The efficacy and function of toon seeds

Although Western medicine and Western drugs are more common nowadays, people still often believe that diseases can only be cured by taking Chinese medicine, because Chinese medicine can cure the root cause. Toona sinensis seeds are a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Let’s take a look at some common knowledge about Toona sinensis seeds.

[Other names] Toona seed (Shengshengbian), Toona buds and flowers (Compilation of Commonly Used Folk Herbs), Toona flowers (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica), Spring tip flowers (Chongqing Herbs), Toona bells (Shaanxi Chinese Materia Medica).

[Source] It is the fruit of the Meliaceae plant Toona sinensis . Harvested in autumn and sun-dried.

[Original morphology] The plant morphology is detailed in the "Chun Baipi" article.

[Habitat distribution] Mainly produced in Sichuan.

【Properties】 Dried fruit, 2.5 to 3.5 cm long. The pericarp cracks into 5 lobes, which are deeply cracked to about 2/3 of the total length. The lobes are lanceolate with pointed tips. The outer surface is dark brown with fine texture, while the inner surface is yellow brown, smooth, about 2.5 mm thick and brittle. The fruit axis is conical, blunt-pointed, yellow-brown, and has 5 brown ridges. The inner part of the cross section is loose and yellow-white. The seeds are borne between the fruit axis and the fruit petals, in 5 rows. The seeds have extremely thin seed wings, are yellow-white, translucent, oblique at the base, and the kernel is small and inconspicuous. The breath is weak. It is best to use complete and dry ones.

[Properties and flavors] "Sichuan Chinese Medicine Annals": "Warm in nature, bitter in taste, non-toxic."

【Meridian】 "Sichuan Chinese Medicine Annals": "enters the liver, lung, etc. meridians."

【Functions and indications】Dispel wind, dispel cold and relieve pain. Treats external wind-cold, heart and stomach pain, rheumatic joint pain, and hernia.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 1 to 3 grams; or grind into powder.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat external wind-cold: Toona sinensis seeds, Deer tongue grass. Take it in decoction. (Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Records)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Northeast Medicinal Plants"

Above we introduced what toona sinensis seeds are, and we also learned about the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine toona sinensis seeds. We know that the effects of toona sinensis seeds are very powerful, and everyone can eat some toona sinensis seeds for health preservation.