| English
Name |
| Chinese
Dwarf Cherry Seed |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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Chinese
Dwarf Cherry Seed is the dried ripe seed of Prunus humili
Bge., Prunus japonica Thunb. or Prunus pedunculata
Maxim. (Fam. Rosaceae). The former two are known as “Xiaoliren”
(small Chinese Dwarf Cherry Seed) and the latter is known
as “daliren” (large Chinese Dwarf Cherry Seed). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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It
is pungent and bitter in taste, neutral in nature, and distributed
to the Spleen, Large Intestine and Small Intestine Channels. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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Amygdalin(C20H27NO11) |
| Precaution |
| Used
with caution in pregnancy. |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a cool and dry place, protected from moth. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Xiaoliren
Ovoid, 5~8 mm long, 3~5 mm in diameter. Externally yellowish-white
or pale brown, one end acute, and the other end obtuse, with
a linear hilum on the edge of the acute end and a dark-coloured
chalaza at the centre of the obtuse end from which many vascular
bundles extend upwards. Testa thin, cotyledons 2, milky white,
oily. Odour, slight; taste, slightly bitter.
Daliren
6~10 mm long, 5~7 mm in diameter, externally yellowish-brown.
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ACTION |
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To relax
the bowles, to subdue the upward qi, and to cause diuresis. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Stagnancy
of undigested food with abdominal distension and constipation;
weakness and edema of the legs with oliguria. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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1.
Moistening and loosening the bowels
To treat
constipation due to dryness of the intestine and lack of body
fluid, it is often used with Semen Armeniacae Amarum, Semen
Biotae, etc.
2. Promoting
the circulation of water to relieve edema
To treat
ascites with fullness and distension of the abdomen, it can
be used with Semen Pharbitidis, Radix Euphorbiae Kansui, etc;
to treat dedma due to beriberi, disorders of urination and
defecation, 10 g of the drug and 30 g of Semen Coicis may
be used for decoction.
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TIPS |
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May
cause slight abdominal discomfort when taking effect against
constipation. |
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