Boat-fruited Sterculia, also known as the sea, Haizi and Dakongguo, is a dry and mature seed of boat-fruited Sterculia. The outer peel is extremely thin, fragile and easy to fall off. The middle peel is thick, dark brown, loose and fragile, and swells into a sponge when it meets water. When the fruit ripens and cracks, the seeds are harvested and dried in the sun. Mostly used for making tea.

Sweet and cold.

Meridian and lung and large intestine meridian.

Function: clearing away heat and moistening lung, relieving sore throat and opening sound, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels. Used for hoarseness due to lung heat, dry cough without phlegm, dry throat pain, heat constipation, headache and red eyes.

dosage

Soak or decoct 2 3 slices in boiling water.

taboo

Patients with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold constitution, cough caused by wind-cold and cold, sore throat, cough caused by lung yin deficiency, hypotension and diabetes are not suitable for taking boat-fruited Sterculia.

physiological property

This product is spindle-shaped or oval, the top is blunt and round, the base is slightly sharp and curved, and the navel is light and round. The surface is brown or dark brown, slightly shiny, with irregular shrinkage wrinkles. The outer seed coat is extremely thin, fragile and easy to fall off. The middle seed coat is thick, dark brown, loose and fragile, and swells into a sponge when it meets water. Dispersed resin dots can be seen on the cross section. The endosperm can be peeled off from the middle testa, slightly leathery, with 2 thick endosperm and wide oval shape; 2 cotyledons, close to the endosperm, the same size as the endosperm. Slight gas, light taste, sticky to chew. Like the sun, it was born in the tropics.

Related discussion "Compendium of Materia Medica": treat fire and acne, treat all fever, strain, vomiting, bleeding, disinfection and summer heat, sometimes red eyes, toothache due to wind and fire, insect accumulation, hemorrhoids and leakage, dry cough without phlegm, internal heat due to bone steaming, and triple energizer fire.

Related medicinal diet boat-fruited sterculia and Sydney soup

Ingredients: Sydney, Boat-fruited Sterculia, Ginkgo biloba and honey.

Practice: soak a boat-fruited Sterculia and cut Sydney into one third; Chop boat-fruited Sterculia and pear, pour into the dug pear, and then add ginkgo; Steam in a pot for 10 15 minutes; After steaming, pour a spoonful of honey on it. Health tips

This soup can clear away heat and moisten the lungs, relieve sore throat and detoxify, and moisten the intestines to relieve constipation. Used for hoarseness due to lung heat, dry cough without phlegm, dry throat pain, heat constipation, headache and red eyes. It also has a certain curative effect on pertussis in children.