The efficacy and function of Koelreuteria paniculata

Koelreuteria compound pinnate is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. There are precedents of using Koelreuteria compound pinnate to treat diseases in ancient times, so we can eat it with confidence. Next, I will mainly introduce to you the effects of Koelreuteria paniculata.

[Alias] Mountain ash, bubble tree (Chinese Tree Taxonomy), lantern flower, saddle tree (Guizhou Herbs).

[Source] It is the root , root bark or flower of the Sapindaceae plant Koelreuteria paniculata . Harvested in summer and autumn.

[Original form] Deciduous tree, up to 20 meters high. The bark is dark gray; the twigs are gray, pubescent and densely covered with lenticels. The leaves are bipinnate, opposite, thickly papery, with a cylindrical rachis and densely silky gray short soft hairs; the leaflets are 9 to 15, oblong-ovate, 4.5 to 7 cm long, 1.8 to 2.5 cm wide, with short acuminate tips, rounded bases, irregular serrations on the margins, and gray hairs on the main veins below; the petiolules are short, about 2 to 3 mm long. The panicle is terminal, about 20 cm long; the flowers are yellow. The capsule is ovate, about 4 cm long and 3 cm wide, with a rounded tip and a pointed tip, and three lobed. Seeds round, black.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in sparse forests in mountains. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hunan, Zhejiang, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter, spicy.

【Functions and indications】 Dispel wind and heat, relieve cough, and kill insects.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat wind-heat cough: Take 50 cents of the root or flower of Koelreuteria paniculata, simmer in water and drink it three times a day.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

The above is an introduction to the Chinese medicinal herb Koelreuteria paniculata. For medicinal herbs that we don't understand, we should learn more about them so that we can make full use of them in our lives and not be at a loss.