Indian rosewood lumber, a valuable herb for bronchitis

What is dalbergia sissoo and dalbergia odorifera(Jiang Xiang)?
Medicinally Jiang Xiang herb refers to the dried heartwood of Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen and Dalbergia sissoo Roxb., the plants under the Dalbergia genus of the family Leguminosae. As a result, this herb’s common names include sisu, Dalbergia Heartwood, sheesham rosewood, Rosewood Heart Wood, Irugudujava, Shisham, Lignum Dalbergiae Odoriferae, sissoo tree, and so on. It can be collected throughout the year. And the following process is to remove sapwood, split into small pieces, dry in the shade, and use raw. In China it is mainly produced in Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

Dalbergia sissoo tree is a large deciduous tree, with gray bark, brown heartwood with obscure texture, and pubescent branchlets. Common petiole is flexuous and alternate; leaflets are 3 to 5, wide oval or ovate, and 2.4 to 7.2cm long. Panicles are axillary; peduncles, pedicels, and calyx are covered with hair. Pods are linear-lanceolate, 4 to 10cm long and with 1 to 3 seeds inside. The flowering period is from March to April and the fruiting phase is in November. Habitat is montane forest.

Dalbergia odorifera plant is 10 to 15 meters in height. The whole plant is glabrous except young parts, inflorescence and ovary are slightly pubescent. Branchlets are pale and with dense lenticels. Odd pinnately compound leaf is 12 to 25cm long; petiole is 1.5 to 3cm; leaflets are 9 to 13, but 7 sometimes, nearly leathery, ovate or elliptic, 4 to 7cm long, 2 to 3cm wide, and with acute apex and rounded or cuneate base. Panicles are axillary and 8 to 10cm long (including peduncle). Small flowers are many, about 5mm long, with bell-shaped calyx and yellow or white corolla. Pods are ligulate oblong, 4.5 to 8cm long, with net veins, leathery carpel, and 1 seed. Flowering is from March to April and fruiting is from October to November.

Dalbergia sissoo benefits
Indian rosewood lumber has much broader benefits than the average timber species. More than that, it is also a valuable medicinal plant, an ornamental tree, and a special spice. Medicinally dalbergia sissoo leaves, trunk, and roots are helpful to the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, traumatic injury, Bronchitis, stomach pain, hernia pain, Coronary Heart Disease, and so on. According to the statistics, it is the main ingredient of dozens of Chinese patent medicines, such as compound danshen injection, tablet for promoting coronary circulation, Guanxin Danshen capsule, etc.