The efficacy and function of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza fruit

The Chinese medicinal herb Bruguiera europaea is already very familiar to most people. But in fact, not many people know the effects and functions of the Chinese medicinal herb Bulbus et Rhizoma, so let’s talk about it below.

【English name】 Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Bl.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the fruit and hypocotyl of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza of the rhizophoraceae family.

[Original morphology] A tree, up to 20m tall, with a breast diameter of 20-25cm; with plate-like prop roots at the base; the bark has small corky lenticels. Simple leaves are opposite; petiole is 1-4.5cm long; stipule is 2.5-3.5cm long; leaf blade is elliptic-oblong, 7-17cm long, 2-8cm wide, with acute or acuminate apex, cuneate leaf base, entire, shiny, and thinly leathery. The cymes grow in the upper leaf axils, about the same length as the petiole; the peduncle is 6-8mm long, with 2-3 flowers; the flowers are light green, about 1cm long; the calyx is 8-lobed, the lobes are linear, about the same length as the calyx tube, the calyx tube is 4-6mm long and smooth; the petals are shorter than the calyx, 3-4mm long, 2 deeply lobed, with 1 spine between the cracks, and 3 or 4 spines at the tip of the lobes; the stamens are shorter than the petals. There is one seed, which germinates before the fruit leaves the mother tree. The hypocotyl is often curved and 8-15 cm long.

【Functions and indications】Astringent and antidiarrheal. Mainly for chronic diarrhea

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: 3-10g, mash fresh product into juice; or grind dry product into powder.

【Note】 It is forbidden to use for those suffering from diarrhea caused by damp-heat.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

In the above article, we analyzed the fruit of B. europaea and knew that the functions and effects of B. europaea are very wide-ranging. As long as we know more about the medicinal properties of traditional Chinese medicine, we will not panic when we encounter diseases.