The efficacy and function of single flowered bamboo

Traditional Chinese medicine is very helpful in treating certain diseases, so you can feel free to choose herbs. Mangosteen is a medicinal material that is not unfamiliar to us. Do you know its effects and functions? Let's take a look.

【English name】 bark of Uniflower Garcinia

[Source] Medicinal material source: The bark of the plant Garcinia mongholicus of the family Garciniaaceae.

[Original form] Single-flowered mountain bamboo shrub, 1-3m high. The twigs are thinner with obvious longitudinal ridges. Simple leaves are opposite; petiole is 5-10mm long; leaf blade is papery or thin leathery, elliptic ovate or narrowly ovate, 5-8cm long, 1.5-3.5cm wide, apex caudate acuminate, base cuneate, entire, glabrous, lateral veins up to 5 on each side, not obvious. Flowers are heterosexual and dioecious; female flowers are solitary in leaf axils, without pedicels; sepals are 4, unequal, 2-5mm long; petals are 4, purple, nearly round, 4-5mm long, and blunt-headed; there are 12 staminodes, which are shorter than the ovary, and the filaments are fused at the base to form a shallow cup; the ovary is ovate-oblong, 4-chambered, with a short style and a shield-shaped stigma. The drupe is fusiform or narrowly elliptic, 1.5-1.8 cm long, with persistent sepals and residual stamens. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruiting period is from July to September.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: Grown in mountain jungles.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; astringent; cool

【Meridian】 Heart; Stomach meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; astringes and promotes tissue regeneration. Mainly used for eczema, stomatitis, periodontitis, lower limb ulcers, burns, and scalds

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-10g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application; or grind it into powder and sprinkle it on the affected area.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Its roots and leaves are used for large poisonous sores, and its inner bark has the same effect as that of Mangosteen.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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