Albizia cortex, He Huan Pi
Albizia Cortex, He Huan Pi ๅๆฌข็ฎ
Silk Tree bark
He Huan Pi (TCM)
Siras (Unani)
Shirisha (Ayurveda)
Albizia julibrissin (as A. rosea)
Revue horticole, seriรฉ 4, vol. 42: (1870)
Albizia lebbeck
M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas., (1875)
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Botanical name:
Albizia spp.
Three species can be noted:
- Albizia julibrissin (Syn: A. nemu, A. rosea, Mimosa julibrissin, M. speciosa, Feuilleea julibrissin, Acacia julibrissin); A. kaikora (TCM)
- A. lebbeck (Siras, Shirisha), used in Unani and Ayurveda, has similar properties, but different uses.
- A. odoritissima, considered synonymous in India
Parts used:
Dried stem-bark
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral (slightly Warm), Sweet
Uses:
1. Calms the Mind and Spirit, Benefits the Heart: (TCM, Ayurveda)
-Irritability, Depression, Emotional Instability, Excess Worry
-Insomnia
-Constrained Emotions
-‘Focuses the Mind, Makes people Happy’ (Shen Nong Ben Cao); this can be classed as an Exhilarant)
-‘Eliminates extremes of the Five Emotions’ (Treasury of Words on the Materia Medica, TCM)
-Migraine (Ayurveda; Charaka)
2. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough and Wheezing: (Ayurveda)
-Bronchitis, Asthma
-Sinusitis, Rhinitis
3. Moves the Blood, Stops Pain: (TCM)
-pain and swelling from Trauma
-Fractures
-this effect is mild, but good for anxiety or nervousness following Trauma
4. Clears Heat and Toxin, Resolves Abscesses: (TCM, Ayurveda)
-for painful, swollen Boils and Abscesses (internally and topically)
-Lung abscess, it has been used as a stand-alone herb
-Leukoderma, Urticaria, allergic Dermatitis (Ayurveda)
5. Externally:
-Sores, Boils, Abscesses (TCM, Ayurveda)
-Leucoderma, Itching (Ayurveda)
-Hemorrhoids
-strengthens the Teeth and Gums (Ayurveda)
Dose:
Decoction: 6โ15 grams
Powder: 1โ4 grams
Comment:
Substitute:
Main Combinations:
1. Anxiety, Mild Depression, Irritability, Albizia He Huan Pi with … available in PRO version
2. Insomnia with Heart Yin deficiency, Albizia He Huan Pi with … available in PRO version
3. Nervous Heart conditions, Albizia bark with … available in PRO version
4. Trauma, Swelling, Pain, Albizia He Huan Pi with … available in PRO version
5. Abscesses:
i. Albizia He Huan Pi with … available in PRO version
ii. Albizia bark with … available in PRO version
6. Skin diseases, Albizia bark with … available in PRO version
7. Chronic, non-healing Lung abscess, Albizia He Huan Pi with … available in PRO version
Cautions:
Caution during Pregnancy
