Water wax gourd flower is a traditional Chinese medicine. In addition to the effects we know in daily life, water wax gourd flower actually has many other effects and functions. Let’s take a look at them right away. 【English name】 Toricellia angulata Oliv. 【Other name】 Elderflower [Source] Medicinal material source: The flowers of the Cornus officinalis plant of the Cornaceae family. [Original form] Deciduous shrub or small tree, 2.5-8m high. The bark is gray; the old branches are yellow-gray, with oblong lenticels and semi-circular leaves, with wide white base. Leaves are alternate; petioles are 2.5-8cm long, expanded at the base into a sheath wrapped around the branches; leaf blades are membranous or papery, broadly ovate or nearly circular, 6-15cm long, 5.5-15.5cm wide, with 5-7 lobes, the lobes near the base are smaller, with 5-7 palmate veins reaching the leaf margin and raised on both sides. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : The fruit is drupe-shaped, ovate, 4 mm in diameter, and the style is persistent. The flowering period is April and the fruiting period is June. 【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; slightly bitter; neutral 【Functions and indications】It can promote blood circulation and regulate menstruation; it can relieve cough and asthma. Mainly used for blood stasis, amenorrhea, chronic cough, asthma [Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g. 【Note】 Pregnant women should take with caution. 【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica In general, the effect of water wax gourd flower is quite significant. It is precisely because water wax gourd flower has relatively good health-preserving effects, so the application of water wax gourd flower in health-preserving life can be said to be quite high. |
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