The efficacy and function of stinky plum peel

The Chinese medicinal herb stinky plum peel is a relatively good medicinal material. Many people don’t know much about it, so let’s take a detailed look at the Chinese medicinal herb stinky plum peel below.

[Alias] Buckthorn bark.

[Source] Medicinal material source: Rhamnus davurica pallida, a plant of the Rhamnaceae family. of bark.

[Original form] Rhamnus davuri is a shrub or small tree, up to 10m tall. The twigs are stout, nearly opposite, brown or reddish brown, often with large buds at the top that do not form thorns, or with short thorns at the bifurcation. Leaves are opposite on long branches, or clustered on short branches; petiole is 1.5-4cm long; leaf blade is papery, ovate or elliptical, 4-13cm long, 2-6cm wide, with pointed or acuminate tip, cuneate or nearly rounded base, finely serrated margin, often with red glands at the tooth tips, glabrous and bright green above, sparsely pubescent with white and light green hairs along the veins below, 4-6 pairs of lateral veins, and obvious reticulate veins. Flowers are unisexual, dioecious, yellow-green; female flowers are 1-3 in leaf axils or several to 20 in clusters at the ends of short branches, with reduced stamens; calyx is 4-lobed, with narrow ovate lobes and acute tips; ovary is spherical, with 2-3 chambers; style is 2-3 shallowly lobed or half-cleft; male flowers have 4 stamens and sterile pistils. The drupe is spherical, black when ripe, 5-7mm in diameter, with a persistent calyx tube at the base. The fruit stalk is 1-1.2cm long. The seeds are oval, yellowish brown, with a narrow longitudinal groove on the dorsal side. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is July-October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in the undergrowth of hillside forests below 1800m above sea level, in the shade and wet places of thickets or forest edges and ditches.

[Properties] Identification of properties: This product is a dry bark that is flat or rolled into a groove shape, 2-3mm thick. The surface is rough, gray-black, with vertical and horizontal cracks and small horizontally elongated lenticels. The bark of the branches is smooth. After removing the cork, the surface is reddish brown. The inner surface is darker in color, with off-white longitudinal textures (fiber bundles). It is brittle, easy to break, and has a fibrous cross section. It has a faint smell and a bitter taste.

[Chemical composition] The bark contains emodin, chryso-phanol, aloe-emodin, deoxyrhamne-tin, rhamnetin, isorhamnetin, methyl isorhamnetin, etc.

[Pharmacological action] Buckthorn bark aqueous extract has a laxative effect on mice.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; slightly cold; slightly toxic

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; has a purgative and laxative effect. It is used for rheumatism, heat arthralgia, heat toxicity, carbuncle, and constipation.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g. For external use: take appropriate amount, decoct in water for washing; or make a paste for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

I believe that after reading the above explanations, everyone has a deeper understanding of the Chinese medicine stinky plum peel? In fact, many foods or medicinal materials are the same. Only when we understand them can we eat them correctly according to our own situation and effectively help maintain our health.