The efficacy and function of Betula australis

Chinese medicine has different effects on our body and can regulate our body. Today we will introduce a Chinese medicine: Betula alba. What are its specific effects and functions? Let’s take a look.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The bark of Betula australis of the Betulaceae family.

[Original form] Tree, up to 25m high. The bark is gray-brown and cracked. Bud scales margins hairy. Branchlets glabrous. The petiole is 0.8-2.5cm long; the leaves are thick and papery, elliptic-ovate, elliptic or ovate, 5-12cm long and 2-6cm wide, with pointed or acuminate apex, rounded or nearly cordate base, covered with silky hairs along the veins below, with resin spots or none between the reticulate veins, 12-14 pairs of lateral veins, with clusters of whiskers in the vein axils, the midrib and lateral veins are slightly concave above, with double serrations and blunt tips, with 1-4 small teeth between each pair of lateral veins, the infructescence is solitary, cylindrical, 3-5cm long, the infructescence petiole is about 5mm long and covered with long coarse hairs; the fruit bract is 3-lobed, 0.8-1cm long, the middle lobe is slightly longer than the lateral lobe, the lobes are obtuse and have whiskers; the nutlets are obovate, 4-5mm long and about 2mm wide, and the fruit wings are narrow, about 1/2 of the fruit width. The flowering period is June-July, and the fruiting period is August-September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in mixed woods on mountain tops or hillsides at an altitude of 1000-1800m.

【Functions and indications】Diuresis and diuresis; clearing away heat and detoxifying. Mainly for stranguria; edema; sore

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

From the above introduction, it is not difficult to see that Betula australis has many functions. People in daily life can eat birch wood in appropriate amounts according to their physical conditions. After a period of time, your physical condition will be greatly improved.