See this tree on the mountain, you can earn money. Bark is a rare thing called botanical gold.

There are many mountains in China, which are rich in wild plant resources, in addition to common mushrooms, wild vegetables and other mountain treasures, there are also some trees are also very rare resources. There is a kind of tree whose most valuable part is not its fruit or wood, but its bark. A complete decades-old bark is of great value and has enjoyed a high reputation since ancient times. Shennong Materia Medica Classic lists it as the top grade, which is a very rare and valuable medicinal material, which can be compared with Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng and other medicinal materials.

This kind of tree is called "Eucommia ulmoides". It sounds like a person's name, but in fact it does have something to do with people. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica: "in the past, there was Eucommia ulmoides, so it was named after it." In ancient times, there was a man named Eucommia ulmoides. After taking the bark of this tree, he became an immortal. From then on, people called this kind of tree Eucommia ulmoides. As a result, Eucommia ulmoides trees are quite mythical, but this is not believed by rumors after all, but the efficacy of Eucommia ulmoides has always been respected by people.

What is special about Eucommia ulmoides lies in its bark, sweet taste and warm sex, which has a good nourishing effect. It is believed that Eucommia ulmoides bark can strengthen muscles and bones, tonify liver and kidney, consolidate essence and calm fetus, and has a good effect on low back pain, low back and knee weakness, endless urine, kidney yang deficiency, rheumatism, hypertension and so on. And Eucommia ulmoides skin properties are relatively mild, can not warm up the fire, folk commonly used Eucommia ulmoides bark to stew medicinal meals, such as Eucommia pigtail soup, Eucommia waist flower soup, Eucommia chicken soup and so on. It can also make tea and wine, with a slight sweet taste.

Although Eucommia ulmoides is good, its bark is not easy to peel. As the saying goes, people want face tree bark, bark is the tree's means of nutrient transport, if all the bark is peeled off, then the tree's life has come to an end. Therefore, when peeling off the bark of Eucommia ulmoides, we should be careful not to cut it in a whole circle, but to reserve a little bit of bark to connect the upper and lower parts of the tree, so that the tree will not die. After peeling, you can see that the endothelium of Eucommia ulmoides is very smooth, if you want it to continue to grow, it is best to use a film to wrap the endothelium to promote growth.

Peeled off this layer of bark, after cutting off, you can see that it contains filament-like gum, this layer of gum is its essence, known as "plant gold". Generally speaking, it takes more than 20 years for trees to have more gum, so if you see this kind of tree in the mountains, you will really make money, and its bark is a rarity. However, felling wild trees is not recommended.