What is cherokee rose(Rosa Laevigata, Jin Ying Zi)?
Medicinally it mainly refers to the dried ripe fruits of Rosa laevigata Michx., which is a plant in the family Rosaceae. And it is also commonly known as Cherokee Rosehip, Chinese Rosehip, Fructus Rosae Laevigatae, Rosae laevigatae Fructus, golden cherry fruit, Jinyingzi, Rosa laevigata fruit, and so on. In China it is widely distributed in Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Guizhou and other places. Harvest time is from September to October. Before the use, it needs to remove the thorns and pit, and then dry in the sun.
Cherokee rose plant is an evergreen climbing shrub, which can grow to 5 meters high. Glabrous stems are with hooked prickles and bristles. Pinnately compound leaf is with petiole and rachis that have prickles and bristles; stipules are lanceolate, caducous and separated with petiole. Leaflets are leathery, glabrous, shiny, usually 3 but 5 sometimes, elliptic-ovate or lanceolate-ovate, 2.5 to 7cm long, 1.5 to 4.5cm wide, and with acute or acuminate apex, rounded base, and denticulate margin. Flowers solitarily grow on the top of lateral branch. Pedicel and calyx are densely covered with seta outside. Fruit is obovate, 2 to 4cm long, purple brown, and densely covered with seta. Flowering time is from April to June, and fruiting time is from July to November. Habitats are the sunny mountain, the edge of the field, and riverbank bushes with an elevation of 100 to 1600 meters.
Cherokee rose health benefits
Spermatorrhea is one of typical men’s diseases, which usually is being kept as a secret by most of men because they are embarrassed to talk about it to others. To bring it to an end, traditional Chinese medicine has lots of remedies, among which cherokee rose is one of the most commonly used herbs. The clinical manifestations of emission are the involuntary ejaculation of semen, at least 2 times a week. This condition usually occurs while sleep, along with dream or no dream. Or sometimes just a few drops of semen ooze out when passing water. In severe cases, semen can be ejaculated involuntarily even while a man is awake. And it is often accompanied with symptoms like dizziness, Tinnitus, forgetfulness, palpitations, Insomnia, soreness of waist and knee, lassitude, weak urine stream, discomfort and fullness in lower abdomen and genitals, etc. Wet dream is usually triggered by overstrain, excessive use of the brain, too much sexual intercourse, sexual urge induced by what one sees and hears, eating spicy food, and more. According to Chinese medicine theory, the culprit for excessive night emission is the insecurity of the essence gate due to spleen-kidney deficiency or essence chamber disturbance caused by dampness-heat.