Silk Tree Flower: Benefits and Uses, Latest Detailed Guide
Benefits and Uses
The silk tree flower (Albizia julibrissin) contains albizzin and tannins; it relieves depression and calms the mind, nourishes yin and supplements yang, regulates qi and stimulates appetite, activates the meridians and relieves pain, and is used for depression and insomnia. It treats stagnant qi with chest tightness, insomnia, forgetfulness, and wind-fire eye disorders; it can calm the five viscera, harmonize the mind, and brighten the complexion, and it has fairly good effects in strengthening the body, sedating, calming the mind, and beautifying the appearance, and is also an excellent remedy for neurasthenia. It also has the effects of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, nourishing the appearance, removing spots, and sobering up after drinking.
Traditional Chinese medicine holds that the silk tree flower is sweet in flavor and neutral in nature, and it soothes depression, regulates qi, calms the mind, activates the meridians, nourishes the blood, nourishes yin and the kidneys, clears the heart, and brightens the eyes.
(1) “Shennong Bencao Jing”: “Silk tree calms the five viscera, harmonizes the mind, and makes people joyful and free of worry.”
(2) “Bencao Biandu”: "It can nourish the blood, invigorate qi, and free the vessels."
(3) “Fenlei Caoyaoxing”: "It can clear the heart, brighten the eyes, and nourish kidney yin."
(4) “Sichuan Zhongyaozhi”: "It can harmonize the mind, stimulate appetite and regulate qi, dispel wind and brighten the eyes, relieve depression and calm the mind, treat insomnia, and regulate kidney deficiency."
(5) Jiangxi “Zhongcaoyaoxue”: "It relieves depression and calms the mind, and harmonizes the meridians and relieves pain. It treats liver depression with chest tightness, sorrow without joy, forgetfulness and insomnia, and low sexual desire."
(6) “Dongbei Changyong Zhongcaoyao Shouce”: "It frees qi and invigorates the kidneys, nourishes the blood, and relieves swelling and pain."
Usage and Dosage
Oral use: decoct in water, 5-15 grams; or make into pills or powder.
Cautions and Contraindications
This product is aromatic; use with caution in those with yin deficiency and damaged fluids.
Storage
Place in a box or other container, keep in a dry place, and protect from mold and insects.
Formulas for Treatment
1. To treat insomnia due to disharmony between the heart and kidneys: silk tree flower, cassia bark, coptis rhizome, and Caulis Polygoni Multiflori. Decoct and take.
2. To treat wind-fire eye disease: silk tree flower with chicken liver, sheep liver, or pork liver, steamed and taken.
(3) To treat blurry vision: silk tree flower and Yiduoyun (one-cloud herb), steeped in wine and taken.
(4) To treat pain from blows and bruises: night-closing flower (silk tree flower) powder, mixed with wine and taken, 10 grams.
(5) To treat long-unresolved waist and leg pain: night-closing flower (silk tree flower) 200 grams, achyranthes root 50 grams (remove the sprouts), safflower 50 grams, rock salt 50 grams, apricot kernels 25 grams (soaked in water, peeled, and bran-fried until slightly yellow), and cassia heart 50 grams. Grind the above medicines and sift into powder, mix with refined honey and pound over a hundred times, and form into pills the size of parasol tree seeds. Take thirty pills on an empty stomach each day with warm wine, and take again before the evening meal.