Natural High Quality Dogwood

Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc.

Medicinal part：The ripe flesh of Cornus oj-jzcinalis sieb.etzucc.

Plant forms：Deciduous shrub or tree with dark brown branches. Drupe elliptic, red when ripe. The flowering period is from march to                             April, and the fruiting period is from September to October.

Origin  distribution: Distributed in shaanxi, shanxi, henan, shandong, anhui, zhejiang, sichuan and other provinces, zhejiang, henan and                                  shaanxi have a large number of cultivation.

Harvesting and processing: Harvest the fruit when the peel turns red in late autumn and early winter. After drying with slow fire or                                                    boiling water, remove the kernel in time and dry.

Medicinal properties: Irregular lamellar or cystic, 1 ~ 1.5 cm long, 0.5 ~ 1 cm wide. The surface is purplish red to purplish black,                                              wrinkled and shiny. Some of them have round calyx scars at the apex, and there are fruit and stalk scars at the                                        base. Soft. Qi micro, taste acid, astringent, slightly bitter.

Flavor and Meridian tropism: Lukewarm, sour, astringent taste. Return to Liver meridian, kidney meridian.

Efficacy: Tonic liver and kidney, acerbity and solid.

The pharmacological research: Enhance immune system function; Anti-inflammatory; Antihemorrhagic shock; Fall blood sugar; Inhibit                                                     platelet aggregation; Improve cardiac function and hemodynamics; Antibacterial; Diuresis, etc.

Taboo: The vital door is hot, the liver Yang is on the hyperactivity, and has the damp and hot, the urine disadvantageous person is                        forbidden to take.