   

Latin Pharmaceutical Name：Rosae Laevigatae Fructus

Category Fruits and seeds

Origin：The dried mature fruit of Rosa laevigata Michx.(Rosaceae)

Production Regions Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Jiangxi,Chongqing, Hunan, Hubei.

Macroscopic Features：Receptacles develop to form a pseudocarp. Inverse egg-like shape; externally reddish-yellow or reddish-brown, with raised brown spots, which are the remnants of fallen hair thorns. Apex has disc-like remnants of calyx, center has yellow base of style, bottom is gradually pointy. Hard texture. After being cut open, inner surface of receptacle has numerous hard small achenes, which have pale yellow fuzz. faint odor, sweet taste, slightly astringent.

Quality Requirements：Superior medicinal material is large, reddish-yellow, lustrous, and cleaned of all hairy thorns.

Properties：Sour, sweet, astringent; neutral

Functions Secures essence, reduces urine, secures the metrorrhagia, relieves vaginal discharge, astringes intestines, stops diarrhea. Apply to emissions and spermatorrhoea, anischuria and urinary frequency, metrorrhagia and metrostaxia, lingering diarrhea and dysentery.