What are the medicinal values ​​of golden tree?

Don’t think that the golden tree is just a plant. Although it looks like an ordinary tree, it is rich in traditional Chinese medicine. The tree itself has white flowers. It is native to the central and eastern United States. Nowadays, it is cultivated in various cities in China. Because the tree is inconspicuous, many people regard it as just an ordinary tree. However, what everyone does not know is that the golden tree has extensive and rich medicinal value, which can treat various stubborn diseases.

The goldenrod is a tree with a spreading crown and grey bark that cracks in thick, scaly patterns. The leaves are broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic, 15-30 cm long, with long acuminate tips, truncate or cordate bases, entire or occasionally 1-2 shallowly lobed, white pubescent on the back, and green glandular spots in the vein axils at the base. The panicle is terminal and about 15 cm long; the corolla is white with yellow stripes and purple-brown spots. The capsule is as thick as a finger and blooms in May. It is native to central and eastern United States and was introduced to Shanghai in 1911. It is currently cultivated in cities all over the country, and is often planted in gardens as shade trees or street trees.

【Medicine name】Sapindus mukorossi

[Alias] Oil-soapberry, bitter-soapberry, hand-washing fruit, wood-soap tree, soap tree, fat beads, laundry beads, yellow-eyed seeds, eye-wave seeds, bitter branches, walnuts, wood-soapberry, bodhi seeds, wood-soapberry, round soap, and Lugui wood. Golden Tree

Golden Tree

[Collection] Pick ripe fruits, remove the pulp, take out the seeds and dry them.

[Medicinal Materials] The dried seeds are spherical, with a diameter of 14 mm.

[Distribution] Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other places.

【Chemical composition】Contains sapindus saponin, fatty oil and protein.

【Nature and flavor】Bitter, neutral, poisonous. ① "Ben Jing Feng Yuan": bitter, neutral, non-toxic. ② "Nanning Pharmacopoeia": bitter, slightly toxic.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, eliminates phlegm, eliminates accumulation and kills insects. It is used to treat sore and swollen throat, cough and asthma, food stagnation, leucorrhea, malnutrition, sores, and swelling. Used for diphtheria, seminal vesiculopathy, stranguria and frequent urination. Clears away heat, eliminates phlegm, eliminates accumulation and kills insects. Sore throat, cough, asthma, indigestion, leucorrhea, malnutrition

Golden Tree

, sores, ringworms, swelling and pus.

① "Essentials of Raw Medicinal Herbs": Stops bleeding; stewed food kills insects and removes greasiness; boiled plasters dispel wind, reduce swelling, and remove toxins.

② "Guangxi Chinese Materia Medica": Burn the ashes into powder and blow it into the throat to treat hoarseness.

③ "Zhejiang Tianmu Yam Plant Records": Treats various throat diseases, colds and fever, whooping cough, leucorrhea, leucorrhea, and infantile malnutrition.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration: decoct in water, 5-10 grams; grind into powder or stew and eat. For external use: grind into powder and blow into throat, brush teeth, or boil into water for washing, or make into paste for application.

【Storage】Place in ventilated and dry place.

【Selection】

①Treat single and double goose throat: 15g of soapberry and 15g of phoenix tail grass, decocted and taken orally.

②Treat goose throat: 10g of soapberry, 7.5g of glauber powder, 3g of plum tablets, grind into very fine powder and blow into the throat. For severe cases, add 0.5 grams of musk.

③Treat asthma: Calcined ash of Sapindus mukorossi, take with boiled water, 3 grams each time for children, 10 grams each time for adults, once a day, for several days.

④Treat indigestion caused by worms: Take five to seven soapberries, stew them until cooked, and eat once a day for several days.

⑤Treat thick psoriasis: Take appropriate amount of soapberry, boil it with good vinegar, and apply it to the affected area while it is still hot. Golden Tree

Golden Tree

⑥Treat swollen and painful teeth: 50 grams of soapberry, 50 grams each of rhubarb and cyperus rotundus, 25 grams of green salt, calcine and grind into mud, and use it to brush teeth daily.

⑦Remove wind and improve eyesight. Use soapberry peel, saponin, hubing, and calamus, pound them together, add starch water to make it into the size of marbles, use it to soak in water and wash your hair, which can remove wind and improve eyesight.

⑧Wash your face to remove spots. Mash the soapberry, add white flour and make it into pills. Use them to wash your face every day to remove dirt and spots. It is very effective.

⑨Zi Zhong Ren: swollen and painful teeth. Use 50 grams of fat beads, 50 grams each of rhubarb and cyperus rotundus, and 25 grams of green salt. Seal them with soil, calcine them with fire, and grind them into powder. Use it to brush your teeth every day.

[Clinical application] To treat trichomoniasis vaginitis, take 1 jin of washed and peeled soapberries and add 1000 ml of water and boil it into a concentrated liquid. Every time you take the golden tree

Golden Tree

Dilute 50-100 ml of the solution with 1000 ml of warm water, and irrigate the vagina as usual, once a day, for 7-10 days as a course of treatment. At the same time, take Chinese medicine internally to clear away heat and dampness. All 10 cases were treated and tested negative for Trichomonas after one course of lavage. Five cases were followed up for 2 to 3 months without recurrence; one case recurred after 2 months and was still effectively treated.

What are the medicinal values ​​of the golden tree? This is something that many people don't know. The golden tree has good effects on swollen and painful gums, reducing swelling and dissipating heat, and clearing the intestines and excreting goods. Most people's lives are affected by dizziness caused by getting angry, and oral ulcers. Although the symptoms caused by minor illnesses are very troublesome, the medicinal value of the golden tree can be reflected at this time.