The efficacy and function of shrub Syzygium

Diseases require improvement through medicine. Different diseases require different medicine choices. If you want to treat your own diseases well, you need to use the right medicine. The Chinese medicinal shrub Syzygium wilfordii is also very helpful in treating certain diseases. Let’s take a look at this medicinal herb.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The bark of Syzygium wilfordii, a plant of the Myrtaceae family.

[Original form] Syzygium wilfordii is a tree, up to 12m tall. Young branches are flattened or grooved, dark brown after drying, and old branches are grayish white. Leaves are opposite; petiole is 1-1.5cm long; leaf blade is thin leathery, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 9-13cm long, 3.5-5.5cm wide, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate or slightly rounded, brown and shiny above after drying, with many glandular dots, reddish brown below, with many glandular dots; pinnate veins are numerous and dense. The panicle grows on leafless old branches, 4-7cm long; the flowers are sessile, 5-7 in clusters; the calyx tube is obconical, 2-2.5mm long, and the calyx teeth are not obvious; there are 4 petals, separate, round, 1-1.5mm wide, and there are many stamens, 1.5-2.5mm long; the ovary is inferior, and the style is equal to the stamens. The fruit is spherical, 6mm in diameter, and red when ripe. 1 seed. Flowering period is May.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in low-altitude sparse forests or wasteland.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; pungent; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Expel roundworms. Ascaris abdominal pain

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 6-15g; or made into pills or powder.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The effects and functions of shrub syzygium have been described in detail above, and I believe everyone has a certain understanding of it. Whether shrub syzygium has other therapeutic effects still requires further research.