Top Quality Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex

It is a dark brown, thin, cracked, unthickened layer of wood with a yellow, viscous inner layer. Odd-pinnate leaves opposite; leaflets 7-15, shortly stalked, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, 9-15 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, Apex Long Acuminate, base broadly cuneate or rounded, asymmetrical, subentire, densely villous below. Inflorescence paniculate; inflorescence Rachis densely hairy; flowers unisexual, dioecious; sepals 5; Petals 5 ~ 8. Fruiting axis and fruiting branches are large and often densely covered with short hairs. Drupe Globose, Berrylike, black. FLOWERING PERIOD 5 ~ 6 months, fruit maturity 10 months. The origin distributes in the yellow bark tree to be born in the miscellaneous wood forest, also has the cultivation. Distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and Hubei. HARVEST PERIOD IN 3 ~ 6 months to strip bark, Sun to semi-dry, flat, scrape off the outer cork to expose the yellow skin for degrees, brush dry. The characters of medicinal materials are plate-like or shallow groove-like, with different length and width and thickness of 3 ~ 6 mm. Outer Surface yellow-brown or yellow-brown, flat or with Longitudinal Groove, some visible lenticels and remnants of Coarse Taupe. Inner surface dark yellow or light brown, with dense longitudinal ribs. Body Light, hard, cross-section fibrous, lobed layered, dark yellow. Micro-gas, bitter taste, chewing of a sticky.

Sexual Taste Channel: sexual cold, taste bitter. Kidney Meridian and bladder Meridian. Efficacy and function: clearing heat and drying dampness, purging fire, eliminating steaming, detoxifying and treating sore. Belongs to the heat-clearing medicine subordinate classification heat-clearing damp-drying medicine. Pharmacological Research: it has the effects of anti-pathogenic microorganism and pathogenic worm, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory, reducing blood pressure and stimulating heart, and anti-arrhythmia It can affect the function of digestive system and inhibit central nervous system, and has the function of anti-platelet aggregation, reducing blood sugar, Analgesia, expectorant and so on. Pharmacological experiments show that it can promote the secretion of pancreas. Chemical Composition: contains Berberine, Magnolia and Phellodendron alkaloids, as well as lactones, sterols, mucilage, flavonoids, alkaloids, volatile oils, sterols, sugars and other chemical components. There are hydrochloric acid Berberine, Phellodendron glucoside, Dousterol, phellodendone and other components.