The efficacy and function of Hong Kong four-orange fruit

The Chinese medicine Hong Kong Oleander is often used by people in real life because of its functions and effects. So, what kind of effects and functions does the Hong Kong Four-Oleaceae Fruit have? Let us study it together.

[English name] Dendrobenthamia hongkongensis (Hemsh.) Hutch.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of the Hong Kong odonata plant of the Cornaceae family.

[Original form] Green tree or shrub, 5-15m high. The bark is dark gray or dark brown and smooth; the young branches are green, sparsely covered with brown short soft hairs; the old branches are glabrous and have many lenticels. Leaves opposite; petiole 0.8-1.2cm long; leaf blade thin leathery to thick leathery, elliptic to oblong, 6.2-13cm long, 3-6.3cm wide, apex shortly acuminate or shortly caudal, base broadly cuneate or obtuse, dark green and shiny above, light green beneath, covered with white and brown appressed short soft hairs on both sides when young, becoming glabrous with age and only having more or less scattered brown spots beneath, midrib distinct above, convex beneath. The head inflorescence is spherical, composed of about 50-70 flowers, with a diameter of about 1 cm; there are 4 white bracts; the peduncle is slender, 3.5-10 cm long; the flowers are small and fragrant; the calyx is tubular, green, and 4-lobed at the upper part; there are 4 petals, oblong, 2.2-2.4mm long, 1-1.2mm wide, and light yellow; there are 4 stamens; the disk is disc-shaped and slightly lobed; the ovary is inferior, and the stigma is small and light green. The infructescence is spherical, about 2.5 cm in diameter, yellow or red when ripe; the pedicel is green, 3.5-10 cm long, and nearly glabrous. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is November-December.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; bitter; warm

【Functions and indications】 Expel roundworms. Ascariasis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Now you know the function of Hong Kong four-orange tree fruit. I didn’t know before that the fruit of Hong Kong Oleifera is such a valuable thing. This shows that our knowledge is not broad enough. Therefore, in the future life, learning more about it will be a good way to maintain health. In fact, if you want to maintain health, there is knowledge everywhere in life.