What Is Cornus? A Detailed Explanation of Its Benefits, Effects, and Whether Pregnant Women Can Eat It

“Far away, I know my brothers have climbed to the heights, and inserting cornus sprigs all around, one person is missing” is a famous timeless quatrain by Wang Wei. Many people are very familiar with it and know that this poem describes the poet's homesickness, so what is the cornus written about in the poem? What benefits and effects does it have? Can pregnant women eat it?

1. What Is Cornus

Cornus is a small deciduous tree, mostly growing in the mountains. It bears small yellow flowers, and its fruit is mostly oval, bright red in color, very sour in taste, and can be used as medicine. In Chinese folk custom, there is a tradition of wearing cornus on the Double Ninth Festival. It is said to ward off evil and eliminate misfortune and prevent disease.

2. Benefits and Effects of Cornus

1. Tonifies the liver and kidneys

After being used as medicine, cornus can tonify the liver and kidneys. When people usually have adverse symptoms such as dizziness, tinnitus, and soreness of the waist caused by liver and kidney deficiency, cornus can be decocted with Chinese medicinal herbs such as goji berries and eucommia bark in clear water and then taken.

2. Treats frequent urination

Cornus can warm and tonify kidney yang and also relieve difficult urination. When men usually have adverse symptoms such as seminal emission, spermatorrhea, and frequent urination, cornus can be used for treatment. During treatment, cornus can be used together with Chinese medicinal herbs such as prepared rehmannia, psoralea fruit, and puncture vine fruit. In addition, cornus also has a certain effect of reducing sweating, and it can usually be decocted with Chinese medicinal herbs such as fossilized bone and oyster shell and taken.

3. Antioxidant and blood lipid-lowering

Cornus contains a variety of natural antioxidant components. It can improve the anti-stress ability of mice, can improve human memory, and can also increase the activity of SOD in red blood cells. It can effectively counteract lipid activity. People who usually consume cornus can resist oxidation and delay aging. In addition, cornus extract can also lower blood lipids, clear cholesterol, and has a certain preventive effect on arteriosclerosis in coronary heart disease.

4. Increases white blood cell count

Cornus has a clear therapeutic effect on human leukopenia. In particular, people with liver and kidney deficiency who develop leukopenia can directly use cornus for treatment. During treatment, it can be used together with glossy privet fruit and goji berries, which can significantly increase the number of white blood cells in the body. In addition, those with blood deficiency can also use it together with donkey-hide gelatin and Millettia reticulata stem, which can make the therapeutic effect even better.

3. Can Pregnant Women Eat Cornus

Pregnant women are not suitable to take Cornus officinalis.

Women during pregnancy had best not soak Cornus officinalis in water and take it, otherwise serious consequences may occur. If a pregnant woman takes this medicinal liquid, the possibility of the child being born with disability and deformity is greatly increased.

4. Preparation Methods of Cornus officinalis

1. Cornus officinalis porridge

Ingredients: Cornus officinalis fruit pulp, japonica rice, white sugar.

Method: After cleaning the Cornus officinalis fruit pulp, remove the pits, then put the fruit pulp and japonica rice together into a pot, add clear water, and cook porridge. After the Cornus officinalis porridge is cooked, add an appropriate amount of white sugar, stir, bring to a boil, and then it can be taken off the heat for consumption.

Effects: After taking it, the main effect is to treat problems of liver and kidney deficiency. The specific symptoms are seminal emission, impotence, tinnitus, soreness of the waist, and dizziness. In addition, if the body has problems such as uncontrollable virtual sweating and frequent urination and bedwetting, Cornus officinalis porridge can also be taken, and the effect is also very good.

2. Cornus officinalis powder

Ingredients: Cornus officinalis, achyranthes root, atractylodes rhizome, saposhnikovia root, ephedra, tianxiong, Sichuan aconite root, Sichuan pepper, cinnamon heart, salvia root, and asarum.

Method: Wash all the Chinese medicinal herbs, drain the water, and then grind them into powder. It is recommended to take it on an empty stomach. The best time to take it each day is before dinner in the evening. Taking it with warm wine gives a better effect.