What are the medicinal values ​​of kapok bark?

Kapok is not ordinary cotton. It is a tree called kapok. The shape of this tree is no different from ordinary trees. Most of them grow in Guangdong and Guangxi. This is not an ordinary tree. The bark of this tree can be used as medicine. It has a good effect on rheumatism, joint pain and other diseases. Kapok is widely used, and the value of kapok bark has the effects of promoting dampness, detoxifying and clearing away heat. So what are the medicinal values ​​of kapok bark?

Effects and functions Edit this section Back to the directory Effects of Kapok:

Kapok is the dried flower of the kapok plant of the Bombacaceae family. Kapok is also known as the banyan tree, hero tree, and climbing flower. Kapok has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, detoxifying and stopping bleeding. Kapok has the effects of treating diarrhea, dysentery, hemorrhage, and sores. The bark of kapok is used as medicine in Guangdong as Pittosporum tobira bark, called Guangdong Pittosporum tobira bark. It tastes bitter, is neutral in nature, and has the effect of dispersing rheumatism.

Name: Kapok

Alias: Panzhihua tree, hero tree, Panzhihua Kapok effect and function Kapok effect and function

Family: Bombaxceae, large deciduous tree

Nature and flavor: light, astringent, flat.

Efficacy: Clears heat, promotes dampness and detoxifies.

Indications: used for diarrhea, dysentery, metrorrhagia, and sores.

Dosage and administration: The usual dosage is 5 to 10 grams.

Source: Kapok flowers are the dried flowers of the Kapok plant of the Bombacaceae family.

Note: The bark of the kapok tree is used as medicine in Guangdong as Pittosporum tobira bark, also known as Guangdong Pittosporum tobira bark. It tastes bitter, is neutral in nature, and has the function of dispersing rheumatism.

The role of Kapok:

1. Kapok flowers can cure dysentery, and the white ones are even better. Essentials of the Properties of Raw Medicinal Herbs

2. Kapok flowers treat arthritis: 30 grams of kapok roots, decocted in water and taken orally.

3. The red kapok flowers can cure dysentery, while the white ones can cure white dysentery. Boil them together with Wuyi tea and drink them regularly. "Compendium of Materia Medica"

4. Kapok flower treats bleeding after defecation: 30 grams of kapok bark and 90 grams of pork red meat, boil into soup and drink.

5. Kapok flowers can relieve heat. Records of Collecting Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan

6. Kapok flowers treat stomachache: 30 grams of kapok roots or bark, 6 grams of prickly ash, decocted in water and taken orally.

7. Kapok flowers can be diuretic and stomachic. New Edition of Chinese Medicine

8. Kapok flowers can remove dampness and heat. Treats uterine bleeding and metal wounds. Nanning City Pharmacopoeia

9. Kapok flowers treat lung cancer and intestinal cancer: 15-30 grams of kapok roots, 3 bowls of water, boil half a bowl and drink it warm.

10. Kapok flowers can remove dampness and toxins and cure ulcers. Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine

11. Kapok flowers treat women's menstrual wind: 60 grams of the second layer of kapok root bark, 30 grams of red flower lice female head root, decocted in water and taken with wine.

12. Kapok flowers can clear away heat and dampness, and treat enteritis and bacillary dysentery. Guangzhou Army "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines"

13. Kapok flowers can treat paralysis of the waist and legs, stubborn numbness of the legs and knees, cholera, red and white diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, and scabies. 《Sea Herbal Medicine》

14. Kapok flowers treat diarrhea caused by damp-heat: 15 grams of kapok flowers, 12 grams of Houttuynia cordata, 30 grams of Amaranthus spinulosa, decocted in water and taken orally.

15. Kapok flowers can treat blood paralysis and pain, and can be used to treat red eyes when boiled and washed. 《Rihuazi Materia Medica》

16. Kapok flowers treat dysentery: 15-30 grams each of kapok flowers and tea leaves, decocted in water and taken orally.

Do we know that the related kapok bark has medicinal value? In fact, the medicinal value of kapok bark is very wide, because kapok bark itself can be used as medicine, including the treatment of enteritis and joint diseases has a very good effect, it can also cure various stubborn diseases. In addition to the kapok bark can be eaten alone, it also has good effects when combined with other Chinese medicines.