The efficacy and function of wild magnolia flower

Diseases require improvement through medicine. Different diseases require different medicine choices. If you want to treat your own diseases well, you need to use the right medicine. The traditional Chinese medicine wild magnolia flower is also very helpful in treating certain diseases. Let’s take a look at this medicinal herb.

【Alias】 Wild Magnolia

[Source] Medicinal material source: the flower 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.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; pungent; cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat; relieves cough; diuretic. Pneumonia; bronchitis; rhinitis; urinary tract inflammation

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is some basic information about wild Magnolia officinalis. I hope you can learn more about Chinese herbal medicine, which will be beneficial to you.