The efficacy and function of the bark of the dahlia

The bark of the duxianzi tree can not only supplement the body's nutritional elements, but also help regulate various functions of the body. It also has high medicinal value. Today, I will take you to learn about the bark of the duxianzi tree.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The bark of Anacardium occidentale L., a plant of the Anacardiaceae family.

[Original form] Cashew shrub or small tree, 4-10m high. Branchlets yellowish brown, glabrous or nearly glabrous; with milky juice. Simple leaves are alternate; petiole is 1-1.5cm long; leaf blade is obovate, 8-14cm long, 6-8.5cm wide, with rounded or slightly concave tip, broad cuneate base, entire margin, glabrous on both sides, about 12 pairs of lateral veins, lateral veins and reticulate veins protruding on both sides. The panicle is broad, much-branched, arranged in an umbel, 10-20cm long, with many flowers densely packed and densely covered with alluring fine pubescence; the flowers are yellow, polygamous, pedunculate or with short peduncles; the calyx is deeply 5-lobed, with lobes erect and imbricately arranged; the petals are linear-lanceolate, 7-9mm long, and rolled outward when flowering; the stamens are 7-10, usually only 1 is developed, 8-9mm long, 5-6mm long in bisexual flowers, the sterile stamens are shorter (3-4mm long), the filaments are more or less fused at the base, the anthers are small and oval; the ovary is obovate, about 2mm long, glabrous, and the style is subulate, 4-5mm long. The drupe is kidney-shaped, flattened on both sides, 2-2.5cm long and about 1.5cm wide. The base of the fruit is supported by a fleshy pear-shaped or gyroscope-shaped pseudofruit, which is 3-7cm long and 4-5cm long at the widest point. It is purple-red when ripe. The seeds are kidney-shaped, 1.5-2 cm long and about 1 cm wide.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in low-altitude dry and hot areas.

【Pharmacological action】 1. Hypoglycemic effect: Oral administration of the tincture or extract of the bark has a hypoglycemic effect in normal people, which starts 15-20 minutes after oral administration; it is most significant in 60-90 minutes and can last for 3 hours. Decoction of bark (inner bark) can also lower blood sugar in animals. The hypoglycemic ingredients promote the production of CO2 in the testicular adipose tissue of isolated rats.

[Toxicity] Toxicity: The ethanol extract is somewhat toxic to mice, while the water extract (1:3) is almost non-toxic to mice (intraperitoneal injection of 0.8 ml per mouse does not cause death).

【Nature and flavor】 Light; neutral; toxic

【Functions and indications】Prevents malaria. Malaria

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 0.6-1g.

【Note】 This product is highly toxic and should be taken with caution.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above only introduces some of the effects and functions of the bark of the mulberry tree. In fact, it has other effects, which I will not introduce here one by one. If you are interested, you can take a look at the effects and matters recorded in medical books.