The efficacy and function of birch

The traditional Chinese medicine Birch is already very familiar to most people. But in fact, not many people know the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Betula oxyphylla, so let’s talk about it below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: leaves or bark of Betula occidentalis, a plant of the Betulaceae family.

[Original form] Tree, up to 16m high. The bark is reddish brown; the branches are dark purple-brown, ridged, and glabrous; the twigs are densely covered with white pubescence and resin glands. The petiole is 1.5-4cm long; the leaf blade is thick papery, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 4-12cm long, 2.5-5.5cm wide, with acuminate to caudate-acuminate apex, cuneate, broadly cuneate or rounded base, rarely cordate, with irregularly double-serrated margins, with incurved prickles, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, with beards in the vein axils, and glandular dots; 10-13 pairs of lateral veins, infructescence oblong, 2-5 arranged in a racemose pattern, 5-10cm long; peduncle 5-10mm long, with yellow pubescent hairs; the fruit bract is small, densely pubescent outside, with cilia on the margin, 3 lobes on the upper part, the lateral fissure is ear-shaped, and the middle lobe is oblong; the nutlet is obovate, 1.5-2mm long, sparsely pubescent outside, with membranous wings exposed outside the fruit bract, and twice as wide as the fruit.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in mixed woods on hillsides at an altitude of 700-2100m.

【Functions and indications】Detoxification and sore healing. Mainly used for sores; sores that do not heal for a long time

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: appropriate amount, crush the fresh product and apply it.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Above we introduced what birch is. We know that birch can not only be used to treat diseases but also has good health benefits, so we must be good at using birch to protect our health.