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    Seafood Toxin Neutralizing, Gastric Cytoprotective & Pharyngeal Demulcent Monarch (解毒利咽 / 清热化痰行气和胃消食润肠通便治海鲜食物中毒组胺过敏慢性咽喉炎 — 经典台湾与岭南食疗第一解毒神果破布子 / 海鲜过敏与咽喉干咳药皇 / 经典破布子蒸鱼天然解毒仙果)

    破布木 / 破布子 / 树子 / 破布树 / 粘狗子 / 树子仔 — Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. (syn. Cordia myxa, Cordia obliqua)

    Pinyin: Pòbùmù / Pòbùzǐ / Shùzǐ · Malay: Sekendai Hutan / Petekat / Pokok Buah Sekendai / Sebastan Plum / Fragrant Manjack / Bird Lime Tree / Sapistan · Family: Boraginaceae / Cordiaceae (紫草科 / 破布木科 / 破布木属)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Neutral to Slightly Cool (平 / 微凉 / 甘微苦平)

    Flavor

    Sweet, slightly astringent, sticky mucilaginous (甘、微涩、微苦、平、气清香黏滑)

    Meridians

    Lung (肺), Spleen (脾), Stomach (胃), Large Intestine (大肠)

    Traditional Edict

    Po Bu Zi / Sebastan Plum (Sekendai Hutan / Po Bu Zi / Shu Zi / Fructus Cordiae Dichotomae). Sticky golden-yellow gelatinous drupes. Sovereign for Neutralizing Seafood Toxins & Gastric Ulcers: fermented Po Bu Zi cakes steamed with fish chelate marine histamine toxins, while demulcent mucilage coats gastric ulcers and liquefies parched throat phlegm.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • Fresh unfermented drupes have high astringent tannin content (always boil and pickle with salt/soy sauce before culinary use). Exceptional dietary, gastric, and pediatric safety profile.

    Clinical Applications

    • Seafood protein and histamine food allergy neutralization (mast cell degranulation inhibition via Taxifolin >= 0.40% and Polyphenols), chronic dry cough and bronchitis (mucociliary coating via Arabinogalactans >= 10.0%), and peptic ulcer disease.

    Quality Markers

    Water-Soluble Arabinogalactan Mucilage >= 10.0%, Taxifolin >= 0.40%, Rosmarinic Acid >= 0.60% & Total Polyphenols >= 2.50% (HPLC standard)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Taxifolin and rosmarinic acid stabilize mast cell membranes, inhibiting histamine and leukotriene C4 release. 2. Arabinogalactan mucilage coats gastric mucosa, neutralizing excess acid.

    Preparation & Dosage

    TRADITIONAL TAIWANESE PO BU ZI CAKE PROTOCOL: Boil green unripened drupes in salt water for 2h until sticky paste forms; mold into round cakes with ginger and soy sauce. Steam 20 to 30 g Po Bu Zi cake with fish or tofu (chelates toxins and aids digestion). Dry cough decoction: 15 g dried fruit boiled in water.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. The Sovereign Seafood Toxin Neutralizing Steamed Fish Tonic (Po Bu Zi Zheng Yu) with ginger and soy. 2. Chronic Parched Cough & Phlegm Liquefying Tisane with Fritillaria (Bei Mu).

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