The efficacy and function of sugar apple root

What are the functions of sugar apple root? As a traditional Chinese medicine, sugar apple root can not only be used to treat diseases, but also can be combined with some other medicinal materials to make medicinal food, which has a very good effect on regulating the human body. Today we will introduce you to sugar apple root.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The root of Annona custard apple of the Annonaceae family.

[Original form] Deciduous small tree, 3-5m high. Many branches, thin bark, grayish white. Leaves are alternate, arranged in two rows, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong, 6-17cm long, 2-7cm wide, acute or obtuse at apex, broadly cuneate or rounded at base, pale green beneath. Flowers are solitary or 2-4 clusters are grown at the top of branches or opposite leaves, about 2 cm long, green-yellow, and drooping; sepals are 3, triangular, and hairy; petals are 6, in 2 whorls, the outer petals are narrow and thick, fleshy, and oblong, and the inner petals are scaly; stamens are numerous and densely grown; carpels are numerous, oblong, and glabrous, each with 1 ovule. The fruit is composed of many easily separable carpels connected together to form an aggregate berry. It is spherical or heart-shaped cone, 5-10 cm in diameter, yellow-green in color, and covered with white powdery frost. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruiting period is from June to November.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: It is now cultivated in tropical regions around the world.

[Chemical composition] The root and bark contain camphor, borneol, corydine, isocorydine, anonaine, glaucine, liriodenine, β-sitosterol, kaur-16-en-19-oicacid, etc. The root contains annonaine, reticuline, tulipine, michelalbine, anolobin, and squamolone.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cold

【Meridian】 Large Intestine Meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies. Heat toxin and bloody diarrhea

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration, decocted in water, 5-10g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above introduces some basic knowledge about sugar apple root. I believe many people will know more about sugar apple root after reading it. There are many other medicinal herbs that we often come into contact with in our daily lives. If you have time, you might as well learn more about them.