The efficacy and function of bald tea

Camellia oleifera is a common Chinese medicinal material with great health-care effects. It also has certain effects on some diseases. We need to choose it according to our own needs. Many people in life don’t know much about the bald tea plant. Let’s analyze it below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The seeds of the Theaceae plant Camellia ovata.

[Original form] Bald tea shrub, up to 2m tall. The young branches are glabrous, and the leaves are alternate; the petiole is 7-10mm long; the leaf blade is leathery, elliptical, 6-13.5cm long, 4-5.5cm wide, with an acute tip and a 1.5cm long tip, a broad cuneate base, glabrous on both sides, with sparse serrations on the margin, and 8-9 pairs of lateral veins. The flowers are white, 2 in axillary, with pedicels 1-1.4cm long, curved downward, and glabrous; 2 bracts, caducous; 5 sepals, persistent, broadly ovate, 6mm long, and glabrous; 7 petals, nearly free, obovate-round, 2cm long, 1.2-1.5cm wide, glabrous on the back, and connate at the base; many stamens, arranged in 2-3 whorls, with separate filaments, 1-1.2cm long, and glabrous; ovary glabrous, style 1.2cm long, 3-lobed at the apex. The capsule is nearly spherical, 3-cleft, 1-3-chambered, and the fruit segments are broadly elliptical.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: under forest.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter; slightly cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, detoxifies and reduces swelling. Mainly used for mumps and sores

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash fresh product for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to the effects of the bald-headed tea seed. When using it, you can do it according to the needs mentioned above, and the bald-headed tea seed is also very helpful in treating certain diseases.