The efficacy and function of redwood bark

There are many common Chinese medicinal materials in life, and redwood bark is one of them. However, many people are not very clear about redwood bark. Therefore, before choosing to eat it, you need to understand the effects and functions of redwood bark.

[Source] It is the inner bark of the trunk of the redwood plant of the Pinaceae family.

[Original form] Large deciduous tree, up to 30 meters high and 1.3 meters in diameter. The bark is gray to gray-brown, with open branches; the twigs are drooping, orange-brown to purple-brown, and hairless. The leaves are densely clustered on short branches; linear, flat, 1.5 to 3 cm long, pointed at the tip, gray-green, with ridges on both sides, and 1 to 2 stomatal bands on the sides of the ridges. The flowers are monoecious, with inflorescences borne at the top of branchlets; male inflorescences are rectangular, sessile, yellow, with many short-stalked anthers arranged in a spiral; female inflorescences are nearly spherical, with a few to many scales with 2 ovules, borne on larger bracts. The cones are ovate-rectangular, 3 to 4.5 cm long, bluish-purple to gray-brown, with nearly circular scales, slightly curved inward, entire, and bracts elongated, long and gradually pointed at the apex, erect, and purple. The seeds are 3 mm long, have long wings, and are 6 mm wide. Flowering period is May.

[Habitat distribution] Distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Shaanxi and other places.

[Properties and flavors] "Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica": "Warm in nature, slightly pungent in taste, non-toxic."

【Function and indication】 "Sichuan Chinese Medicine Annals": "Treats dysentery, rectal prolapse, and abdominal distension due to qi stagnation."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 3 to 5 qian.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica".

The above is a detailed introduction to the effects and functions of redwood bark. Your choice should be based on your own needs, so that it will not harm your body and can achieve a good effect in improving the disease.