Magnolia officinalis (Houpu)

Distribution:
Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejian, Guangxi, Jiangxi. Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Anhui, Gansu provinces of China.

Magnolia biloba (Rehd. Et Wils.) Cheng is distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Guangxi provinces. Mainly produced in Sichuan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces of China.
 
Properties (characteristics):
Bitter, acrid warm and aromatic
 
Channels (meridians) entered:
Large intestine, lung, spleen, stomach

Actions & Indications:
Transform phlegm and rids of dampness and stagnation in spleen and stomach indigestion, flatulence, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, Constipation.
 
Medical Function:
The decoction in test tubes show that it had strong inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus

relaxing skeletal muscle effect

improves digestion, inhibits pain and sedative effect

anti-coagulation of platelets

anti-cancer

potential as a novel therapeutic agent for the treatment of atherosclerosis and re-stenosis.

induces apoptosis in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) cells.

 honokiol induces apoptosis in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL)
 
Chemical ingredients:
1. Magnolol, tetrahydromagnolol, isomagnolol, honokiol, Randainal, syringaresinol, syringaresinol 4-O-Beta-D-glucopyranoside, 6'-O-methyl-honokiol, magnaldehyde, B, C; magnolignan A, B, C, D, E.

2. Magnatriol B, magnaldehyde Randaiol.

3. Magnolignan F, G, H, I.

4. Piperitylmagnolol, pipertylhonokiol, dipiperitylmagnolol, bornylmagnolol.

5. Eudesmol, alpha-pinene, Beta-pinene, p-cymene; 1, 4-cineol; alpha-limonene, carene-3, linalool, beta-bisabolene, terpinen-4-ol, alpha-terpineol, bornyl acetate, linalyl acetate, caryophyllene, alphe-humulene, alphe-copaene, aromadendrene, alloaromadendrene, alpha-cedrene, elemeol, Globulol, alpha-santalol, butylidenecyclohexane, guaiol, beta-guaiene, Cardinol, guaiazulene.

6. Magnocurarine

7. Sinapic aldehyde, 1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) -2 -(4_ (W-hydroxypropyl) - 2-methoxyphenoxy) propane-1, 3-diol.
 
Dosage:
3- 12 g;
 
Cautions:
Use caution during pregnancy.