The efficacy and function of spicy ginger

There are many types of Chinese medicine. When we choose, we need to understand the medicine first. So do you know about the medicinal material ginger seed? Let us introduce it below.

[Other names] Camphor fruit, chicken oil fruit, mountain fennel, wild chili

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of Litsea cubeba, a plant of the Lauraceae family.

[Original form] Red-leaved Litsea cubeba is a deciduous shrub or small tree, 4-10m tall. Branchlets glabrous; terminal buds conical, scales glabrous or sparsely pubescent only on upper part. Leaves are alternate; petioles are 8-18mm long and glabrous; leaf blades are elliptical or lanceolate-elliptical, 3.5-7cm long, 1.5-3.5cm wide, gradually narrowed at both ends or obtuse at the tip, membranous, light green on the underside, and glabrous on both sides; young branches, leaf veins, and petioles are often red. Umbels are axillary; flowers are unisexual and dioecious; each inflorescence has 10-12 male flowers, which open before leaves or at the same time as leaves, pedicels densely covered with gray-yellow soft hairs, 6 petals, yellow, broadly elliptical, about 2mm long, obtuse at the apex, with fine hairs or nearly glabrous on the midrib outside, glabrous on the inside, 9 fertile stamens, short, glabrous, yellow filaments, small, glabrous, and reduced pistils, 2-lobed stigma; female flowers are smaller, perianth lobes are 2mm long, pistils are glabrous and 2mm long, and ovary is ovate. The fruit is spherical, black, about 5mm in diameter, with a stalk 0.8-1cm long, slightly thickened at the tip, and covered with sparse soft hairs. The flowering period is March-April, and the fruiting period is September-October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in gaps or on the edge of evergreen broad-leaved forests in valleys.

[Properties] Identification of properties: The fruit is spherical or oval, 5-10mm long, about 5mm in diameter, dark brown in surface, with a 1cm long stalk visible at the base, a hard and crisp core, containing one seed, and rich in oil. It has a fragrant aroma and a spicy and cool taste.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; slightly warm

【Functions and indications】Warms the middle and regulates Qi; helps digestion and eliminates stagnation. Mainly used for abdominal pain; abdominal distension due to food stagnation; vomiting and diarrhea

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 1.5-5g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Knowing the effects and functions of ginger seeds, for most of our friends, if you feel you need it, you might as well eat some of it in your daily life. I believe it will effectively improve your condition. However, in order to ensure the effect after consumption, please be sure to consume it according to the requirements and avoid some bad living habits so that you can get the expected effect.