Camphor tree is a large evergreen tree in the family of Camphoraceae, also known as balsam camphor (Hangzhou), wood camphor, Wu camphor (Sichuan), fang camphor, fang camphor, banyan camphor, balsam, camphor wood, camphor wood, small-leaved camphor. Native to the southern provinces of China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Japan and other places are also distributed. Camphor is also the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Ningbo, Jinhua City, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, Shangrao City, Jingdezhen City, Zhangshu? It is also the city tree of Jingdezhen, Zhangshu, Maanshan and Anqing in Anhui Province, Changsha and Hengyang in Hunan Province, Ezhou in Hubei Province, Mianyang and Zigong in Sichuan Province, and Guiyang in Guizhou Province.

? Camphor is an evergreen tree belonging to the family of Camphoraceae. Up to 50 meters high, the age of the tree hundreds of years, can be called the ancient trees, for the excellent gardening and greening trees. The bark of the tree is green and smooth when young; it gradually changes to yellow-brown or gray-brown longitudinal fissure when old. Winter buds are ovoid. Leaves thin leathery, ovate or elliptic-ovate, 5-10 centimeters long, 3.5-5.5 centimeters wide, apical mucronate or subcaudate, base rounded, 3 out of veins away from the base, the first or second pair of lateral veins near the base of the leaf are long and conspicuous, the abaxial surface is slightly covered with white powder, and the axils of the veins have glandular dots. Flowers yellowish-green, spring-blooming, panicles axillary, small and numerous. The small, globular fruits are blackish-purple when ripe, about zero point five centimeters in diameter; flowering April-May, fruiting August-November.?

The gray-brown bark has meticulous deep grooves of longitudinal cracks. The whole plant has a camphor-like fragrance that repels insects and never goes away. The leaves are alternate, papery or thinly leathery, and the trunk has obvious longitudinal cracks that are extremely easy to recognize. It is said that because there are many lines on the wood of camphor tree, like the meaning of a big article. So it is in the "chapter" word next to add a wooden word for the name of the tree.

Properties of traditional Chinese medicine

Fruit effect:

Source: camphor plant camphoraceae fruits, plant morphology details of camphor.

Collection: harvested in the fall, dried in the shade.?

Taste: slightly pungent, warm.

Utilities and Indications: Relief of fever.

To treat high fever and cold, measles, whooping cough, dysentery.?

Selection: 1. Treatment of fever and cold, measles: camphor fruit to one or two.

Powdered, boiled water.

2. Treatment of whooping cough, dysentery: balsam fruits two money, eucalyptus leaves two money, water decoction.

Tree root effects

Synonyms: Xiangtong, walking horse tire, camphor tree root, earth incense, mountain incense.?

Source: the root of Camphor, family Camphoraceae.?

Collection: February to April between the digging.? Wash, slice selenium dry.?

Medicinal herb: a transverse or oblique cut disc, 4 to 10 centimeters in diameter, 2 to 5 millimeters thick.? Hard, with a camphoraceous odor. With large, uniform, yellowish-white color, strong smell is better.? Produced in Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hunan and other places.

Taste: "Classification of herbs and medicinal properties": pungent, non-toxic.

Functions and Indications - Balsam Fir Roots: To regulate qi and blood circulation, and to remove wind-dampness. It can be used to treat vomiting and diarrhea, distension and pain in the heart and abdomen, rheumatism and paralysis, bruises, scabies and itchiness.

1) "Classification of Herbal Medicinal Properties": treatment of all qi pain, paralysis, smooth qi, and cholera vomiting.?

② "Guizhou folk medicine collection": the treatment of rheumatism pain, bruises and injuries.

③ "Guiyang Folk Herbs": regulating qi, blood, stomach. It is used to treat gastric diseases, tendon and bone pain, fox odor and foot sweat.

④ "Sichuan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine": avoid evil, remove wind and dampness. It can be used to treat cholera and abdominal distension, non-dissolution of food, rheumatism and paralysis of the hands and feet, and scabies and itching.

5 Hunan Drugs: Publishing, dispersing cold, moving qi, activating blood circulation, reducing swelling and relieving pain.

