Chinese herbal medicine purple oil wood leaves has great benefits in regulating our body and can also play a good role in some diseases. It can also extract essential oil, and people often use purple oil wood leaves to make "incense" by grinding the leaves into powder. So, are there any side effects of purple oil wood leaves? Today, let's learn about purple oil wood leaves together with the editor!
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【Are there any side effects of purple oil wood leaves?】
Purple oil wood leaves prefer warm and humid climates with sufficient sunlight and good drainage. It is suitable to be cultivated in sandy loam with deep soil and rich humus content.
Chinese medicine believes that purple oil wood leaves have the effects of clearing heat, dispelling dampness, and eliminating stagnation. It is mainly used to treat dysentery, diarrhea, food stagnation, eczema, and rubella.
1. "Commonly Used Sichuan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Promotes qi circulation and relieves pain. It is used to treat abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody dysentery, cracked feet, and other conditions."
2. "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Clears heat and detoxifies. It is mainly used to treat dysentery, enteritis, diarrhea, ulcers, eczema, rubella, and food stagnation."
The bark of the fragrant wood (purple oil wood bark) is also used as a medicinal herb. It has a bitter taste and cooling properties. It has the function of astringency and hemostasis and is mainly used to treat external bleeding.
The taboo of purple oil wood leaves is that it is not suitable to consume raw, cold, and greasy food. The side effects of purple oil wood leaves are not yet clear.
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【Botanical morphology of purple oil wood leaves】
Fragrant wood, also known as Meijiang in the Dai language, is an evergreen tree that grows to about 15-20 meters in height. It has pinnately compound leaves with an alternate arrangement. The leaf axis has narrow wings, and there are 3-8 pairs of small leaves, which are thick and leathery.
The small elliptical or rectangular-ovate leaves are 1.5-4 cm long and 1-2 cm wide. They have a smooth edge, a concave apex, and a wedge-shaped base. The upper surface is bright green. The conical inflorescence is axillary.
The flowers are small, without petals, and dioecious; male flowers have 1-5 pink sepals with hairs and 3-5 stamens; female flowers have 2-5 sepals and a one-room ovary without a stalk. The fruit is spherical, turning red when ripe, with a network pattern on the surface.
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【Application value of purple oil wood leaves】
Purple oil wood leaves can extract essential oil, and people often use crushed leaves to make "incense". It is also a good feed for pigs. The whole plant has a strong pepper aroma, which can purify the air and repel mosquitoes and flies.
In garden landscaping, the lush branches and leaves of purple oil wood are suitable for shaping, courtyard beautification, hedges, or potted plants.
Purple oil wood bark can be used as medicine to reduce inflammation, detoxify, and astringe. Boiling the top branches with leaves is effective for treating diarrhea. After drying the leaves, grinding them into powder can be used as raw materials for temple incense. The fruit contains oil and has a tooth-strengthening effect. It is effective for some cases of tinea versicolor.
Purple oil wood bark can extract tannins, which are used as medicinal monomers, cosmetics, and tanning materials.
Crushed purple oil wood leaves can be applied as a mask to tighten pores and reduce wrinkles, making the skin appear delicate.
It can inhibit the activity of tyrosinase and catalase, and can also reduce melanin and effectively remove free radicals, resulting in comprehensive whitening effects.
