The efficacy and function of the olive tree

Do you know about the olive tree? It is a common medicinal material. Generally, the olive tree is used as raw material in many places. It can also treat many physical diseases. Let’s take a look at the relevant knowledge about the olive tree.

【Other names】 Huangping tree, Hongda wood

[Source] Medicinal material source: The root of the olive tree of the Apocynaceae family.

[Original form] Tree, about 8m high, with a breast diameter of 10-26cm. The whole plant has latex; the bark is gray-brown; the branches are green and hairless. Leaves are opposite, nearly leathery and shiny; petiole is 1-1.5cm long; leaf blade is oblong or ovate-oblong, 9-16cm long, 2.5-5cm wide, with short acuminate tip, blunt head, broad cuneate base, glabrous on both sides, with more than 40 lateral veins on each side, densely grown and nearly parallel. Terminal or axillary cymes, shorter than leaves, with 10-15 flowers; flowers are white and fragrant; calyx is deeply lobed into 5 parts, without glands inside; corolla is high-sauerkraut-shaped, the throat of the corolla tube is swollen, glabrous on the outside, and pubescent on the inside below the filaments, with 5 corolla lobes covering to the left; 5 stamens, inserted above the middle of the corolla tube, anthers oblong-lanceolate; ovary composed of 2 free carpels, stigma capitate, 2-lobed at the apex. The berries are twin, spherical, orange-red, and contain 1-2 seeds. The flowering period is from April to September, and the fruiting period is from May to December.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in dense or sparse forests in mountains at low to medium altitudes, often scattered in valleys and ditches with fertile and moist soil.

【Chemical composition】 The whole plant contains a variety of alkaline and phenolic components.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Meridian】 Heart meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; promotes blood circulation and relieves pain. Mainly poisonous snake bites; swelling and pain caused by falls

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g. For external use: appropriate amount. Grind into powder and apply.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica" Root: bitter in taste, cool in nature. It has anti-inflammatory and analgesic functions. Used for snake bites, bruises and swelling.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Nowadays, people's life pressure is constantly increasing, which makes our bodies often in a state of fatigue. As a traditional Chinese medicine, the olive tree has a certain regulating effect on the body. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.