Use and dosage: Internal: decoction, 4 to 6 qian; or soaked in wine. External use: decoction of water to wash.

Selection:?

①? Treatment of gas bloating, gas pain: balsam fir root powder five qian.? Boil sweet wine to eat.

② treatment of rheumatism, bruises, pain in the tendons and bones: camphor root five money, iron chopsticks five money, five money white dragon's whiskers, rock Chuanxiong five money (raw each one or two). Brewed wine to eat, morning and evening once, each serving of wine five dollars.

3 cure rheumatism pain: balsam fir root decoction water external wash.?

④ cure crooked mouth wind: fresh balsam fir root two two, maple tree root bark five money. Mixed and pounded, outsourcing (crooked left package right, crooked right package left).

⑤ Treatment of fox odor: balsam fir root for fine powder, add raw rice mixed into a ball, rubbing the armpits.

6 cure foot sweat: fresh camphor root bark, mashed, wrapped the soles of the feet overnight.?

7 treatment of insect toothache: camphor root white skin with a pinch of salt, mashed compress pain.

Application Value

Overview of the application:

This species is an important material for subtropical areas (Southwest China) and special economic trees, roots, wood, branches, leaves can be extracted from camphor, camphor oil, oil, the main components of the camphor, turpentine dicyclic hydrocarbons, phthalic alkenes, lemon hydrocarbons, eugenol and so on. Camphor for medicine, plastics, explosives, antiseptic, insecticide, etc., camphor oil can be used as pesticides, mineral processing, soap, fake paint and fragrance and other raw materials; wood quality, pest resistance, water and moisture resistance, for construction, shipbuilding, furniture, cabinets, boards, carvings and other roles; branches and leaves are thick, the tree can be used as a green roadside trees and windbreaks. The wood of camphor tree is corrosion-resistant, insect-resistant, dense and fragrant. It is a good material for furniture and carving; besides being used to extract camphor, or cultivated as roadside trees and landscape trees, camphor also has the effect of strengthening the heart and relieving fever, killing insects, and you can try to see it in summer if you go to the outdoor activities: pick the leaves of camphor, rub them together and smear them on the surfaces of hands and feet, which has the effect of preventing mosquitoes. Scientific research has proved that camphor exudes pine oil bicyclic hydrocarbons, camphor alkene, lemon hydrocarbons, eugenol and other chemical substances, the ability to purify the toxic air, anti-cancer effect, filtering out the fresh and clean air, refreshing. Long-term living in an environment with camphor trees will avoid suffering from many difficult diseases. Therefore, camphor tree has become the first choice of many cities and regions in the south of the garden greening of good wood, by the garden greening industry's favor.

In history, it was once China's Central Plains and Lingnan boat Kong Road, was approved by the State Council on October 26, 1988 to withdraw the county and set up a city of emerging cities. Zhangshu City, historically known as Qingjiang County, is one of the four major ancient towns in Jiangxi. It is famous for its unique production, processing, concoctions and management of medicinal materials, enjoying the reputation of "medicine not to zhangshu not Qi, medicine not to zhangshu not spirit", is China's famous "South China medicine capital". The origin of the name of Zhangshu City is due to the ancient legend of "Nie You shooting deer", so there is "Deer River". It is listed as one of the four most famous towns in Jiangxi Province with Jingdezhen, the "Porcelain Capital", and one of the thirty-three major industrial and commercial towns of the country in the Ming Dynasty.

Garden application:

The species of dense branches and leaves, the crown of the shade thick, majestic, can smoke dust, water, solid soil and sand and landscaping, is an excellent species of urban greening, widely used as a shade tree, roadside trees, protection forests and landscape forests. It is widely used as a shade tree, avenue tree, protective forest and landscape forest. In the grass, clump planting, group planting, solitary planting or as a background tree. Even the former residence of Song Qingling has two trees!

Camphor oil camphor Cinnamomum camphora is China's specialty tree species, its roots, stems, branches, leaves contain camphor and camphor oil. Processing camphor and camphor oil is one of the ways to get rich in rural areas. Mainly obtained through distillation.

The above two pictures are: camphor tree, camphor tree blossom