The efficacy and function of wild banana

The efficacy and function of wild banana

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. Wild banana is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Let’s take a look at some common knowledge about wild banana.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole plant of Musa musa of the Musaceae family.

[Original form] Musa musa is a perennial herb with a plant height of 6-12m and no wax powder. The pseudostem has a breast diameter of 15-25cm, light yellow with purple-brown spots. The petiole is thin and long, with open narrow wings, 40-60cm long; the leaf blade is oblong, 1.8-2.5m long, 60-80cm wide, heart-shaped at the base, and the veins are bent into a heart shape at the base. The inflorescence is drooping and the axis is glabrous; the bracts are purple-black on the outside, covered with white powder, and light yellowish brown on the inside, with 2 rows of flowers in each bract; the tepals are light yellow, the free tepals are obovate-oblong, with a small tip at the apex, the connate tepals are 2 times or more long than the free tepals, with 3 teeth at the apex, and the middle lobe has small lobes on both sides. The berry is cylindrical, 10-13cm long and 4.4cm in diameter. The fruit body is straight and dark gray-green when ripe. The fruit stalk is 3.5-4.5cm long, dark green, densely covered with short white hairs, and the fruit is almost entirely seeds.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: mostly grown in moist and fertile soil in valleys below 2700m above sea level.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and stops malaria. Malaria

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g.

【Note】 "National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Pregnant women should not take it."

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a detailed introduction to the medicinal value of wild banana. There are also some ways and methods when eating wild banana. The above eating methods are very helpful for regulating various problems of the human body, so you can do it with confidence.

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