Magnolia officinalis nature and flavor

Magnolia officinalis is a medicine that cannot be used by pregnant women, people with low qi and blood, and some other patients, but it has great medicinal value. First of all, it can greatly help our spleen, stomach, and lung function, and at the same time it can regulate the gastrointestinal tract and large intestine. It is necessary to consult a doctor during use. It is mainly used to treat diseases such as food accumulation in the stomach and intestines that is difficult to digest, constipation, diarrhea, excessive sputum, and long-term cough.

Magnolia officinalis

【Name】：Magnolia officinalis

Thick leather, heavy leather

【Pinyin】：Hòu Pò

【Latin】：Cortex Magnoliae

【Effect】: Dehumidification

【Toxicity】: Non-toxic

【Nature】：Warm

【Taste】: Spicy, bitter

【Meridian】: spleen, lung, stomach, large intestine

【Category】：Plants

【Medicinal Part】：Skin

【Origin】: Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan,

[Collection and processing]: Collected between November and December. The root bark and branch bark are directly dried in the shade; after the dried bark is slightly boiled in boiling water, it is piled in a humid place and "sweated" until the inner surface turns purple-brown or tan-brown, then steamed to soften, taken out, rolled into a tube, and dried.

【Functions and indications】: Drying dampness and eliminating phlegm, relieving gas and eliminating fullness. Used for: dampness stagnation damaging the middle part of the body, abdominal distension, vomiting and diarrhea, food stagnation and qi stagnation, abdominal distension and constipation, phlegm and cough.

[Contraindications] Pregnant women should take with caution; people with qi deficiency, loss of body fluid and blood deficiency should not take

【describe】:

Dry bark: It is in the shape of a roll or double roll, 30-35cm long, 0.2-0.7cm thick, commonly known as "Tongpu"; one end of the dry bark near the root is unfolded like a trumpet, 13-25cm long, 0.3-0.8cm thick, commonly known as "Xuejianpu". The outer surface is gray-brown or gray-brown, rough, sometimes scaly, easy to peel off, with obvious oval lenticels and longitudinal wrinkles. The rough skin is yellow-brown after scraping off.

The inner surface is purple-brown or dark purple-brown, relatively smooth, with fine vertical lines, and visible oil marks when scratched. It is hard and not easy to break. The cross section is granular. The outer layer is gray-brown, the inner layer is purple-brown or brown, oily, and some layers can be seen with many small bright stars. It has a fragrant aroma and tastes spicy and slightly bitter. The root bark (root bo) is in the shape of a single tube or irregular pieces; some are curved like chicken intestines, commonly known as "chicken intestine bo". It is hard, easy to break, and has a fibrous cross section. The branch bark (branch bark) is single-tube-shaped, 10 to 20 cm long and 0.1 to 0.2 cm thick. It is brittle, easy to break, and has a fibrous cross section.