The efficacy and function of ash tree

Fraxinus chinensis is a very common type of traditional Chinese medicine and is also a frequently used medicine. It has unique effects and functions in treating many diseases. Here we will tell you in detail about the effects of some traditional Chinese medicine Fraxinus chinensis.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The bark of the American green (Oleaceae) plant.

[Original form] Deciduous tree, 10-20m high. The bark is grey, rough and wrinkled. The terminal bud is conical, pointed, and covered with brown sugar-like hairs. The twigs are reddish brown, cylindrical, covered with yellow soft hairs or bare. Pinnate compound leaves 18-40cm long; petiole 2-5cm long; rachis cylindrical, with wide shallow grooves on the upper side, often glabrous; leaflets 7-9, thin leathery, oblong-lanceolate, narrowly ovate or elliptic, 4-13cm long, 2-8cm wide, terminal leaflet almost as large as lateral leaflets, apex acuminate or acute, base broadly cuneate, leaf green with inconspicuous obtuse serrations or nearly entire, sparsely seriate beneath; leaflets sessile or a pair of leaflets below with short petioles. The panicle grows on last year's branches and is 5-20cm long. The flowers are densely packed, with male and bisexual flowers on different plants, opening at the same time as the leaves. The peduncle is short, slender and covered with short soft hairs. The male flower has a small calyx with irregularly deeply lobed calyx teeth, large, oblong anthers and short filaments. The bisexual flower has a wider calyx with shallowly lobed calyx teeth, a thin style and a 2-lobed stigma. The samaras are narrowly oblanceolate, 3-5cm long and 0.4-0.7cm wide, widest in the upper middle part, with obtuse or short pointed tip, and the wings extend close to the middle of the nut. The nut is cylindrical, 1.5-2cm long and about 2mm wide, with obvious vein ridges. The flowering period is April, and the fruiting period is August-October.

【Habitat distribution】 Cultivated along roadsides or in gardens. Distributed in Shenyang, Beijing, Tianjin, Xi'an, Urumqi and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cold

【Meridian】 Liver; Large Intestine; Lung

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and dampness; clears the liver and improves eyesight; astringes and stops bleeding. It is used for damp-heat diarrhea; irregular menstruation; leucorrhea and metrorrhagia; red and swollen eyes; psoriasis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 6-12g. For external use: take appropriate amount, decoct in water for washing; or mash and apply on the affected area.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": bark. It tastes bitter and is cold in nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat and dampness, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, and astringing and stopping bleeding. Used for enteritis, dysentery, irregular menstruation, leucorrhea, metrorrhagia, red and swollen eyes. Acute conjunctivitis, chronic bronchitis. For external use in psoriasis.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

I believe that the above introduction to the knowledge about the ash tree will give you a better understanding of it. We can eat ash trees in our daily lives to regulate and improve our bodies.