The efficacy and function of red rafter wood

Do you know what red rafter wood is? It is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. There are many records about it in ancient medical books. Red rafter wood has many medicinal values ​​and can be used to treat some discomfort symptoms in our body. Let us learn about the effects and functions of red rafter wood in detail.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The seed kernel of Castanopsis spinulosa of the Fagaceae family.

[Original form] Evergreen tree, up to 25m in height. Diameter at breast height: 1.5m. The bark is gray to gray-brown and peels off in blocks; young branches have dark yellow short hairs and yellow scales, while two-year-old branches are almost hairless. Leaves are alternate; petioles are 0.5-1cm long; leaf blades are thin leathery, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 7-12cm long, 2-3.5cm wide, entire or with several pairs of shallow serrations at the top, shiny and hairless above, densely covered with reddish-brown or yellowish-brown closely attached scales below, biennial leaves are yellow-gray or off-white below, midrib is concave, lateral veins are 10-14 pairs, and branch veins are often not obvious. Flowers are unisexual and monoecious; male flowers are erect spikes; female inflorescences are 10-18cm long, short spikes; infructescence is about 15cm long; cupule has 1 nut, spherical, 2.5-4cm in diameter including thorns, 4-valved, thorns are 0.8-1.2cm long, slightly unbranched at the base or in the middle, densely grown; nuts are broadly ovate, 0.8-1.5cm in diameter, 1-1.5cm high, almost glabrous, the navel occupies 1/3-1/4 of the fruit area, and the cotyledons are flat and glabrous. The flowering period is from April to June, and the fruiting period is from August to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in mountain evergreen broad-leaved forests at an altitude of 100-1900m.

[Chemical composition] The stem contains 17 (21) - hop-en-3β-yl acetate, friedelin, friede-lan-3β-ol, β-glutinol, taraxerol, β-sitosterol, stigmast-4-en-3-one-6β-ol. The leaves contain taraxerol, 22-hydroxy-hopanone, and β-sitosterol.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; warm

【Functions and indications】 Strengthens the stomach and helps digestion. Mainly used for spleen and stomach weakness, loss of appetite, diarrhea

【Usage and Dosage】 Oral administration: stir-fry or cook, 15-30g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Luchuan Materia Medica": nourishes and strengthens, strengthens the stomach, and helps digestion. Treats loss of appetite and diarrhea due to spleen deficiency.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

From the above description, we can know that the nutritional value and medicinal value of red rafter wood are very high. It can treat some diseases and can also be used as a raw material for diet therapy. It is indeed a good choice for health and wellness.