The efficacy and function of Viburnum heartleaf root

As people's research on traditional Chinese medicine deepens, they gradually understand the detailed ingredients in various traditional Chinese medicines and the impact of these ingredients on everyone's health. Below I would like to recommend a Chinese medicinal herb, Viburnum oxyphylla root, to you and describe its effects in detail. I hope it will be helpful to your study and research.

[Source] It is the root of Viburnum oxyphylla, a plant of the Caprifoliaceae family . It can be harvested throughout the year and used fresh or dried for later use.

[Original form] Shrub, 3 to 4 meters high. The leaves are simple and opposite, ovate, 6-18 cm long, 5-16 cm wide, gradually pointed at the tip, cordate or rounded at the base, serrated at the edge, dark green and glabrous above, with white hairs below, 8-10 lateral veins on each side, concave above and convex below; the petiole is 2.5-6.5 cm long. Umbel cyme, terminal, with small and dense flowers, and fully developed flowers on the edges; bracts linear-oblong, 0.5 cm long; calyx tube nearly smooth, lobes lanceolate, covered with stellate hairs; stamens as long as most of the corolla. The drupe is red, oblong, with a flat core and a very deep ventral groove.

[Habitat distribution] Growing in forest edges, mixed woods and thickets. Distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet and other places.

【Nature and flavor】Moist, warm.

[entry into meridians] Enters the Liver meridian.

[Functions and indications] Treat rheumatism, numbness, pain in muscles and bones, blood stasis caused by falls, and bloating in the waist and flanks.

[Usage and Dosage] For internal use: decocted in water, 5 to 7 qian; or soaked in wine.

[Additional prescription] For treating rheumatic pain in muscles and bones: Viburnum cordifolia with Acanthopanax acanthopanax bark; Epimedium, turpentine, and Gentiana macrophylla, soaked in wine and taken orally.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From the "Handbook of Plateau Chinese Herbal Medicine Treatment".

Having said so much, we can see that the roots of Viburnum vulgare have many uses. It can also be used as medicine to treat diseases. You might as well know more about these, it will be helpful in your life.