Medicine from sim tree

Sim is a familiar plant that often grows on bush hills or grasslands. Not only is it a wild plant, but all parts of the sim tree can be used as medicine.

The sim tree is a small tree, about 1-2m high, with opposite, oval leaves. The sim flower has 5 purple petals, the round fruit is dark purple when ripe, sweet and fragrant. Parts of the sim tree such as leaves, fruit, roots are often used as a blood tonic, kidney tonic, body tonic, treatment of burns, diarrhea, back pain, rheumatism, joint pain... Leaves are harvested in the summer, used fresh or dried. Ripe fruit is harvested in the fall, harvested, washed, drained, then steamed, dried, and stored for use. Roots are harvested year-round, washed to remove dirt and sand, chopped, and dried.

Some commonly used prescriptions:

Blood tonic:12g dried sim fruit, 16g black beans (roasted), 12g ginseng (roasted), young mulberry leaves (roasted), boil with 500ml water until 200ml remains, divide into 2 doses, drink before meals. Or use: 15 - 20g dried sim fruit, wash, boil with 500ml water, boil until 200ml remains, divide into 2 doses to drink during the day. Uses: blood circulation, hemostasis, blood tonic, activating the joints, suitable for people with physical weakness, anemia due to blood loss, anemia due to pregnancy, people who are weak after illness.

Treatment of heat diarrhea:10g blackberry buds, 12g tea buds, wash, boil with 500ml of water, reduce to 200ml, divide into 2 doses to drink before meals.

Treatment of diarrhea caused by cold:10g blackberry buds, 10g fresh ginger (roasted until the outer skin is burnt), 12g galangal, 12g lemongrass. Roast all until cooked, boil with 500ml of water until 200ml remains, divide into 2 doses to drink before meals.

Support treatment of rheumatism and joint pain:30g of sim root, 10g of scratch grass root, 10g of piper lolot, 12g of smilax glabra, 12g of acanthopanax (or 100-year-old ginseng), 10g of cogon root, boil with 750ml of water until 200ml remains, divide into 2 doses to drink before meals. Uses: expels wind, eliminates dampness, activates the blood, good for people with rheumatism, aching joints, back pain.

Treatment of minor burns:Use a handful of sim leaves, wash them, crush them, squeeze out the concentrated juice and apply it to the slightly burned skin area. You can apply the whole pulp, dry one piece and then apply another piece. This helps reduce pain and burning, dries the burn quickly and heals it quickly.

In addition, people often use boiled sim leaves to wash wounds and skin ulcers to help them heal quickly.

Attention:The leaves and buds of the sim tree contain a lot of tannins, so people with constipation due to heat should not drink it.

According to Health and Life