The efficacy and function of wild magnolia bark

Modern medical research believes that wild magnolia bark contains many nutrients that are beneficial to the human body. As a traditional Chinese medicine, its efficacy and function have been widely recognized. Let's take a look at its specific situation.

【Other name】 Magnolia officinalis

[Source] Medicinal material source: The bark of Magnolia grandiflora, a plant of the Magnoliaceae family.

【Original form】 Evergreen tree, up to 12m tall. The bark is gray-green or gray-black and often cracked. The twigs are dark green, covered with light yellowish brown flat soft hairs, and have obvious dot-shaped lenticels. Simple leaves are alternate; petiole is 5-7cm long; stipule scar almost reaches the top of petiole. The leaves are leathery, ovate or ovate-oblong, 17-32cm long, 10-17cm wide, with obtuse apex, rarely slightly concave, and broadly rounded base, sometimes slightly cordate. The upper surface is initially covered with curly long hairs, and the lower surface is densely covered with long hairs when young, and later only with hairs on the veins. There are 11-16 pairs of lateral veins, and the reticulate veins are denser. The flowers are solitary, large and fragrant, milky white, and 15-20cm in diameter; the perianth is usually 9, with 3 outer pieces, light green, curled outward, and the inner two pieces obovate-spoon-shaped; the stamens are numerous, 1.8-2.5cm long, and the connective extends into a triangular short tip; the pistil group is oval, 10-15cm long. The follicles are narrowly elliptical with a beak that curves outward at the apex. The flowering period is from April to June, and the fruiting period is from August to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in broad-leaved forests at an altitude of 1500-2800m.

【Properties】 Identification of properties: The bark is rolled and thin. The outer surface is gray-brown with longitudinal grooves and scattered horizontal long strips or round drum-shaped lenticels. The inner surface is yellowish white to light brown and non-oily. The fracture surface is fibrous, without white grains. Slight odor, light taste.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; pungent; warm

【Functions and indications】Warms the middle and regulates Qi; helps digestion and strengthens the stomach. Mainly used for chronic gastritis; indigestion; vomiting; abdominal distension and pain; diarrhea

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

[Additional recipe] Udumbara flower, also known as Udumbara flower, or simply Epiphyllum. It comes from the Sanskrit word udumbara, which is also transliterated as Udumbara, Udumbara, Udumbara, and Uthambara, meaning auspicious response. Udumbara is a kind of flower in Buddhist legend. It is said that it only appears when the golden wheel is reincarnated and withers instantly. The mountain magnolia is called Udumbara because its flowers bloom and close immediately. See the “Collective Solution” item of this article.

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【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

This is the end of the introduction to the medicinal value of wild magnolia bark. In fact, wild magnolia bark has many different medicinal effects, all of which have significant benefits to the human body. Everyone can try it.