The efficacy and function of Yulinghua

Jade bell flower is a very common Chinese medicine in our daily life and it is also very important in our daily life. However, some people don’t know much about the effects and functions of jade bell flower, so let us learn about it in detail below.

[Other names] Laokaipi, Laodanpi, Shanhazelnut

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of the plant Jasmine flower of the Sabina family.

[Original form] Shrub or small tree, 4-10m high. The bark is gray-brown. The leaves are alternate in the upper part and nearly opposite in the lower part; the petiole is short, the base is swollen into a sheath and covers the winter buds; the leaf blade is elliptical to broadly obovate, 10-14cm long, 8-10cm wide, with a sharp tip, a nearly rounded base, nearly glabrous above, with grayish-white star-shaped hairs below, and serrated on the upper part of the edge. Flowers are solitary in the upper leaf axils or in terminal racemes, with more than 10 flowers, the inflorescence is about 10 cm long, and the pedicels are densely covered with gray-yellow star-shaped short hairs; bracteoles are linear, caducous early; calyx is slightly 5-toothed, persistent; flowers are white or slightly pink, fragrant, about 2 cm long, with 5 petal lobes, arranged in a shingle-like manner when in bud, and glabrous; stamens 10, filaments fused at the base; above the chamber, 3-chambered, style slender, stigma capitate. The drupe is ovate to globose-ovate, 14-18 mm long, with a pointed tip and persistent calyx at the base. Seed surface nearly smooth. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is July-August.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in mountain shrub forests.

[Chemical composition] The seeds contain egonol acetate and benzofuran derivatives such as 5-[3-(2-methylbutyryloxy)propyl]-7-methoxy-2-(3',4'-methylenedioxyphenyl)benzofuran

【Nature and flavor】 Pungent; slightly warm

【Functions and indications】Anti-insect. Mycoplasma

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-10g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Fruit: has insect repellent function. Used for pinworm disease, used together with Buddaria japonica and Agrimonia scabra.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the description above, we know what jade bell flower is and what effects it has. Jade bell flower has high medicinal value and is beneficial to improving the immune system. It is a worthy choice for us.