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Traditional Chinese medicine is a Chinese tradition. For many Chinese people, seeing a Chinese doctor and taking Chinese medicine when they are sick is their tradition and habit. Therefore, Chinese medicine is liked by many people. Camellia oleifera root is a common Chinese medicinal material. Let’s learn about it together below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The root or root bark of Camellia oleifera Abel, a plant of the Theaceae family.

[Original form] Camellia oleifera is an evergreen shrub or small tree, 3-4m high, rarely up to 8m. The bark is light yellow-brown, smooth and uncracked; the twigs are slightly covered with short soft hairs. Simple leaves are alternate; petioles are 4-7mm long and hairy; leaf blades are thick leathery, ovate-elliptical or ovate, 3.5-9cm long, 1.8-4.2cm wide, obtuse at apex, cuneate at base, serrulate at margin, bright green above, glabrous or with stiff hairs on midrib, hairy or glabrous at base of midrib below, and lateral veins inconspicuous. Flowers are bisexual, 1-3 flowers grow at the top of branches or in leaf axils, 3-5cm in diameter, sessile; sepals are usually 5, nearly round, and covered with silky hairs on the outside; petals are 5-7, white, separate, obovate to lanceolate, 2.5-4.5cm long, often with a notch at the apex and hairy on the outside; stamens are numerous, glabrous, and the outer filaments are only fused at the base; ovary is superior, densely covered with white silky hairs, and the style has three shallow lobes at the apex. The capsule is nearly spherical, 3-5cm in diameter, with thick peel, woody, and 2-3-lobed locules. The seeds are round on the back and flat on the belly, up to 2.5 cm long. The flowering period is October-November, and the fruiting period is October of the following year.

[Habitat distribution] It is widely cultivated in the Yangtze River Basin and areas to the south of my country. It is an important woody oil plant.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; neutral; slightly toxic

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; regulates qi and relieves pain; promotes blood circulation and reduces swelling. Sore throat, stomachache, toothache, trauma, burns

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g. For external use: take appropriate amount, grind into powder or grind into powder after burning into ashes, and apply on the affected area.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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