Gallnut is a kind of forest by-product, it’s one of important insect resource products in our country, also is our traditional export commodities, the yield and quality are among the top of the world, so it also known as “ Chinese Gallnuts” in the world.
Chinese Pinyin |
Wu bei zi |
English Name |
Gallnut, Chinese Gall, Chinese Nut-gall |
Environment |
Distribution between 350-3000 meters of lime mountain thickets, woodlands, white mountain slope woodlands and thickets. |
Harvesting and storage |
Collect the angle gallnuts during Sep to Oct, the belly gallnuts in June, if expired the insect gall cracking. After collect, boil with 3-5 min, kill the internal bug, dried or air dried. |
Drug Properties |
Sour, astringent, cold |
Channel tropism |
Lung;stomach;large intestine;liver;kidney channel |
Effect |
Hidroschesis; secure essence; hemostasis; detoxify |
Efficacy |
Astringent medicine; heat-clearing drugs |
Indications |
Lung deficiency chronic cough; since the night sweat khan; chronic diarrhea; rectocele;spematorrhea;gonorrhea; all kinds of bleeding;Carbuncle swollen sore and furuncle |
General classification |
Anacardiaceae |
provenance |
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External properties: Belly gallnut is oblong or elliptic, the surface is pentagonal; angle gallnut is shown as water chestnut shape, with irregular angular protuberance; gallnuts flower looks like chrysanthemum or cockscomb. The surface of gallnuts is yellowish brown or grayish brown, the shell is hard and brittle, and the fracture surface is light yellowish brown and glossy. No moisture, no mildew, no adulteration and doping.