What is the medicinal value of Jacaranda?

Traditional Chinese medicine has many uses in life. In addition to preventing and treating diseases, it can also play a role in health care. Many people will take some traditional Chinese medicine to regulate their bodies when they feel unwell. In fact, Chinese medicine is all around us. Some plants, trees, flowers and grasses can be used as medicine, and they have many effects and functions. So what is the medicinal value of Jacaranda?

Jacaranda: Latin name Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don

Other names: Mimosa-leaved Jacaranda, Blue Mist Tree, Brazilian Bignonia, Purple Cloud Tree

Morphological characteristics: Deciduous tree, up to 15 meters high. The leaves are opposite, bipinnate, with pinnae usually more than 16 pairs, each pinna having 16-24 pairs of leaflets; the leaflets are elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic-rhombic, 6-12 mm long, 2-7 mm wide, acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, and entire. The flowers are blue, with inflorescences up to 30 cm long and about 18 cm in diameter. The calyx is tubular, about 5 mm long and wide, with 5 calyx teeth.

Garden value: Ornamental, foliage and flowering tree species, widely planted as street tree, shade tree and landscape tree in tropical and warm subtropical regions. It blooms once in summer and once in autumn every year. During the peak flowering period, the tree is full of purple-blue flowers, which are very elegant and beautiful. Especially in the tropics, it is rare to see tree species with blue flowers, so Jacaranda is indeed a rare and precious woody flower.

Economic value: Jacaranda can be used to make paper. The initial whiteness of wood powder is low, the lignin content is high, and the solvent extract content is comparable to that of broadleaf wood such as poplar. The fibers are short and the basic density is low. The wood is yellowish white to gray, soft and light, with straight texture, easy to process, and can be used as furniture.

Medicinal value: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mulberry fruit has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, nourishing blood and promoting body fluid, moistening the intestines and relieving constipation. It can also promote gastrointestinal motility and help digestion. Mulberry fruits can be used to make wine, which is rich in nutrients and has obvious health benefits. Rock sugar can also be added to the wine. There are no taboos. The specific amount can be added according to your taste.

The above introduction has made it very clear what the medicinal value of Jacaranda is. Everyone needs to protect their own health and safety at all times, not giving diseases a chance to take advantage, and raising awareness of health care, constantly improving and conditioning their bodies, in order to truly improve the protection of their own health and not get sick easily.