The efficacy and function of salt bran

Do you know about salt bran? It is a common medicinal material. Generally, salt bran is used as raw material in many places. It can also treat many physical diseases. Let’s take a look at the relevant knowledge about salt bran.

[Alias] Bannu Salt (Kaibao Materia Medica), Rhus salt fruit, Salt plum fruit, Salt elm fruit (Compendium of Materia Medica), Aconite root (Modern Practical Chinese Medicine), False Schisandra chinensis, Oil-salt fruit (Nanning Pharmacopoeia).

[Source] It is the fruit of Rhus chinensis, a plant of the Anacardiaceae family.

[Original form] Rhus chinensis (Zheng Zi Tong), also known as: 糒木 (Shan Hai Jing), sour persimmon, vinegar barrel (Bencao Shiyi), salt bran tree (Kaibao Bencao), skin wood (Mucao Tujing), wood salt (Tongzhi), heavenly salt (Lingcao Pian), five 糒, Rhus chinensis (Compendium of Materia Medica), salt frost cypress (Shengcao Xing Beiyao), dried salt fern (Ningxiang County Chronicles), husband's smoke tree (Tianju Canshenshilu), beach rhus chinensis, salt ash wood, gallnut tree, bubble wood tree, mountain eucommia, flying centipede, broken umbrella, Baomu tree, cerium salt, monkey salt wood, salt white wood, Gutong pot, salt tree, lotus wood, salt seedling, black smoke peach, bran poplar, Fulian tree, hydrochloric acid tree, female wood, five times firewood.

[Habitat distribution] It is a common wild positive tree in central, southern and southwestern my country. Distributed in Northeast China and Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

[Chemical composition] Salt bran contains 50-70% tannin, and sometimes as high as 80%, mainly penta-digalloyl-β-glucose, and there are 2-4% free gallic acid, as well as fat, resin and starch. Organic acids such as malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, etc. Preliminary tests included flavonoid glycosides.

【Nature and flavor】 Sour, cool.

[Functions and indications] It can produce fluid and moisten the lungs, reduce internal heat and resolve phlegm, reduce sweating, and stop dysentery. It is used to treat cough with phlegm, throat congestion, jaundice, night sweats, dysentery, stubborn ringworm, carbuncle, and white flakes on the head.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 3 to 5 qian; or grind into powder. For external use: decoct in water for washing, mash and apply, or grind into powder and apply.

[Additional prescription] ① Treating long-term stubborn ringworm: Salt bran seed, Vaccaria segetalis. Roast and grind into powder, mix with sesame oil and apply. (Hunan Pharmacopoeia)

【Explanations by various scholars】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Salt bran, salty can soften and moisten, so it can reduce internal heat, resolve phlegm and disinfect; sour can be astringent and astringent, so it can generate fluid, moisten the lungs and stop dysentery. The kidney governs the five liquids, which enter the lungs as phlegm, enter the spleen as saliva, enter the heart as sweat, enter the liver as tears, and enter the body as saliva, all of which are originally water. Salt bran and five times the amount of salt go to the kidneys and liver first, and have the function of saving water, so they are suitable for symptoms of phlegm, night sweats, rheumatism, tears, and mucus and saliva."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From Kaibao Materia Medica

Above we introduced what salt bran is. We know that salt bran is actually a traditional Chinese medicine that can bring us health benefits and has almost no major side effects, so you might as well try it in your spare time.