Magnolia officinalis,Its Bark Magnolia Cortex,Its Fragrance Components and Magnolia Alkaloids,Magnolol,Honokiol.

Contents

• Botanical Description of Magnolia Bark.
• Narrative History and Ancient Register of Magnolia Bark.
• Magnolia Bark and Its Fragrance Components.
• Properties and Indications of Magnolia Bark.
• Common uses and Application of Magnolia Bark Extract.
• Magnolia Bark:Administration and Suggestions.
• How Search engine think about Magnolia.
• Research Update:Magnolia Bark,Magnolol,Honokiol and Constituents.
• Photo Gallery of Magnolia officinalis.

Botanical Description of Magnolia Bark.:

Latin Name: Magnolia officinalis,Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis
 Common Names: Ch'Uan Pu, Chinese Magnolia, Choon Pok, Magnolia, Hou Pu, Magnolier Officinal,Beaver Tree, Holly Bay,
 Hou Po, Indian Bark, Red Bay, Swamp Laurel, Swamp Sassafras, Sweet Bay, White Bay, White Laurel. Magnolia biondii, synonym Magnolia fargesii;
 Magnolia denudata, synonym Magnolia heptaperta; Magnolia glauca; Magnolia officinalis; Magnolia sprengeri;
 Magnolia sargentiana, synonym Magnolia emargenata; Magnolia wilsonii; Magnolia salicifolia; other Magnolia species.

 Origin and Useful Parts:

 The dried bark, root-bark and branch-bark of Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils. (official magnolia) or Magnolia sargentiana Rehd. et Wils. (sargent magnolia), a deciduous arbor, of the Magnoliaceae family.

 There are about 80 species of trees and shrubs native to North and Central America, the Himalayas, and eastern Asia that belong to the genus Magnolia. They are valued for their large and fragrant white, yellow, pink, or purple flowers and frequently handsome leaves and conelike fruits. Some are important garden ornamentals; others are local timber sources.


 They have evergreen or deciduous, alternate smooth-margined leaves. The flowers, usually cuplike and fragrant, are located at the branch tips and have three sepals, 6 to 12 petals arranged in two to four series, and many spirally arranged stamens. The numerous simple ovaries in the centre later form a conelike fruit. The seeds, usually reddish, often hang pendulously by slender threads.

 Some of the more popular species, native to North America, are: laurel, or southern magnolia, or sweet bay (M. grandiflora), a 31-metre evergreen with thick, shining leaves; sweet bay (M. virginiana), 19 m tall with leathery leaves; big-leaf magnolia (M. macrophylla), 15 m with purple-based blooms; umbrella tree (M. tripetala), 12 m with leaves 60 cm long that are sometimes used as rain shields; cucumber tree (M. acuminata), a 30-m tree with cucumber-shaped, rosy fruits; and Thompson's magnolia (M. tripetala virginiana), a hybrid between the umbrella tree and the laurel magnolia with fragrant blooms that have a spicy odour.

 Well known Asian species of the genus Magnolia include lily magnolia (M. liliflora or M. quinquipeta), a four-metre shrubby tree that has purple blossoms with white interiors and brownish fruits; yulan magnolia (M. denudata or M. heptapeta), a 60-m tree; saucer magnolia (M. soulangeana), a gray-barked hybrid between the lily magnolia and the yulan magnolia with flowers that may be white, pink, crimson, or purplish; Oyama magnolia (M. sieboldii), a 9-m tree with crimson fruits; and star magnolia (M. stellata) of similar height with spidery flowers.

 The plants used as herbs, official magnolia and sargent magnolia, are produced mainly in the provinces Sichuan, Hubei, Anhui, etc. It is harvested in April to June.

 The bark is peeled off first. Then, the root-bark and branch-bark are dried directly in the air. The dried bark is scalded in boiling water for a while before piled up in a shady and damp place to sweat until the internal surface becomes dark red or brownish gray. It is then steamed until soft, and being rolled piece by piece into cylinders, and is again dried and prepared with ginger juice for later use.

Reference:

• Magnolia officinalis,Its Bark Magnolia Cortex,Its Fragrance Components and Magnolia Alkaloids,Magnolol,Honokiol.

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♣ last edit date:09th,Oct.2010.