The efficacy and function of medicinal green firewood

Yaolu Chai is a very common Chinese medicine and is also a frequently used medicine. It has unique effects and functions in treating many diseases. Here we will tell you in detail about the effects of some traditional Chinese medicine green firewood.

【English Name】 root-bark of Glossy Buckthorn, root-bark of Alder Buckthorn

[Source] Medicinal material source: The bark of Rhamnaceae plant Rhamnaceae.

[Original form] Rhamnus serrata, shrub or small tree, up to 7m tall. Branchlets purple-brown, sparsely pubescent. Leaves are alternate, papery; petiole 1-2cm long, pubescent, falling off later; leaf blade broadly elliptic or oblong, 4-11cm long, 3-6cm wide, apex acutely narrowed to a short tip or rounded, base broadly cuneate or nearly rounded, entire, dark green above, hairy at the front, light green on the back, sparsely pubescent along the veins. Flowers solitary, or 2 to several clusters in leaf axils, bisexual; sepals 5, inner apex beak-like; petals 5, rounded, apex slightly concave; disk thin, cup-shaped; ovary spherical, 2-chambered, style divided, stigma apex slightly concave. The drupe is spherical, 6-8mm in diameter, red when ripe, then purple-black, with 2 cores, each with 1 seed; the fruit stalk is up to 1cm long. Seeds without grooves. The flowering period is from April to July, and the fruiting period is from June to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows at forest edge, river bank or lakeside.

【Chemical composition】 Contains frangunine and frangulanime. Frangulin A, frangulin B and glucofrangulin, etc.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; neutral

【Functions and indications】Lubricates the intestines and promotes bowel movements. Mainly habitual constipation; abdominal pain

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Bark: has a laxative effect. Used for habitual constipation and abdominal pain.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above article analyzes some of the effects of medicinal green firewood. In our daily life, we can consume medicinal green firewood in appropriate amounts according to our own situation, which will greatly help improve our body functions.