Bitter oak can help relieve heat, remove stagnation and remove stasis, and has unique curative effects on dysentery and diarrhea. Drinking a bowl of bitter soup can basically stop diarrhea.

Bitter agarwood fruit is the raw material for making vermicelli and tofu, and the tofu made from it is called amaranth tofu. ?The appearance of the Kuaiyan fruit is similar to that of chestnuts. The kernels are rich in starch. After being soaked in water and deastringent, it can be made into Kuaiyan powder. After further processing, it can be made into Kuaiyan tofu, Kuaiyan vermicelli, Kuaishan powder bark, and Kuaiyan cake. It is a good way to prevent heatstroke. It is a great product for cooling and is very popular among people.

Morphological characteristics

The infructescence is 8-15 cm long, with 1 nut in the cup, and occasionally 2-3, spherical or semi-spherical, completely or covered with nuts. Most of them are 12-15 mm in diameter, and the shell wall thickness is less than 1 mm. They have irregular valve-shaped bursts and scaly bracts. Most of them are degenerated and connected laterally to form a rib-like ring, or only the base is connected in a ring. Like protrusions, the outer wall is covered with yellow-brown pubescence.

The nut is nearly spherical, 10-14 mm in diameter, with a short pointed top and short hairs. The hilum is located at the bottom of the nut, 7-9 mm wide, and the cotyledons are flat and convex, with an astringent taste. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruit matures from October to November of the same year.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Bitter Tree