What are the uses and benefits of Pistacia weinmannifolia?
Pistacia weinmannifolia has a faint fragrance. This plant is often grown in courtyards, but it cannot be grown indoors. What are the uses of Pistacia weinmannifolia?
Pistacia weinmannifolia, also known as Qingxiang tree, fine-leaved kaishu, and fragrant leaf, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the genus Pistacia of the family Anacardiaceae. It gets its name because when the leaves are picked or rubbed, they give off a fresh fragrance resembling a mix of Sichuan pepper and citrus. In recent years it has become increasingly popular as a small foliage potted plant.
What are the uses of Pistacia weinmannifolia?
I. Medicinal applications
Medicinal properties: pungent and aromatic in taste, non-toxic. It dispels evil qi, warms the middle and relieves the diaphragm, regulates qi and relieves pain, promotes fluid production and quenches thirst, strengthens teeth and removes bad breath.
The leaves and bark are used as medicine, with effects of reducing inflammation and detoxifying, and astringing to stop diarrhea.
II. General applications
1. The leaves and bark can be used as medicine, with anti-inflammatory, detoxifying and astringent effects. For diarrhea, decocting the top shoots with leaves in water and drinking it works well; after the leaves are dried in the sun and ground fine, they can be used as a raw material for temple incense. The fruit contains oils and can help strengthen teeth. It is effective for some types of ringworm.
2. Tannins can be extracted from the bark and used as pharmaceutical monomers, in cosmetics, and as a raw material for tanning leather.
3. The wood has beautiful grain and color, is hard and heavy, and is stable after drying. It can replace imported redwood in making musical instruments, furniture, wood carvings, handicrafts, etc.
4. The leaves can yield aromatic oil, and in folk practice the leaves are often ground into powder to make incense.
5. Feeding pigs: it is a very good feed.
6. Landscaping and potted cultivation. It purifies the air and helps drive away mosquitoes and flies.
7. Beauty care: fresh leaves mashed into a paste and applied to the face can shrink enlarged pores, firm the skin and reduce wrinkles, giving the skin a delicate appearance. It can inhibit the activity of tyrosinase and catalase, can also reduce and decolorize melanin, and can effectively scavenge reactive oxygen species, giving it a comprehensive whitening effect.
Causes of yellowing leaves in Pistacia weinmannifolia: generally speaking, there are only two reasons for yellowing leaves in Pistacia weinmannifolia: first, too much watering, which damages its root system; second, insufficient sunlight.
Can Pistacia weinmannifolia be placed in the bedroom?
Pistacia weinmannifolia cannot be placed in the bedroom. Pistacia weinmannifolia has a strong pepper fragrance and is not suitable for being placed in excess indoors. One of the taboos of placing plants indoors is that the plant has a strong scent, because this is not conducive to rest and may also trigger other allergic reactions. Of course, if the living room is relatively large, placing one pot of Pistacia weinmannifolia is no problem, but never place Pistacia weinmannifolia in the bedroom as well.
Can Pistacia weinmannifolia really repel mosquitoes?
The mosquito-repelling effect of Pistacia weinmannifolia is not obvious. The whole plant of Pistacia weinmannifolia has a strong pepper fragrance and has the effect of purifying the air and driving away mosquitoes and flies, but its mosquito-repelling effect is not obvious. To be precise, Pistacia weinmannifolia does not have a mosquito-repelling effect. In fact, many aromatic plants do give off scents that make mosquitoes and insects dislike them, and when they encounter these plants, mosquitoes and insects will automatically detour around them. These plants can indeed repel mosquitoes and insects, but most are only effective for themselves. For these plants to help humans repel mosquitoes, they must be planted over a large enough area, and only when the fragrance in the air reaches a certain concentration are they effective.
That is the introduction to Pistacia weinmannifolia. I hope it is helpful to you.