The efficacy and function of rice shreds

As a traditional Chinese medicine, rice wood bark has great medicinal value and can treat many diseases. Let’s take a closer look at it below.

【Alias】 Rescue will come.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the bark of the Ilex planifolia plant of the Aquifoliaceae family.

[Original form] Miscanthus sinensis is an evergreen small tree, 5-12m high. Bark grayish white; twigs pubescent. Leaves are alternate; petiole 1-1.5cm long; stipules triangular; leaf blade thin leathery or papery, obovate or elliptical, 5-9.5cm long, 4-5cm wide, obtuse or acute at apex, rounded or rarely obtuse at base, entire, midrib depressed above, often pubescent, sparsely hairy or almost glabrous below, 7-11 lateral veins on each side. The flowers are yellow-white, with dense short soft hairs on the peduncle, pedicel and calyx; the male inflorescence is umbel-shaped, consisting of 8-37 flowers, with a peduncle of 14-18mm long, a pedicel of 2-4mm long, 4-5 flowers, a calyx of about 2.5mm in diameter, lobes ovate and obtuse, petals oblong, about 2mm long, and stamens and petals of equal length; the female inflorescence is umbel-shaped, consisting of 3-13 flowers, with a peduncle of 10-13mm, tiny bracts, and a pedicel of 2-5mm long. The fruit is nearly elliptical, about 4mm in diameter, with a persistent stigma and a cylindrical protrusion; there are 5-6 pits, with 3 stripes and 2 shallow grooves on the back, and the endocarp is woody.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Often grows on the edge of forests at high altitudes.

[Properties] Identification of properties: This product is in the shape of a roll or groove, 0.4-4cm thick, the outer surface is gray-green or dark brown, sometimes with longitudinal lenticels and transverse shallow grooves, the inner surface is dark brown or light yellow brown, with fine longitudinal wrinkles. The broken surface is light brown to brown, and the inner layer of the flat cross-section is darker in color.

【Nature and flavor】 Pungent; Bitter; Neutral

【Functions and indications】Anthelmintic; analgesic. Ascariasis; abdominal pain

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above are some basic functions of rice veneer, as well as the method of eating rice veneer, so that you will not use it wrongly when eating it, and you can also make better use of the value of rice veneer.