Everyone is familiar with Vietnamese camphor bark, but some people are relatively unfamiliar with it. In fact, Vietnamese camphor bark is a relatively common Chinese medicinal material. So what exactly does Vietnamese camphor bark do? [Source] Medicinal material source: The bark of Cinnamomum vomica, a plant of the Lauraceae family. [Original form] Cinnamomum camphora is an evergreen tree, up to 30m tall. The bark is gray-brown, the branches are brown and glabrous, slightly pubescent when young, and then gradually fall off and become glabrous. Leaves are alternate or nearly opposite; petiole is 5-15mm long, glabrous; leaf blade is ovate-oblong, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 6-17cm long, 2.5-5.5cm wide, apex shortly acuminate, base broadly cuneate or nearly rounded, entire, green, shiny, glabrous above, white-green, sparsely broken and finely pubescent beneath, three-veined from base, midrib and lateral veins inconspicuous above, convex beneath, lateral veins with 6-7 branches toward the leaf margin, transverse veins wavy, inconspicuous above, slightly obvious beneath, leathery. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : The fruit is ovoid, about 1.3m long and 9mm wide; the fruit receptacle is shallowly cup-shaped, 6mm long and 9mm wide, with a truncate tip. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is October. [Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in moist places in evergreen broad-leaved forests. 【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; sweet; warm 【Functions and indications】Warming the meridians and dispelling cold; relieving pain. Mainly used for kidney deficiency, low back pain, joint pain, cold pain in the abdomen, cold and flu [Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 5-10g. 【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica Vietnamese camphor bark is a medicinal material that has existed for a long time. It is recorded in many Chinese medicine books, which shows that Vietnamese camphor bark does have good medicinal value. |
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