The correct pronunciation of Bao Tong is [pāo tóng].
Bubblegum, the name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the bark, roots, flowers and leaves of the white-flowered Paulownia and hairy Paulownia plants of the genus Paulownia in the family Xuanzanaceae. It has the efficacy of dispelling wind, detoxifying, subduing swelling, relieving pain, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is used for tendon and bone pain, sores and swelling, red avalanches and leucorrhea, bronchitis.
Expanded Information:
White Flowering Bubblegum is the most important herb in the world. p>White-flowering paulownia is a genus of paulownia in the family Xuanzanaceae, trees up to 30 meters high, the crown conical, the main trunk is straight, the diameter at breast height of up to 2 meters, the bark of the tree is grayish-brown; the leaf blade is long ovate-heart shaped, sometimes ovate-heart shaped. Inflorescence branches few or only short lateral branches, so the inflorescence is narrowly cylindrical; stamens 3-3.5 cm long, sparsely glandular; capsule oblong or oblong-ellipsoid. Seeds with wings 6-10 mm long. Fl. March-April, fr. July-Aug.
White-flowered bubinga is mainly distributed in Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Grows in the low altitude of the mountain slopes, forests, valleys and wasteland, the more to the southwest, the higher the distribution, up to 2000 meters above sea level.
The white-flowered paulownia is suitable for gardens, parks, squares, streets for shade trees or street trees. The main treatment for rheumatism and heat paralysis, muscle and bone pain, sprain. Fruit, phlegm cough; chronic bronchitis, cough. Leaves and flowers, swelling and detoxification; main treatment for furuncle, carbuncle and sores.
The hairy paulownia is a tree plant of the genus paulownia in the family Paulowniaceae. The plant is up to 20 meters high, broad umbrella-shaped crown, brownish gray bark; branchlets have obvious lenticels, often with mucilaginous short glandular hairs when young; leaf apex acute, base cordate, entire or undulate lobed, petiole often mucilaginous short glandular hairs; calyx shallow bell-shaped, corolla funnel-shaped bell-shaped, ovary ovoid; capsule ovoid, densely mucilaginous glandular hairs when young; flowering in April-May, fruiting in August-September;
Hairy Paulownia's bark, Flowers, fruits and leaves can be used as medicine. Mainly used for the treatment of foot rot, Chinese medicine is also used to treat cough, phlegm, sore throat, hemorrhoids, gonorrhea, bronchitis and other symptoms. Modern pharmacological studies show that it also has antibacterial, anti-tumor effects. Gross paulownia leaves large shade thick, flower large and beautiful, suitable for street trees, shade trees, is also an important fast-growing timber species, four green, combined with the production of excellent tree species.