The efficacy and function of Doubanxiang

Doubanxiang is a very good medicinal ingredient. It is often used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat patients. It has extremely high medicinal value. Let us learn about several aspects of Doubanxiang.

[Other names] Millennium dwarf, bean leaf

[Source] Medicinal material source: the leaves and bark of Osmanthus fragrans, a plant of the Oleaceae family.

【Original form】 Evergreen shrub, up to 5m tall. Branchlets gray-brown, densely pubescent. Leaves opposite; petiole 2-3mm long, pubescent, or at least pubescent when young; leaf blade thick leathery, oblong. Broadly elliptic or broadly ovate, 1-2.5cm long, 1-1.5cm wide, with acute to obtuse apex and a small pointed tip, broadly cuneate base, leaf margin with sharp serrations, teeth about 1mm long, glandular dots on both sides appearing as small pinhole-like depressions or small needle-like protrusions, pubescent along the upper midrib, especially densely near the petiole. Inflorescence clustered in leaf axils or branch tops, with 4-8 flowers in each axil; bracts broadly ovate, acute at apex, slightly pubescent, with eyelashes on the edges, usually falling off early; flowers fragrant; calyx 2-4mm long, lobes almost as long as calyx tube, with eyelashes, corolla white, corolla tube 6-10mm long, 1-2mm in diameter, lobes 4-6mm long; stamens attached to the middle of corolla tube, filaments about 2mm long, connective extending into a distinct small tip; pistil 3-4mm long, style about 2.5mm long, stigma distinctly 2-lobed. The fruit is oval-ovate, 1-1.2 cm long, and bluish-black. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is September-November.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in mountain mixed woods or shrubs.

【Nature and flavor】 sweet; bitter; neutral

【Functions and indications】It can clear phlegm and stop cough; it can remove blood stasis and stop bleeding. Mainly used for chronic tracheitis; blood stasis and pain caused by falls; bleeding caused by trauma

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-10g. For external use: take appropriate amount, mash and apply or grind into powder and sprinkle.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

In fact, you will only know its benefits after practicing it. Just like the traditional Chinese medicine Doubanxiang introduced above, it turns out that Doubanxiang can also treat some other diseases. Therefore, eating it in moderation has many benefits.