The efficacy and function of long-leaf mountain bamboo

The Chinese medicinal herb Longleaf Mountain Bambusa is already very familiar to most people. But in fact, not many people know the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine long-leaf mountain bamboo, so let’s talk about it below.

【English name】 Bark of Kwangsi Garcinia

[Alias] Guangxi long-leaf mountain bamboo.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The bark of the long-leafed mountain bamboo of the Garcinia family.

[Original form] Long-leaf mountain bamboo tree, 10-15m high. The trunk diameter is 10-15cm; the bark is rough, brown, with yellow sap, turning black in the sun, and the twigs are quadrangular. Simple leaves are opposite; petiole is 10-20mm long and about 2mm thick; leaf blade is thick leathery, oblong or elliptical, 7-13cm long, 3-6cm wide, with rounded or short acuminate tip, cuneate base, midrib slightly sunken above, raised below, lateral veins 28-30, obviously raised below. Flowers are heterosexual and dioecious; male inflorescence is terminal, with 3-6 flowers; pedicel is about 10mm long; male flower is solitary, pedicel is short, quadrangular; sepals are 4, petals are 4, membranous, obovate-broad-elliptic, 14-15mm long, wide at the apex, gradually narrowed at the base; stamens are numerous, in 4 bundles, stamen filaments are fused into blocks, anthers are numerous, longer than the reduced ovary, and the reduced ovary is quadrangular; female flower sepals are 4, petals are 4, ovary is cylindrical or oblong, about 10mm long, style is short, thick, and 8-lobed. The berry is broadly oval, about 3.5 cm long and 3 cm wide, smooth, with a sessile, flat, and finely fissured persistent stigma at the tip. The seeds are oblong or nearly cylindrical, 1.2-1.3cm long and 6-7mm in diameter. Fruiting period is September.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: Grown in mountain forests.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Astringent; Neutral

【Entry】 Lung; Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; reduces swelling and relieves pain. Mainly used for burns, scalds, carbuncle, swelling and sore

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-10g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The bark tastes slightly bitter and astringent, and is neutral in nature. It has the function of reducing swelling and dissipating heat toxins.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the detailed introduction above, we have a good understanding of the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine long-leaf mountain bamboo. I hope this can be helpful to everyone.