The efficacy and function of water eggplant winter fruit

I wonder if you have ever heard of water eggplant and winter fruit. Water eggplant and winter fruit have great benefits for regulating our body and can also play a good role in treating some diseases. Today let us look at the relevant knowledge about water eggplant and winter fruit.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of the plant Bardoniaceae.

[Original form] Barringtonia, an evergreen small tree or medium-large tree, sometimes shrub-like, up to 20m high. The twigs are slightly stout, 3-6 mm in diameter, and gray-brown when dry. Leaves often grow in clusters at the top of branches; with short petioles; leaf blades are papery, obovate or obovate-oblong, 12-30cm long or longer; 4-10cm wide, with short pointed to acuminate tips, obtuse to slightly cordate bases, and small crenate serrations on the edges; 10-15 pairs of lateral veins, raised on both sides, with distinct reticular veins. The raceme is terminal, rarely lateral on old branches, drooping, up to 70cm or longer, with a peduncle 2-5mm in diameter; the flowers are sparse, with a pedicel 0.5-1.5cm long or slightly longer; the calyx is torn into 2-4 lobes, which are equal or unequal, elliptic to nearly circular, 0.7-1.3cm long; there are 4 petals, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-2.5cm long; there are usually 6 whorls of stamens, the most central whorl is sterile stamens, and the developed stamen filaments are 3-4.5cm long; the ovary has 3-4 chambers, the diaphragm is complete, and there are 2-3 ovules in each chamber. The fruit is oval, 5-7cm long, 2-4.5cm in diameter, with 4 slightly obtuse edges, and the peel is 3-5mm thick and slightly fleshy. The seeds are oval, 2-4 cm long. The flowering and fruiting period is almost all year round.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in forests in coastal areas.

【Functions and indications】Relieves cough and asthma; stops diarrhea. Mainly used for cough, asthma and diarrhea.

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

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the introduction of the above content, we can understand that water eggplant and winter fruit play a very important role in treating some diseases. The consumption of Chinese medicinal water eggplant and winter fruit should be determined according to each person's physical condition. Remember not to take the medicine blindly.