The efficacy and function of fragrant fruit tree

The fragrant fruit tree is a very common Chinese medicine and also a very important medicinal material. We need to pay attention to it. The fragrant fruit tree can be used in combination with other medicines, and we need to take them appropriately according to our physical condition. Let’s take a look at the main effects and functions of the Chinese medicinal tree.

【English name】 Henry Emmenopterys

[Other names] Big cat tongue, purple oil magnolia, flower on the leaf, small winter melon

[Source] Medicinal material source: the roots and bark of the dicotyledonous plant Rubiaceae.

[Original form] Large deciduous tree, up to 30m high. Branchlets have lenticels. Leaves opposite; petiole 2-5cm long; stipules triangular-ovate, early service; leaf blade broadly elliptic to broadly ovate, 10-15 (-20) cm long, apex acute or suddenly acuminate, base cuneate, entire, slightly pubescent beneath, leathery. Cymes arranged in large cones, entire, slightly pubescent below, leathery. The cymes are arranged in large panicles, terminal, 10-18cm long; the flowers are large with short stalks; the calyx is nearly top-shaped, with lobes truncated at the tip, falling off but one of the calyx lobes of some flowers is enlarged to become leaf-like, white and persistent; the corolla is funnel-shaped, about 2cm long, covered with pubescence, with lobes arranged in a shingle-like manner; there are 5 stamens that do not extend outside the corolla; the ovary is inferior, 2-chambered, the style is lower than the stamens, and has 2 lobes at the tip. The capsule is nearly spindle-shaped, 3-6 cm long, with straight edges, red when ripe, and split into two lobes between the locules. Seeds numerous, small and broad-winged. The flowering period is July and the fruiting period is October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown on moist and fertile soil in mountains and forests.

[Chemical composition] The branches and stems contain teraxerone, teraxeros, ursolic acid acetate, β-sitos-terol, scopoletin, umbelliferone, daucosterol and umbelliferone-7-β-D-glucoside.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; sweet; slightly warm

【Meridian】 Stomach meridian

【Functions and indications】Harmonizes the stomach and relieves dampness; reduces adverse reactions and stops vomiting. Mainly for nausea, vomiting, hiccups

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

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The roots and bark are used to treat nausea and vomiting in Zhejiang Province.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

From the above introduction to the fragrant fruit tree, we can see that the fragrant fruit tree is of great help to the human body. It can improve some bad symptoms of the human body and is a very useful medicinal material for the human body.