-- Acupuncture -- -- Moxibustion -- Shiatsu Massage -- Esthetics -- ChiropracticAlbizia julibrissin
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Botanical name |
Albizia julibrissin |
| Pin yin name | Ho Huan | |
| Pin yin description | ||
| Other common names | Persian Silk Tree, Pink Siris, Bastard Tamarind or Nemu tree | |
| Part used | Young leaves - cooked. An aromatic flavour, they
are used as a potherb. Flowers - cooked. Eaten as a vegetable. The dried leaves are a tea substitute |
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| Traditional Chinese uses | Analgesic; Anthelmintic; Carminative; Digestive; Diuretic; Oxytoxic; Plaster; Sedative; Stimulant; Tonic; Vulnerary. The flower heads are carminative, digestive, sedative and tonic. They are used internally in the treatment of insomnia, irritability, breathlessness and poor memory. The flowers are harvested as they open and are dried for later use. The stembark is anodyne, anthelmintic, carminative, discutient, diuretic, oxytocic, sedative, stimulant, tonic, vermifuge and vulnerary. It is used internally in the treatment of insomnia, irritability, boils and carbuncles. Externally, it is applied to injuries and swellings. The bark is harvested in spring or late summer and is dried for later use. A gummy extract obtained from the plant is used as a plaster for abscesses, boils etc and also as a retentive in fractures and sprains. |
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| Possible unwanted effects | None known | |
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