The efficacy and function of four o'clock

Nowadays, our living standards are constantly improving, but our health quality is constantly declining. Unscientific diet poses a potential threat to our bodies. Many Chinese medicinal herbs can regulate and improve our bodies. Here I would like to introduce to you the fruits of the Four-Oleaceae.

【English name】Dendrobenthamiajaponi-cavar.chinensis（Osborn）Fang

[Other names] Plum fruit, Plum fruit

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of the Cornaceae plant, Cornus officinalis.

[Original form] Deciduous small tree, 3-5m high. The bark is grayish white; the twigs are dark green and the young branches are covered with soft hairs. Leaves are opposite at the tips of short lateral branches; petioles are 5-10mm long, sparsely covered with brown soft hairs; leaf blades are papery or thickly papery, ovate or ovate-elliptical, 5.5-12cm long, 3.5-7cm wide, acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate or rounded at the base, green above, pink-green below, and sparsely covered with white soft hairs on both sides. The head inflorescence is spherical, composed of about 40-50 flowers; the peduncle is 4.5-7.5cm long; there are 4 white bracts, almost glabrous on both sides; the calyx is tubular, 4-lobed at the top, with a circle of brown short soft hairs on the inner side of the calyx; there are 4 petals, yellow; there are 4 stamens, alternate with the petals; the ovary is inferior, 2-chambered, with 1 style, extending from the cushion-shaped disk and covered with white soft hairs. The infructescence is spherical, dark red when ripe, with a diameter of 1.5-2.5cm; the total fruit pedicel is slender, 5.5-9cm long, and nearly glabrous. The flowering period is June-July, and the fruiting period is September-October.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; bitter; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Expel roundworms and eliminate accumulation. Mainly used for abdominal pain caused by roundworms; food stagnation

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

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

In fact, you will only know its benefits after practicing it. Just like the traditional Chinese medicine Oleander introduced above, it turns out that Oleander can also treat some other diseases. Therefore, eating it in moderation has many benefits.