Introduction to Chinese medicine
Magnolia officinalis, a Chinese medicine name. It is the dried bark, root bark and branch bark of Magnolia officinalis or Magnolia officinalis of the genus Magnolia in the Magnoliaceae family. It has the effects of drying dampness and eliminating phlegm, lowering qi and removing fullness. It is mainly used to treat dampness blocking the middle jiao, abdominal distension, food accumulation and qi stagnation, abdominal distension and constipation, lung qi not descending, phlegm and cough, indistinguishable dampness and turbidity, cholera diarrhea, seven emotions stagnation, phlegm and qi blocking each other, etc. It is collected from Qingming to the summer solstice. It is usually harvested in late spring and early summer, and the bark is removed.

Distribution and origin
Distribution area:
1. Magnolia officinalis: distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places. Now some areas have been cultivated.
2. Magnolia officinalis: distributed in Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan

Folk legend
There is a legend about Magnolia officinalis.
It is said that “Magnolia officinalis” was the most beloved eldest son of the Jade Emperor. Once, he followed his father to the earth to understand the people’s sentiments. After experiencing hardships and dangers in the world, he decided to stay in the world for a long time and use his life to do practical things for mankind, to solve people’s sufferings and let people live a happy and fulfilling life.
Then he turned into a Magnolia officinalis tree. When people encountered abdominal pain, vomiting, cold and fever, diarrhea and other diseases, they only needed to take a small piece of bark from the tree and boil it into soup to drink, and the pain would be cured.
Although it is just a legend, it also contains people’s praise for “Magnolia officinalis” for sacrificing itself to save people and recognition of its remarkable medicinal effect.