The efficacy and function of Yunnan Camellia

Since Chinese medicine has fewer side effects, more and more people now want to use Chinese medicine to regulate their bodies. Here I would like to introduce to you a medicinal herb, Yunnan Camellia, hoping it will be helpful to you.

[Alias] Nanshan Camellia, Yunnan Camellia.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves and flowers of Camellia yunnanensis of the Theaceae family.

[Original form] Camellia yunnanensis is a shrub or small tree, up to 15m high. Leaves are alternate; petiole is 8-15mm long; leaf blade is obovate or elliptical, 5-10m long, 2.5-6cm wide, with short acuminate tip, cuneate base, fine serrations, and the vein network is clearly visible on the leaf surface. The leaves turn yellow when dry. The flowers are solitary or opposite in the leaf axils or branch tops, bright red, with 5-6 petals. The cultivated varieties are all double-petaled, slightly concave at the tip; the filaments are glabrous; the ovary is glabrous, and the style has 3 lobes at the tip. The capsule is oblate.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: mostly cultivated.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Meridian】 Stomach; Large Intestine; Liver

【Functions and indications】 Cools blood and stops bleeding; detoxifies and stops dysentery. It is used for vomiting blood, blood in stool, menorrhagia, bleeding from knife wounds, diarrhea, dysentery, and burns caused by hot water or fire.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-30g. For external use: apply appropriate amount, grind into powder, mix and apply or dry mix.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

In order to let more friends know about Yunnan Camellia, you can introduce it to your friends so that more people will know how to use this medicine.