Medicinal properties of seven tree roots

Toona root

The root of the Chinese toon tree is the root bark of the Chinese toon tree, a plant of the Dendrobium officinale family. Tastes bitter and cold. It has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, astringing the intestines and stopping bleeding, killing insects and eliminating scabies. "Yi Lin Zhuan Yao": "It can relieve lung heat, dry spleen dampness, remove middle heat, treat diarrhea, chronic dysentery, intestinal wind, metrorrhagia, and frequent red urine." "Chinese Materia Medica Dictionary": "It can treat chronic diarrhea, chronic dysentery, intestinal wind with bloody stool, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, spermatorrhea, malnutrition, roundworms, and sores and ringworms." It contains neem, tannins, etc. It is suitable for dysentery, chronic diarrhea, intestinal wind and bloody stool, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, and ascariasis.

Date tree root

The root of the jujube tree is the root bark of the jujube plant of the Rhamnaceae family. Sweet in taste, warm in nature. It has the effect of astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea, and heal sores and stop bleeding. Suitable for diarrhea, dysentery, hematuria, traumatic bleeding, etc.

Elm Root

Elm root is the root bark of the elm tree, a plant of the Ulmus pumila family. Sweet in taste, neutral in nature. It has the effects of moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, clearing away heat and detoxifying. Suitable for abdominal distension, constipation, edema and difficulty urinating.

Sophora japonica root

It is the root bark of the Sophora japonica plant of the Leguminosae family, and tastes bitter and flat. It has the effects of dispelling wind and dampness, reducing swelling and relieving pain. The roots contain aconitin, glucoside and racemic aconitin. It is suitable for stroke stiffness, skin numbness, mouth ulcers, toothache, and intestinal bleeding. The usual dosage is 6 to 15 grams, decocted in water. Used externally to treat burns, scalds and hemorrhoids.

Mulberry root

Mulberry root is the root bark of the small tree mulberry of the Moraceae family. Sweet and cold. It has the effects of clearing the lungs and relieving asthma, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. "Bielu": "It removes water vapor in the lungs, spitting blood, heat and thirst, edema and fullness in the limbs, and promotes urination." "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is suitable for people with water vapor in the lungs and excess lung fire." Modern medicine believes that it has sedative, tranquilizing, anticonvulsant, analgesic and cooling effects on the nervous system. It can be used to treat lung heat, cough and asthma, edema, nephritis, pneumonia, and bronchitis.

Willow Roots

Willow root is the bark of the willow tree. It has anti-rheumatic and diuretic effects. For diuresis and stranguria treatment, use 15 to 30 grams of willow roots or root fibers, decoct them into a decoction and take orally. It can eliminate rheumatism and benefit joints. Take 15 to 30 grams each time, decocted in water or boiled in wine to wash the affected area.

Apricot tree root

Apricot tree root is the root of the apricot tree, a dicotyledonous plant of the Rosaceae family. The taste is bitter and warm. It has the effects of promoting qi and inducing abortion, as well as digesting food and detoxifying. "Bencao Mengquan" says: "It can cause abortion." Applicable for retained placenta and stillbirth. In case of poisoning caused by excessive consumption of almonds, take 1 to 2 liang of decoction internally.