The efficacy and function of bitter oil wood

The cassia bark is a traditional Chinese medicine. It has high medicinal value and has a good health-care effect on some diseases. In our lives, many medicines use oleifera as the main raw material, but there are still many taboos that need to be paid attention to when taking oleifera.

[Alias] Alnus serrata, red radish tree.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the root or leaf of the Meliaceae plant.

[Original form] Large-leafed Melia azedarach is a tree, up to 30m tall. Leaves are large, odd-pinnate compound leaves (rarely even number), alternate; petiole and main axis are 20-90cm long; leaflets are 10-21, opposite, petiolules are sturdy, about 1cm long; leaf blades are thick leathery, often with coarse wrinkles when dry, oblong, 17-26cm long, 5-7cm wide, gradually pointed and obtuse at the apex, extremely oblique at the base, the lowest leaflet is smaller, ovate, and rounded at the base; lateral veins are 15-20 pairs. Inflorescence shorter than or longer than leaves, more or less pubescent, female and bisexual flowers arranged in spikes, male and bisexual flowers arranged in spikes in spreading panicles; flowers spherical, 6-7mm in diameter; sepals round, about 3mm in diameter, usually ciliate or glabrous; petals 3, round, 6-7mm in diameter, glabrous; stamen tube nearly spherical, fused to petals at base; disk absent; ovary hairy, without style, stigma pointed, with 3 edges. The capsule is spherical and pear-shaped, 2.5-2.8cm in diameter, and hairless. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruit matures in February to March of the following year.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in sparse woods or thickets in plains and hilly areas at an altitude of 500-1000m, sometimes cultivated on the edge of villages.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; pungent; warm

【Functions and indications】 Dispel wind and relieve pain. Mainly used for rheumatic joint swelling and pain; numbness of limbs

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to the cassia bark. Through this introduction we can understand that the cassia bark has high medicinal value and can effectively relieve many diseases, but remember not to take it indiscriminately.