The efficacy and function of cross-winged wood

Traditional Chinese medicine often has unexpected effects in the treatment of certain diseases, so you can choose Chinese medicine with confidence. However, when choosing Chinese medicine, you need to understand the medicine so that when treating the disease, you will know what kind of medicine is the best choice. Let us introduce the Chinese medicine cross-winged tree below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the fruit of the Abelia chinensis plant of the Abelia chinensis family.

[Original form] A thin-leaved shrub, 1-3m tall. Young branches are covered with inverted stiff hairs, old branches are glabrous. Leaves are opposite; petiole is 2-4mm long; leaf blade is oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 2-6cm long, 0.5-2cm wide, with pointed to acuminate tip, obtuse to gradually narrowed into a cuneate base, entire or pinnately lobed above the middle with 1-4 pairs of coarse teeth, dark green above, green-white below, sparsely pubescent on both sides, densely pubescent on veins, and eyelashes on edges. Flowers solitary in leaf axils on twigs; pedicels 5-10mm long, covered with stiff hairs; calyx tube cylindrical, sparsely covered with short stiff hairs, 4 calyx teeth, narrowly elliptic or obovate-oblong, about 1cm long; corolla white, light yellow or light red, narrowly funnel-shaped or high-footed saucer-shaped, covered with short soft hairs on the outside, 4-lobed, lobes round, about 2mm long, corolla tube about 5mm long, densely covered with stiff hairs on the inside; 4 stamens, didyna, enclosed, born in the middle of the corolla tube, anthers long oval; ovary 3-chambered, only 1 chamber developed, style about 1cm long, stigma capitate. Achene-like drupe, about 8 mm long, with stiff hairs, crowned with 4 persistent and slightly enlarged sepals. The seeds are cylindrical, membranous, 4-6 mm long, with fleshy endosperm. It blooms in early spring and fruits from August to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in hillside thickets, under forests and along ditches at an altitude of 1200-2000m.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter; astringent; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Dispel wind and dampness; detoxify and reduce swelling. Mainly used for rheumatism, heat toxicity, carbuncle

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-30g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Everyone should know about the medicinal value of Crosswing Tree, so you can be more targeted when consuming it. More reasonable use of the medicine can better treat some common diseases.