Lichuan magnolia bark of Magnolia officinalis seedlings 30 cm above the seedlings

 Magnolia officinalis deciduous trees, 5-15m. Purple-brown bark, twigs stout, pale yellow or pale yellow. Buds thick, conical, bud scales are pale yellow hair. Petiole stout, long 2.5-4cm, stipule scar about two-thirds of the petiole. Leaves nearly leathery, large-shaped leaves 7-9 set Acremonium, oblong-obovate, length 22-46cm, width 15-24cm, apex mucronate or obtuse, base attenuate into a wedge-shaped, green above, hairless, below hair green, is gray pubescent. Flowers solitary, fragrant, diameter 10-15cm, the perianth 9-12 or more, outer 3 green, outwardly anti-roll when in full bloom, in the two rounds of white, obovate spatulate; stamens numerous, long 2-3cm , red filaments; pistil most isolated. Aggregate fruit oblong, 9-15cm, fruit with 2-3mm beak. Seeds triangular-obovate, testa red. Flowering from April to May, fruiting from September to October. Mainly produced in Sichuan, Hubei and other places. Bark was 4 to 6 months stripping, root bark and branch bark directly to dry, dry skin micro-boiling water boiled stacked wet places, "sweating" when the surface of the skin purple-brown or brown, remove soft steamed to within, roll into a cylinder shape, and dried. Shredded, with Ginger. Aromatic dampness Chinese medicine, attending: food product and qi stagnation; bloating constipation; dampness in the coke, abdominal swelling, vomiting and diarrhea; phlegm inverse gas; chest full of cough.