Banana peel

Banana peel

(Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II)

[source] it is the pericarp of Canna edulis. Please refer to "banana" for plant morphology.

[collection] banana skins were collected and dried in autumn.

[herbal medicine] the pericarp is yellow green in fresh and black brown in dry. It is irregular and massive, soft and tough, and has many fibers. It has a long fruit stalk with strong fiber, about 4-5 cm long. It is better to be dry and clean.

It is mainly produced in Guangdong.

[functions and indications] Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "oral treatment of dysentery. Fried fried water to take, the treatment of cholera stomachache. The skin is itchy. "

[optional prescription] treatment of nasal butterfly (nasal ulcer pain): dried banana peel, roasted and ground into fine powder, mixed with Borneol and tea oil, wipe the affected area. (Quanzhou materia medica)