The efficacy and function of Fengyan fruit shell

With the development of society and the close international exchanges, most people who study medicine have been seriously influenced by Western medicine, and fewer and fewer people are studying Chinese medicine, which has resulted in less and less understanding of Chinese medicine. Let’s talk about the efficacy and functions of the Chinese medicine Fengyan fruit shell.

[English name] Fengyan fruit pod (Lingnan Herbal Medicine Collection Record), Artocarpus shell (Guangdong Chinese Medicine II).

[Source] It is the fruit shell of the Sterculia sylvestris plant of the Sterculiaceae family. Collect the ripe fruits in autumn, peel them and dry them in the sun.

[Original morphology] Please refer to the entry for "Phoenix Eye Fruit" for details of the morphology.

[Habitat distribution] Produced in Guangdong and other places.

[Properties] The dried husk is scarlet when fresh and brown when dry. It is 4 to 6 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide and about 2 mm thick. The surface is wrinkled and uneven with longitudinal grooves, and the inside is reddish brown. Tough texture.

【Properties and flavors】 "Guangdong Chinese Medicine" Ⅱ: "Flat, bland."

【Functions and indications】 "Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine" II: "Grind it into powder and apply it externally to treat rotten ears, mix the calcined ash with wine and drink it to treat small intestinal hernia, and boil it in water to wash hemorrhoids."

[Additional prescription] For treating bloody dysentery: boil the shell of phoenix eye fruit, candied dates and tangerine peel into a decoction and drink it. (Records of Collecting Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】From "Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine" Ⅱ.

Above, we introduced what is the phoenix eye nut shell, its efficacy and function. We know that the phoenix eye nut shell can not only improve immunity, but also plays an indispensable role in certain diseases.