What are the medicinal values ​​of birch tumors?

In fact, there are many types of Chinese medicinal materials, and many people cannot remember all of them. In fact, even the more common birch knot is a kind of Chinese medicinal material. This kind of Chinese medicinal material is also called Chaga. The most significant medicinal effect of this Chinese medicinal material is that it can have anti-cancer effect, and it has a certain control effect on many kinds of cancer, so that its cells will not spread excessively or metastasize. Therefore, it achieves an auxiliary treatment effect, making the body healthier and preventing malignant tumors.

It contains about 23% to 35% betulin, more than 35% of various higher fatty acids, about 7% tannin, as well as phenolic substances, reducing substances, polysaccharides, saponins, proteins, triterpenoids, total glycosides, gums and oils. The fresh leaves contain triols and tannins such as betulintriol and betulintetraol. Birch sap contains eleven amino acids such as glutamic acid, leucine, valine, mineral elements such as potassium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, etc. It also contains a small amount of essential oils, betulin, saponins, vitamins, tannins and other compounds.

Pharmacological experiments have found that intraperitoneal injection of birch bark infusion, methanol, ether and acidic ethanol extracts into mice has antitussive and expectorant effects. Intraperitoneal injection of birch bark extract into guinea pigs has a certain antiasthmatic effect. Birch bark decoction has an inhibitory effect on bacteria such as Pneumococcus in test tubes.

Birch bark can be used as medicine, it is warm in nature and non-toxic. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, birch tastes bitter, has a flat smell and is non-toxic. If breast abscess is rotten, mix the ash of old birch bark with wine, take one coin of it daily and it will be cured.

Birch bark can also be used to line boots, which is called warm leather.

Birch bark is usually peeled between spring and summer. The skin is put into the mud, which is called "zao zao". It is taken out after a few days and dried in the sun. The ones with white skin and well-formed flowers are the most valuable.

Birch is the general name for plants of the genus Betula. There are about 100 species in the world, mainly distributed in the northern temperate zone, and a few species are distributed in the frigid zone. There are 29 species produced in China. Among them, birch is the most widely distributed, from Northeast, North China to Northwest and Southwest. In addition, there are red birch, large birch, black birch, etc. Birch trees are usually shrubs or small and medium-sized trees. Their wood is relatively hard, has poor corrosion resistance, and is easily deformed by moisture. They can be used for plywood, joinery, etc. The bark can be pyrolyzed to extract tar, and the sap of the tree can be used to make beverages and handicrafts. They are a gardening tree species.

The above article introduces in detail the medicinal value of birch knot. When some problems are found inside our body, we can use this Chinese herbal medicine to relieve them. Although the effect may be slow, the side effects must be much smaller than antibiotics. Moreover, this medicinal value is not only reflected in anti-cancer, but can also be used to treat common cough diseases.