The efficacy and function of cinnamon bark and osmanthus fragrans

Everyone is familiar with cinnamon bark and Bletilla striata, of course some people are relatively unfamiliar with them. In fact, cinnamon bark and osmanthus fragrans are a relatively common Chinese medicinal material. So what exactly does cinnamon bark and osmanthus fragrans do?

【English name】 Asiatica Cinnamon Fern

[Other names] Oxhair Guangdong, Ziqin, Guanzhong

[Source] Medicinal material source: The rhizome of the ramet of Osmanthus fragrans, a plant of the Osmanthaceae family.

[Original form] Terrestrial fern, plant height 50-100cm. The rhizome is short and thick or has a thick and thick cylindrical main axis. Leaves are clustered and dimorphic; the vegetative petiole is straw color, light brown after drying, 20-40cm long; the leaf blade is deeply pinnate, oblong or narrowly elliptic, 35-60cm long, 12-24cm wide; there are 12-20 pairs of pinnae, nearly opposite, sessile, jointed at the base, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, 8-12cm long, 1.2-2.4cm wide; there are 12-14 pairs of lobes, oblong, about 1cm long, about 4-6mm wide, entire, papery, with light brown villi when young; the midrib is obvious, and the lateral veins are dichotomously branched; the spore petiole is 24-40cm long; the leaf blade is deeply pinnate, 20-40cm long, 3-4cm wide; there are 12-14 pairs of pinnae, compressed into a linear shape, and the back is densely covered with dark brown sporangia.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: grows in swamps or wet valleys.

[Chemical composition] The leaves contain high levels of starch and chlorophyll; the petioles contain white anthocyanin (leukoanthocyanine), lignin, fiber, pectin, sugar, catechuic acid, etc. It also contains amino acids: glutamic acid, phenylalanine, proline, alanine, etc.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; slightly cold

【Meridian】 Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; stops bleeding and kills parasites; acts as a diuretic. Mumps, influenza, dysentery, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, traumatic bleeding, hookworm disease, pinworm disease, and urinary incontinence

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 10-30g; or fry into charcoal and grind into powder, 3g each time, 2-3 times a day. For external use: Take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply on skin.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica" Rhizome: bitter, astringent, slightly cold in nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, diuretic and analgesic, hemostasis and insecticide.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Above we introduced what cinnamon bark and Berafenia is, and we also learned about the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine cinnamon bark and Berafenia. We know that the effects of cinnamon bark and Berafenia are very powerful. You can eat some cinnamon bark and Berafenia for health preservation.