Description

Pharmaceutical name:
fructus armeniaca mume

latin botanical name: armeniaca mume sieb.Common name: black plum

properties : sour. Warm

channels (meridians) entered: large intestine, liver, lung, spleen

actions & indications:
relieving coughs, diarrhea, pain from colic caused by ascaris, alleviates thirst caused by yin deficient, rid of ascaris worms, stopping bleeding, treating corns and warts (external use),

用於肺虛久咳不止﹐久瀉久痢﹐虛熱口渴﹐蛔蟲所致的嘔吐腹痛, 外用於皮膚疣。

medical function:
antibiotic effect on staphylococcus. Stimulates the production of bile and induce contraction of bile duct which promote getting rid of round worms in the bile duct. Treatment of hook worms. Anti allergic effect of albumen shock of lab guinea pigs.

dosage: 3 to 9 g

samples of formulae: qiu zian sang

cautions:
do not use wu mei in cases of internal heat excess (high fever with infection) and stagnation or unresolved exterior disorders, (as in cold or flu without sweat). Using wu mei together with sulfonamides may cause bleeding in the urinary tract.

烏梅酸澀收斂，凡有表邪、或內有實熱積滯者，不宜服用。
烏梅與磺胺類藥 (sulfonamides) 同時使用可能會引起血尿。

wu mei (literally means black prunes):

the fruit are collected before they are almost ripe and baked in

low heat till brown in color and are covered until they turned black.

bai mei (literally means white prunes): after the green plums are collected and pickled in salt water then dried under the sun.

lu e mei : the flowers are being used.

the variety that has green calyx is called lu e mei,

literally means plum (flowers) with green calyx.

uses: to disperse liver stagnation, to calm stomach, to transform phlegm, treat mei he qi (plum seed qi), lack of appetite.

烏梅﹕五月立夏前後梅果將成熟﹐採集後 以低溫焙至呈黃褐色，再悶至黑色。

青梅﹕梅果未成熟尚青﹐採集後以鹽醃﹐日晒曝乾﹐是為白梅。

綠萼梅即綠萼梅花的含苞花蕾，綠萼花白，稱之為綠萼梅。
其作用為疏肝、和胃、化痰，治梅核氣、肝胃氣痛、食欲不振、眩暈。

註﹕

烏梅、梅花（梅）
　 　 原文：prunus mume（sieb.）Sieb. Et zucc.（61、268页）
　　 補正：armeniaca mume sieb.
　　　 注解：本種為杏屬（armeniaca）植物，而《藥典》所採用的本種屬名（prunus），現為李屬的屬名。《藥典》所載其學名為異名。　(沈保安﹐安徽省芜湖市药品检验所 241001)