Albizia Cortex, He Huan Pi 合欢皮
Silk Tree bark
He Huan Pi (TCM)
Siras (Unani)
Shirisha (Ayurveda)
Albizia julibrissin (as A. rosea)
Revue horticole, serié 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:
1. Albizia julibrissin (Syn: A. nemu, A. rosea, Mimosa julibrissin, M. speciosa, Feuilleea julibrissin, Acacia julibrissin); A. kaikora (TCM)
2. A. lebbeck (Siras, Shirisha), used in Unani and Ayurveda, has similar properties, but different uses.
3. 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: 6–15 grams
Powder: 1–4 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
