Insect wax is also known as white wax, insect wax, wax paste, Sichuan wax, wood wax, and tree wax. It is a wax secreted by the male insects of the Scale Insecta family, the ash bug, which inhabits the ash trees of the Oleaceae family, Ligustrum lucidum or other species of Ligustrum lucidum, and is refined. Mainly produced in Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places. The medicinal materials are identified as lumpy, white or off-white. The surface is smooth or slightly wrinkled and shiny. The body is light, hard and slightly brittle, and will break into pieces when rolled. The cross section is strip-shaped or granular. Smell, tasteless. The ones that are white in color, hard, dense, without bubbles and without the smell of rancid oil are better. &nb...
Uses of water white wax
Water white wax is derived from the leaves of the wax tree of the Oleaceae family. Plant form: small ash tree, also known as: small ash tree, small-leaf ligustrum. Semi-evergreen shrub, up to 2 meters tall. The branches are hard and spreading, and the branchlets and inflorescences are pubescent. The leaves are opposite, with short stalks, nearly leathery, oval-oblong, or obovate-oblong, 25 cm long, with blunt apex and hairless. The flowers are sessile and grow in clusters at the ends of the branches for 10...
Uses of mountain ash leaves
The sources of ash leaves are the leaves of the ash tree of the species Oleaceae, as detailed in the "Ash Bark" article . The nature and flavor are pungent and warm. Functions: regulating menstruation, stopping bleeding and promoting muscle growth. Prescription ① Treat amenorrhea: Grind ash leaves into powder, swallow half and half with wine and water, take once in the morning and evening, one penny each time, for three days. ②Treat knife...
The efficacy and role of ash tree
The source was first recorded in "Economic Flora of North China". Pinyin name Yánɡ Bái Là Shù Source Medicinal material base: It is the bark of the American green (wooden cens) grid of the Oleaceae plant. Latin plant and animal mineral name: Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.var.lanc...
Efficacy of ash bark
The source is the bark of the ash tree of the Oleaceae family. Plant form: ash tree, also known as: green palm tree, white wattle tree, small-leaf ash tree. Deciduous tree, up to 15 meters high. The branchlets are smooth and the winter buds are brown and black. Odd-pinnate compound leaves; 59 leaflets, short-stalked or sessile. Oval or elliptical-ovate, 310 cm long, with sharp apex, asymmetrical base, sparsely serrated teeth, smooth both sides, and on the midrib and lateral veins on the back. Hairy, petiole base enlarged.
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Shandong ash tree uses
Ash tree is one of the main landscaping tree species. This tree species has a regular shape, a straight trunk, lush and bright green branches and leaves, and orange-yellow autumn leaves. It is an excellent street tree and shade tree; in addition to its ornamental function, ash trees also have the following functions: raising wax insects to produce ash; the wax secreted by the larvae of male ash insects during their growth has the functions of sealing, moisture-proof, antiseptic, and coloring. It has properties such as lightness and lubrication, collectively referred to as "Chinese wax", and can be used as an additive for precision casting, leather industry,...