The efficacy and function of ox heart eggplant

The traditional Chinese medicine Ox Heart Eggplant is already very familiar to most people. But in fact, not many people know the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine ox heart eggplant, so let’s talk about it below.

[Other names] Mountain-shaped eggplant, Monkey Joy (Chinese Tree Taxonomy), Golden Eggplant, Ox-Gold Eggplant (Main Poisonous Plants in the South).

[Source] It is the seed kernel of the sea mango fruit of the Apocynaceae family.

[Original form] A tree, 4 to 6 meters tall, with milky white sap. The leaves are lanceolate to rectangular, 10 to 15 cm long, gradually narrow at both ends, bare and shiny, with slender lateral veins. The flowers are white and fragrant, with cymes about the same length as the leaves; the calyx tube is short, with 5 lobes, rectangular or lanceolate, about 1 cm long; the corolla tube is slender, greenish-white, about 4 cm long, 5-lobed, with a purple-red heart, 4 to 5 cm in diameter; the stamens are 5, hidden, the anthers are lanceolate, the base of the locule is rounded, and separated from the style; the disk is absent; the carpels are 2, free. The fruit is smooth, oval or ovate, about 6 cm long, orange-yellow, sweet, with a thick, fibrous skin. The core is large, the kernel is milky white and tastes bitter. Flowering period is June.

[Habitat distribution] It likes to grow on coastal beaches or on the banks of rivers near the sea and near villages. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan.

【Toxicity】 Toxic.

【Functions and indications】 "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is used as surgical plaster and anesthetic."

【Note】 "Compendium of Materia Medica" states: "This medicine can only be applied externally and should not be taken internally."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

From the above introduction, it is not difficult to see that ox heart eggplant has many functions. People in daily life can eat beef heart eggplant in appropriate amounts according to their physical conditions. After a period of time, your physical condition will be greatly improved.