綠梅花 Green plum blossoms

The dried buds are spherical, 4-8 mm in diameter. They have three to four layers of brown, scaly bracts. Within the bracts are five sepals, pale yellowish-brown with a slight green tinge, oval, and arranged in a shingle-like pattern. The petals are five or more, white or yellowish-white. They are light in texture, fragrant, and have a light, astringent flavor. Preferred are those with clean, intact, unopened buds, green sepals, and white petals, and a delicate fragrance.

Product Description

別名：綠萼梅 , 綠梅花

Other names: Green-calyx plum , Green plum blossom

出處：《綱目》

Source: Gangmu
化學成分：花蕾含揮發油，主要為苯甲醛、異丁香油酚、苯甲酸。

Chemical composition: The flower buds contain volatile oils, primarily benzaldehyde, isoeugenol, and benzoic acid.

性味：酸澀，平。

Properties and flavor: Sour, flat.
歸經：”入肝、肺二經。”

Meridians: Enters the Liver and Lung meridians.

功能主治：舒肝，和胃，化痰。治梅核氣，肝胃氣痛，食慾不振，頭暈，瘰癧。

Indications: Soothes the liver, harmonizes the stomach, and resolves phlegm. Treats globus phlegm, liver and stomach pain, loss of appetite, dizziness, and scrofula.
用法用量內服：煎湯，0.8～1.5錢；或入丸、散。外用敷貼。

Indications: Soothes the liver, harmonizes the stomach, and resolves phlegm. Treats globus phlegm, liver and stomach pain, loss of appetite, dizziness, and scrofula.