The efficacy and function of azalea fruit

Rhododendron fruit is a very common Chinese medicine and also a very important medicinal material. We need to pay attention to it. Azalea fruit can be used in combination with other medicines, and we need to take it appropriately according to our physical condition. Let’s take a look at the main effects and functions of the Chinese medicinal azalea fruit.

【Alias】 Azalea

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of Rhododendron, a plant of the Ericaceae family.

[Original form] Deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub, 2-5m high. Many branches, young branches densely covered with reddish brown or brown flat rough hairs, old branches grayish yellow, glabrous, with longitudinally cracked bark. The flower bud is ovate, with brown rough hairs in the middle of the back and eyelashes on the edges. Leaves are dimorphic; papery and shorter in spring, leathery and longer in summer, ovate-elliptic or oblong-ovate-lanceolate, 3-6cm long, 2-3cm wide, acute at apex with a short tip, cuneate at base, entire, sparsely covered with light reddish-brown strigosus on the surface, densely covered with brown strigosus on the back, more on the veins. 2-6 flowers, in umbels, clustered at branch ends; pedicels about 5-8mm long; calyx 5-parted, lobes ovate to lanceolate, 3-7mm long, densely covered with rough hairs and eyelashes on the outside; corolla broadly funnel-shaped, rose to light red, purple, 3-5cm long, 5-lobed, lobes nearly obovate, with dark red spots inside the upper 1st petal and the nearly obverse 2nd petal; 10 stamens, rarely 7-9, filaments with fine hairs in the middle and lower parts, anthers purple; ovary oval, 5-chambered, 5-8mm long, densely covered with flat long rough hairs, style slender. Capsule oval, 1-1.2cm long, densely covered with brown rough hairs, calyx persistent. The flowering period is from April to June, and the fruiting period is from July to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in hilly mountains or plains, in sparse bushes.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; spicy; warm

【Functions and indications】Promote blood circulation and relieve pain. Mainly for swelling and pain caused by trauma

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: grind into powder, 1-2g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above content is an introduction to the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine azalea fruit. I hope it can be of some help to you. The culture of traditional Chinese medicine is profound and extensive. When treating diseases, we need to choose different medicines according to the different diseases to better help the body relieve troubles.