The efficacy and function of wax petal flower

As people's living standards improve, they pay more attention to health preservation. Many people know that the Chinese medicine wax petal flower is good for the body and can treat many diseases. Let’s learn about it today.

[Other names] Lianhemei, Lianhezi (from "Zhejiang Tianmu Yam Plant Records").

[Source] It is the root bark of the Chinese wax flower of the Hamamelidaceae family. Available all year round.

【Original form】 Shrub or small tree. Branchlets pubescent. The leaves are ovate or obovate, 5-9 cm long and 3-6 cm wide, with a short pointed or slightly obtuse apex, an oblique cordate base, sharp serrations on the edges, and stellate hairs on the underside; with petioles. The raceme is 3 to 5 cm long, drooping, and opens before the leaves. There is a large ovate bract at the base of each flower; the pedicel is very short; the calyx tube has stellate hairs, and the calyx teeth are 5 and glabrous; the petals are 5, yellow, spoon-shaped, 5 to 6 mm long; there are 5 stamens, and the reduced stamens are deeply lobed in 2; the ovary has 2 chambers, each chamber has 1 drooping ovule, and there are 2 styles. The capsule is oval, 7 to 8 mm wide, hairy, and split into two lobes.

[Habitat distribution] Growing in moist and fertile broad-leaved forests on hillsides. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui and other places.

【Chemical composition】 The leaves of Corylopsis contain quercetin.

【Function】 "Zhejiang Tianmu Yam Plant Records": "It can treat wind snake diarrhea."

[Additional prescription] Treats chills and fever, not very high fever, vomiting, palpitations, restlessness and coma (commonly known as snakebite): 3 liang of dried wax petal root bark, 4 to 5 qian each of cranesbill and scutellaria baicalensis (Hamamelidaceae) roots or leaves, 3 to 4 qian each of rush and early bamboo leaves, 3 slices of old ginger. Boil in water, take once each before meals in the morning and evening. (Zhejiang Tianmu Yam Plant Records)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

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