Putridity-Resolving and Wound-Healing Herbs
Mu Zhu Zi (Oblongleaf garcinia fruit and bark)
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Mu Zhu Zi (Oblongleaf garcinia fruit and bark)
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The drug is the root bark, fruit or seed of Garcinia oblongifolia Champ. (Family Guttiferae), growing in damp and fertile mountainous forest, distributed in Guangdong, Hainan and Guangxi provinces.
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The stem bark is used as anti-inflammatory agent and hemostatic agent, for the treatment of gastritis, peptic ulcer, eczema, stomatitis, periodontitis, ulcers of lower limb and scalds.
Fruit is used to relieve sunstroke and alcoholism, to astring and promote tissue regeneration, for the treatment of abdominal distension due to retention of food, proctoptosis.
Seed is used as antiinflammatory agent and analgesic, for the treatment of burns, scalds, eczema, stomatitis periodontitis, carbuncles.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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