The efficacy and function of the wood

Jiaorangmu is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. It is very helpful to the human body in treating certain diseases. Moreover, this kind of medicine is also widely used. When choosing Jiaorangmu, it is necessary to understand the efficacy, effects and contraindications of Jiaorangmu. Let's take a look at it below.

【English name】 leaf or seed of Macropdous Daphniphyllum

[Other names] Mountain yellow tree, tofu head, wolfberry, thrush bead, tiger skin nan.

[Source] Medicinal material source: leaves and seeds of the plant Daphne sphenanthera of the family Sansevieria.

[Original form] Evergreen tree, 4-15m high. The bark is grayish white and smooth, the branches are thick, the twigs are grayish green, glabrous, and sparsely covered with oval lenticels. The leaves grow in clusters at the ends of branches, and often all the old leaves fall off when the new leaves bloom, so it is called "cross-leaving wood"; the petioles are red, thick, and 3-4cm long; the leaves are thick and leathery, the leaf blades are oblong, 15-20cm long, 3-3.5cm wide, both ends are narrow and pointed, the margins are entire, the midrib is red, and the underside is bluish-white. Short raceme; dioecious; small, light green flowers; male flowers without perianth but with long stalks, 8-10 stamens, and short filaments; female flowers with 8-10 perianth segments, 2-chambered ovary, and stigma densely covered with dark red soft hairs, which turn black after flowering. The drupe is oblong, black, with a fleshy exocarp and a hard endocarp. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruiting period is from May to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in mountains and forests or cultivated.

[Chemical composition] The leaves contain monoterpene glucoside, daphylloside, daphniphylline (daphni-phyllamine), neodaphniphylline, macrodaphnidine (yuzurimine), codaphniphylline, neoyuzurimine, iridoidglycoside and geniposidic acid. The fruit contains delphinidin-3-xyloglucoside, secodaphniphyll-ine, methylhomosecodaphniphyllate, daphnilide, daphnilide-A, daphnilactone A, co-daphnilide, and daphmacrine hydrobromide. The plant contains comorbidium, comorbidium, and comorbidium II. The bark contains daphnic acid, daphnic acid, daphmacrine, macrodaphniphyllidine, macrodaphnine, daphmacropodine, macrodaphniphyllamine, etc.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Meridian】 Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies. Mainly used for sores, boils, swelling and infection

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Clinical Application] People in China mash the fresh leaves and apply them to treat sores, boils, swellings and pus.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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