Evergreen trees, usually shrubby. The bark is gray and smooth. Simple leaves alternate, hard leathery, rectangular and square, 3 ~ 7.5cm long and 1 ~ 3cm wide. There are three hard spines at the top, and the central spines bend downward, with 1 spines on both sides of the base, and sometimes1spines on the left and right sides in the middle. On the old tree, the leaf base is round and spineless, and the leaves are green and prickly. Petiole. Flowers white, axillary, numerous, arranged in an umbrella; Male flowers and bisexual flowers are the same plant; Calyx cup-shaped, 4-lobed, lobes triangular, pubescent outside; Petals 4; Obovate, base healed; Stamens 4, inserted at the base of corolla lobes, alternate with petals, anthers dehiscent longitudinally; Stamens 1. Drupe oval, bright red. Four seeds. The flowering period is from April to May. Fruit-bearing period: September ~ 65438+ 10.
What role does Ilex cornuta have?
Different names of cat sting (materia medica), holly sting (materia medica), star anise tea (materia medica), rat sting (materia medica), tiger sting (Jiangsu Botanical Medicine), dog sting (Jiangxi traditional Chinese medicine), blood-dispersing pill and star anise sting (Guangxi).
The source is Ilex Ilex leaves.
Its plant morphology is Ilex cornuta (Tang Materia Medica), also known as (Lu Ji's Poem Sparse), Sparse Wood (Classic Sparse of Materia Medica) and Ten Dedications (Primitive).
Wild or cultivated. Distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Henan, Guangxi, Shanxi and other places.
The roots (roots of Ilex cornuta), bark (bark of Ilex cornuta) and fruit (fruit of Ilex cornuta) of this plant are also used as medicine.
What is the medicinal function of Ilex cornuta?
Ilex cornuta has the effects of reducing blood lipid, inhibiting bacteria and resisting fertility. It is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat tuberculosis, dizziness, tinnitus, waist and knee pain, rheumatoid arthritis and waist joint pain.