Please look at the pinyin of Cornus officinalis:

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Efficacy and function of Cornus officinalis;

Main value

medicinal

The pulp contains 16 kinds of amino acids, in addition, it contains a lot of essential elements for human body. In addition, it contains saponins, polysaccharides, malic acid, tartaric acid, phenols, resins, tannins, vitamins A and C and other components with strong physiological activities. It tastes sour and has the effects of nourishing, invigorating stomach, diuresis, nourishing liver and kidney, benefiting qi and blood, etc. Indications: high blood pressure, soreness of waist and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, impotence, nocturnal emission and menorrhagia.

The mature and dry fruit of Cornus officinalis is the precious medicinal material sweet potato meat after stone removal. Fruit medicine is used as a astringent blood tonic and tonic; It can strengthen stomach, tonify liver and kidney, and treat anemia, lumbago, neurasthenia and heart weakness. Its taste is sour, and it enters the liver and kidney meridians. It is astringent and astringent, and has the functions of nourishing the liver and tonifying the kidney, consolidating the kidney and astringing the essence. It is suitable for the symptoms of soreness of the waist and knees, nocturnal emission, dizziness and tinnitus caused by liver and kidney deficiency.

Cornus meat is rich in nutrients and functional components. The Compendium of Materia Medica by Li Shizhen in Ming Dynasty collected the experience of doctors in past dynasties in applying Cornus officinalis, and listed Cornus officinalis as a medicine for enriching blood, consolidating essence, nourishing liver and kidney, regulating qi, tonifying deficiency, improving eyesight and strengthening body.