Today I would like to introduce you to a kind of tree that farmers hate very much, because its surface is covered with sharp hard thorns, and it often accidentally scratches people, so the farmers cut it when they see it. This tree is called Flying Dragon Palm Blood, and its root is a very good Chinese medicinal herb, which is very rare nowadays.
The name of the Flying Dragon Palm Blood sounds domineering, but it is actually a very ordinary tree, which was easy to see in the rural mountains before. It generally grows in shrubs and arborvitae, clinging to some large trees. Its resistance to barrenness and drought is very good, and the blood of the flying dragon's palm can often be seen on some barren slopes. The wyvern's palm-blooded trunk is also not very thick, and the bluish-brown epidermis is covered with sharp spines that bend downwards, which is a kind of self-protection against animal tearing and birds pecking. These sharp thorns are also very easy to hurt, known as "seeing blood flying", and farmer friends usually cut them when they see them.
Peel open its bark, and inside it is blood-red, which may be the source of the blood of its name, the flying dragon's palm. The branches and leaves of the Wyvern Palm Blood are very dense, with small, oval leaves. The smell of crushing the leaves resembles that of a citrus leaf. Flowers bloom in spring and summer, fruit in autumn and winter, and the flowers are pale yellow in color. The fruit is small, the newly produced fruit is blue-green, and when ripe it becomes reddish brown, it looks particularly like a peppercorn. The fruit is ripe and sweet, edible, and the epidermis has a spicy taste, which generally no one will eat.
Flying dragon palm blood has a special number of other names, different places call different names, some areas called yellow meat tree, or three hundred sticks, hooks, as well as called small golden vines, climbing tigers and so on. It is generally distributed in south China, east China and other places. The branches of the flying dragon's palm are very thick after aging, and farmers like to use it to make pipes and other handicrafts to sell, especially in the southern region. In addition, most of the dragon's palm blood will be cut down and burned as firewood. Only few people know that it can actually be used in medicine.
The root of the Flying Dragon's Palm Blood is a medicinal herb that can be used in medicine. Its root epidermis is pale sulfur-colored and turns light brown after being exposed to the air for a long time. But because many people do not recognize its value and cut it down at will, the number of such trees has become less and less. If you still have this kind of tree in your hometown, please cherish it, but don't use it as useless firewood.