Top Quality Mori Fructus

It is deciduous shrubs or small trees, 3 to 15 meters high. Bark Grayish White, lobed in Strips; Root Bark Yellowish Brown or reddish yellow, fibrous. Leaves Simple; Petiole 1-2.5 cm long; leaf blade ovate or broadly ovate, 5-20 cm long, 4-10 cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, base rounded or subcordate. Flowers unisexual, dioecious; female and male inflorescences all arranged in Catkin, axillary. ACHENES, mostly clustered into an ovoid or oblong aggregate, 1-2.5 cm long, initially green, becoming fleshy, dark purple, or red at maturity. Small seed. FLORESCENCE IS 4 ~ 5 months, FRUIT IS 5 ~ 6 months. Born in the hills, slopes, villages, fields and other places, most of the artificial cultivation. All over the country. 4 ~ 6 months to be picked when the fruit becomes red, dried, or steamed after drying. 

MEDICINAL MATERIAL CHARACTER: gather by most small achene gather become, surface yellow brown to dark purple, have short fruit peduncle. Small Achene ovoid, with fleshy perianth segments 4. Slight breath, slightly sour and sweet taste. Drug properties: cold, sweet and Sour. Meridians of the heart, liver and kidney. 

Efficacy and function: Nourishing Blood and Yin, promoting body fluid and moistening dryness. It belongs to the blood tonic drugs classified by the subordinate of tonic drugs. 

Pharmacological Studies: to Enhance Immune function and Reduce Na +-K +-ATPASE activity. 

Chemical composition: Ear Sugar, tannic acid, malic acid, vitamin B1, B2 and Carotene Carotene 1; linoleic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid are the main fatty acids, according to the determination of alcohol-soluble extractives by hot-immersion method under appendix X A, 85% ethanol is used as solvent, no less than 15.0% should be used.