The efficacy and function of banana peel

As a traditional Chinese medicine, plantain peel has great medicinal value and can treat many diseases. Let’s take a closer look at it below.

[Source] It is the peel of the banana plant of the Musaceae family. In autumn, collect banana peels and dry them.

【Habitat distribution】 Mainly produced in Guangdong.

[Properties] The fruit peel is yellow-green when fresh and dark brown when dry. It is in irregular strips and blocks, soft and tough, with many fibers. It has a long fruit stalk, which is more fibrous and about 4 to 5 cm long. Dry and clean ones are preferred.

【Functions and indications】 "Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine" II: "Treating dysentery by oral administration. Stir-frying and decocting can treat cholera and abdominal pain. Decoction can be used to wash the skin for itching."

[Additional prescription] To treat nasal ulcer (painful ulcer in the nasal cavity): Dry the banana peel, roast it and grind it into fine powder, mix it with borneol and tea oil and apply it to the affected area. (Quanzhou Materia Medica)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine"

In the above article, we analyzed plantain peel and know that the functions and effects of plantain peel are very wide-ranging. As long as we know more about the medicinal properties of traditional Chinese medicine, we will not panic when we encounter diseases.