The efficacy and role of large-leaf mountain laurel [picture]

Big-leaf cassia bark [picture] is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. It is very helpful to the human body in treating certain diseases. Moreover, this kind of medicine is also widely used. When choosing big-leaf cassia bark [picture], it is necessary to understand the efficacy, effects and contraindications of big-leaf cassia bark [picture]. Let's take a look at it below.

[Other names] Dashan Gui, San Tiao Jin, Jiao Gui, Yamu Gui, Tu Rou Gui

[Source] It is a plant of the genus Cinnamomum in the Lauraceae family, Cinnamomum obtusifolium (roxb.) Nees, and its bark is used as medicine. It can be harvested in all seasons, washed, sliced, dried in the shade or in the sun, ground into powder, and can also be used fresh.

[Original form] It is an evergreen tree, up to 15 meters high. The bark is gray-brown or dark brown, with the aroma of cinnamon and camphor; the branches are often opposite, nearly quadrangular, and slightly enlarged at the nodes. The leaves are opposite, leathery, with brown petioles. The leaf blades are oblong, more than 10 cm long, up to more than 30 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, up to 16 cm wide, obtuse to slightly concave at the apex, obtuse at the base, entire, with distinct three-veined veins from the base, and transverse parallel veinlets in between. The upper side is olive green and shiny, and the lower side is light green and glabrous. Small yellow-green flowers bloom in summer, organized into panicles; 6 perianths; 9 stamens; 3 staminodes. The fruit is oval, olive green, with a small tip at the top, a shallow cup-shaped persistent perianth at the base, and 6 rounded lobes often visible on the edge.

[Habitat distribution] It grows in dense forests in mountains, beside gullies or in the shade and wet places of forest valleys. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other provinces in my country.

[Preparation] Wash and slice, dry in the shade or in the sun, grind into powder, can also be used fresh.

【Nature and flavor】Sweet, spicy, warm.

【Functions and indications】Warms the middle and dispels cold, regulates qi and relieves pain, stops bleeding, and sets bones. Used for stomach pain caused by cold, diarrhea caused by deficiency and cold, rheumatic bone pain, lumbar muscle strain, impotence, and amenorrhea; used externally to treat traumatic bleeding, fractures, and snake bites.

[Usage and Dosage] 3-5 fen of dry powder, taken orally with water; or 3-5 qian, decocted in water. For external use, mash an appropriate amount of fresh bark and mix it with water for application, or grind it into powder and apply it to the affected area.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

The above is an introduction to the effects, functions and eating methods of large-leaf mountain laurel [picture]. When choosing it, you need to understand how to use it.