The efficacy and function of elm

Eupatorium wilfordii is a very common traditional Chinese medicine and is also a frequently used medicine. It has unique effects and functions in treating many diseases. Here we will tell you in detail about the effects of some traditional Chinese medicines such as Erythrorhizon.

[Other names] Shu (The Book of Songs), Zhu (Erya), Zheyu elm, Gengyu elm (Guangya), Dingzhi elm (Chinese Tree Taxonomy), Barbarya (Zhejiang Tianmu Yam Plant Records).

[Source] It is the root bark , bark or young leaves of Ulmus pumila of the Ulmus family.

[Original form] Deciduous tree, up to 10 meters high. The bark is dark gray with deep grooves; the young branches are gray-brown with dense or sparse soft hairs and thick and long thorns. The leaves are alternate, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, 2-5.5 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, slightly obtuse at the apex, rounded or broadly cuneate at the base, with coarse serrations on the edges, green above, sparsely covered with shed soft hairs, leaving black indentations after the hairs fall off, and yellow-green below. The leaf veins are initially sparsely covered with soft hairs, which then gradually fall off; the petiole is 1 to 4 mm long and densely covered with short hairs. Flowers are heterogamous, with 1 to 4 flowers clustered at the bottom of twigs or in leaf axils; calyx has 4 to 5 lobes; 4 stamens; pistil is crooked, style is 2-lobed. The nut is flat, 5 to 6 mm long, with crooked wings, 2-lobed tip, persistent calyx, and blooms from April to May. Fruiting period is from July to September.

[Habitat distribution] Grown at the foot of mountains, roadsides and near villages. Distributed in Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places.

[Functions and indications] "Zhejiang Tianmu Yam Plant Records": "For carbuncle, mash the root bark or tree bark with vinegar and apply to the affected area; for edema, make soup with the young leaves."

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The article introduces the effects and functions of prickly elm in detail. I hope everyone can remember its common effects, which will help us use prickly elm correctly in our lives. Thorny elm can effectively improve our physical fitness and is very beneficial for improving our body's immunity.