The efficacy and function of the cypress wood

As people's research on traditional Chinese medicine deepens, they gradually understand the detailed ingredients in various traditional Chinese medicines and the impact of these ingredients on everyone's health. Below I would like to recommend a Chinese medicine, Cypress Wood, to you all and describe the effects of Cypress Wood in detail. I hope it will be of some help to your study and research.

【English name】 Dunn Blastus

[Source] Medicinal material source: the stems and leaves of the plant Cypress Tree of the Melastomataceae family.

[Original form] Small shrub, about 70cm high. The stem is cylindrical, much branched, covered with fine pubescence and yellow glandular dots. The leaves are opposite, with petioles 4-10cm long, covered with fine pubescence and sparse glandular dots; the leaf blade is papery, ovate-lanceolate to ovate, with short acuminate apex, obtuse to rounded base, sometimes slightly oblique, 3.5cm long, 1.3-2.3cm wide, with both sides of the leaf densely covered with yellow glandular dots; nearly entire or with very fine teeth; 3-5 basal veins. Flowers bisexual, 4-merous; composed of cymes forming small panicles, terminal, densely pubescent and sparsely glandular; bracts inconspicuous; pedicels and calyx both with yellow glandular dots; calyx funnel-shaped, four-sided, with short triangular lobes less than 1 mm long; petals pink to purple-red, with acute, oblique apex; filaments ± pubescent, anthers curved; ovary semi-inferior, with 4 small protuberances at apex. The capsule is oval and enclosed by a persistent calyx. The flowering period is July and the fruiting period is October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown under forests on low-altitude hillsides.

【Nature and flavor】 Astringent; slightly bitter; neutral

【Functions and indications】Detoxifies and promotes tissue regeneration; kills insects. Mainly used for sores, boils, swelling and scabies

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: take appropriate amount, mash and apply or decoct in water for washing; or grind into powder and apply on the affected area.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": It has the effect of drawing out toxins and promoting tissue regeneration, and is used for sores and scabies.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above are the effects and functions of Cypress Wood. We can also consume Cypress Wood reasonably according to our own situation to relieve the pain caused by the disease.