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Planting Methods and Key Techniques for Lindera communis

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Lindera communis is an evergreen shrub or small tree of the Lauraceae family, with light brown bark. Current-year branches are slender, smooth, with longitudinal stripes, green, brown when dry, sparsely or densely covered with yellowish-white short pubescence, with dense bud scale scars at the base; one-year-old branches are stout, glabrous, with irregular longitudinal fissures in the cortex. The fruit is ovoid, red when ripe. It grows in open forests on hills and the lower parts of mountains. It prefers acidic soil and tolerates pruning. The branches, leaves or stem bark of the plant can be used medicinally, as recorded in the "Guangxi Medicinal Plant Directory"; it can be harvested throughout the year, and the rough outer bark should be scraped off before drying in the sun. It has the effects of detoxifying and reducing swelling, and dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. In folk medicine it is used to treat bruises and injuries as well as ringworm and mange in cattle and horses.

Planting methods:


1. Seedbed preparation: Choose a site with semi-shade and convenient drainage and irrigation as the nursery. In early March, first plow once and harrow once, apply 20 kg of compound fertilizer per mu as base fertilizer, and at the same time broadcast dexon mixed with soil to disinfect the soil. Open furrows and make beds, with a bed height of 20 cm and width of 120 cm, and a path furrow width of 30 cm. Two to three days before transplanting the sprouts, cover the seedbed with a layer of yellow subsoil.
2. Transplanting time: In early March each year, the sprouts of Lindera communis emerge from the bed surface (cotyledons remain in the soil). From late March to early April, transplant when the terminal bud enlarges and turns green but has not yet opened; at this time the sprouts are about 4 cm-6 cm tall (including the height in the sand).

3. Transplanting method: Lift the seedlings, cut the roots and transplant all in immediate succession. That is, first gently pull up the sprouts (be careful not to knock off the cotyledons, otherwise the sprouts will lack nutrients supplied by the cotyledons and this will affect survival and growth), gather a small handful of sprouts, align the cotyledons, cut off 1/3-1/2 of the roots, dip in yellow clay slurry, and place them in a small tray ready for planting. Water the transplanting bed thoroughly once with clear water. When planting, hold a bamboo stick in one hand and make a small hole of moderate size and depth on the bed surface at a spacing of 10 cm x 15 cm between plants and rows. With the other hand, gently pinch the upper part of the cotyledons of the sprout and insert the sprout into the hole. The cotyledons are required to be buried in the soil. Then insert the bamboo stick into the soil beside the hole to press the sprout firmly, so as to achieve spread roots, upright planting and firm planting. After planting, water thoroughly once to help the sprouts survive.


Functions and indications
Detoxifying and reducing swelling; dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. Mainly for swollen and painful bruises; traumatic bleeding; sores, abscesses and boils.
① "Guangxi Medicinal Plant Directory": dispels wind, disperses heat, kills insects. Treats sores and scabies.
② "Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines of Yunnan": stops bleeding, sets bones, promotes tissue regeneration, reduces inflammation. Treats traumatic bleeding, fractures, bruises and injuries, and sores and boils.
Usage and dosage
Oral administration: decocted in water, 2 to 3 qian. External use: pounded and applied, or ground into powder and mixed for application.



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