What kind of plant is the black tea plant?
The article on the Medlatec General Hospital website has medical consultation with BSCKI. Duong Ngoc Van said that the scientific name of xạ đen is Celastrus hindsii Benth, known by other names such as white thousand flowers, hundred solution tree, pillow tree.
This is a woody vine that clings to large trees to climb when growing wild, but when planted, the branches will cling to each other to form clumps to grow. The black vine stem is round, 3 - 10m long, when young it is light gray and hairless, but when it grows up it will turn brown and hairy and gradually turn green.
In our country, the black tea plant grows wild in many forests of the northern mountainous regions such as Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh , Thua Thien Hue. The chemical composition of this plant includes:
- Polyphenols: kaempferol 3-rutinoside, rutin, lithospermic acid, rosmarinic acid, lithospermic acid B.
-Triterpene and Sesquiterpene: 1b, 6a, estar agarofuran sesquiterpene, glucosyringic acid, loranthol, emarginatine E, lupenone.
- Some other groups of compounds: amino acids, tannins, flavonoids.
Currently on the market there is a type of xạ vàng plant that looks quite similar to xạ đen but it has no effect on health. To avoid confusion, users need to know the following different characteristics:
With fresh plants
+ Black tea tree: leaves are purple when young, thick, serrated; when grown, leaves are dark green, dark stem.
+ Golden leaf plant: leaves are thin and not purple, not serrated; when grown, leaves are green.
- With dried plants
+ Black tea tree: leaves have a light fragrance, not brittle or crumbly; stem is black and fragrant.
+ Golden leaf plant: leaves are easily crushed, when dried they are often brittle; the stem is pale white and has no smell.
Black ginseng fruit is also a medicinal herb.
Can black fruit be drunk?
Health & Life Newspaper quoted Dr. Tran Ngoc Que - Chairman of Quang Binh Oriental Medicine Association as saying that black xạ fruit can be drunk. Some medicinal recipes from black xạ fruit are effective in treating some specific diseases:
- Treat hepatitis: 50g black xạ fruit, 800 ml water, boil for 15-20 minutes and drink instead of water during the day.
- Treating gallstones: 50g black xạ fruit, 12g moneywort, 10g plantago, 1000ml water, boil for 15-20 minutes and drink instead of water during the day.
- Cure cirrhosis: 80g black xạ fruit, 20g nhoi, 20g phellodendron, 1000ml water, boil down to 400ml, divide into 2 drinks per day.
- Cure high liver enzymes: 60g black xạ fruit, 10g an xoa, boil for 15-20 minutes and drink instead of water during the day.
- Support for cancer patients: 60g black xạ fruit, 100g an xoa, 50g blood grass, 50g vuong ton, 1000ml water, boil down to 400ml, divide into 2 drinks per day.
Note: Patients who want to use black ginseng must have the guidance of a specialist doctor. Do not use it on your own. Consult your Western doctor for treatment.
Source: https://vtcnews.vn/qua-xa-den-co-uong-duoc-ar907533.html
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