The efficacy and function of ironwood

There are many types of Chinese medicine. When we choose, we need to understand the medicine first. So do you know about the medicinal material Tielimu? Let us introduce it below.

[Alias] Rock salt, iron daggerboard, and maimolang.

[Source] Medicinal material source: bark, flowers and seeds of the plant Ironwood of the Garcinia family.

[Original morphology] Ironwood is an evergreen tree that can reach a height of more than 30m, with smooth gray-brown or dark gray bark; branches are opposite. Simple leaves are opposite; petiole is 3-5mm long, leaf blade is leathery, lanceolate, 7-10cm long, 1.2-2cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin entire, glossy above, grayish white below, midrib is obvious, lateral veins are extremely dense and not obvious. Flowers are bisexual, solitary in leaf axils or branch tops; pedicels are 3-5mm long; flowers are large, 4-5cm in diameter; sepals are 4, in 2 rows, the outer two are smaller; petals are 4, yellow, obovate, about 3.5cm long, and do not fall off when fruiting; stamens are numerous, in 2 to 7 whorls, filaments are slender, shorter than styles; ovary has 2 chambers, each chamber has 2 ovules, style is filiform, stigma is shield-shaped. The fruit is ovoid, hard, 2.5-3 cm in diameter, pointed at the apex, surrounded by sepals and the lower half of the petals at the base, and 2 or 4-lobed. There are 1-4 seeds, convex on the back and flat on both sides.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in mountain forests or on the edge of forests.

[Chemical composition] The seeds contain mammeisin, mesuagin, mammeigin, mesuol, mesuarin, mesuanic acid, mesuaferrone A, etc. The leaves contain mesuein; the stems contain α-amyrin, β-sitosterol and mesuafenol. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Functions and indications】Relieve cough and eliminate phlegm; detoxify and reduce swelling. Mainly used for cough with phlegm; sores, boils, hemorrhoid bleeding; burns; poisonous snake bites

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 5-10g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Therefore, through the detailed introduction of the traditional Chinese medicine ironwood in the above article, it is not difficult to find that ironwood has many effects and functions, and its effect in health care is still very good.