Magnolia Tianmu

Magnolia Tianmu

(records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

[source] it is the flower bud of Magnoliaceae.

[plant morphology] Magnolia Tianmu

Deciduous tree, 8-12m high. Bark gray or grayish white, longitudinally lobed. Branchlets purplish, buds white villous. Leaves alternate, membranous, broadly oblanced, oblong or oblong, 10-15 cm long, apex long acuminate or short tailed, base cuneate or rounded, entire, veins and axils hairy below; petiole 8-11 mm long. The first leaf of the flower is open, single at the top of the branch, cup-shaped, aromatic, about 6cm in diameter; perianth segments are 9, similar in shape, oblanceolate or nearly spatulate, about 5-6cm long, pink or light pink; stamens are numerous, about 1cm long, filaments purplish red. Aggregate fruit cylindric, about 4-6 cm long; a few cyanine pods, woody, with nodular spots, apex rounded or obtuse.

It is distributed in Zhejiang Province.

In addition, the flower buds of Magnolia amurensis are also used. The main differences are as follows: the bark is nearly smooth, there are silky hairs at the beginning of the twigs; the leaves gather at the top of the twigs, long elliptic obovate, and the upper net veins are obvious.

Bitter, cold.

[function indications] diuresis, detumescence. Treatment of alcohol jaundice, heavy tongue, carbuncle poison.

[selected formula] it is used to treat cough with lung damage and blood in sputum: one or two dried flower buds of Magnolia Tianmu, five to six coins of ox ginseng (Sophora flavescens), Platycodon grandiflorum and Codonopsis pilosula, and two to three coins of licorice. Fried in water, once a day in the morning and before dinner.