Usually mixed with other herbs to treat specific diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. Evodia fruit can be used fresh, or it can be dried and ground into a powder. May be taken internally or externally.
Herbalists consider evodia fruit mildly toxic.
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches.
Evodia fruit is also known by its Chinese name Wu zhu yu and is called gosyuyu in Japan.
Evodia rutaecarpa.
Not to be taken by pregnant women or those looking to conceive. The fruit is considered to be slightly toxic, so not to be taken without consulting a medical practitioner.
No reported interactions. Used almost exclusively in traditional Chinese medicine and has not been studied with Western pharmaceuticals.
Dried, whole, powdered fruit, essential oil. The whole grains may be chewed or can be ground and incorporated into mixtures.
Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-tumor, anti-viral, astringent, appetite stimulant, contraceptive and diuretic properties.
Scientific name: Evodia lepta,Russian name: Еводия корневая,English name: Evodia root
A deciduous tree that grows to a height of about 30 ft (10 m) with long, dark green, shiny leaves and blooms with many small clusters of white flowers that bares small, reddish fruit.
The recommended ratio of gelling sugar to fruit when making homemade jam is typically 1:1, meaning equal parts sugar and fruit.
2 per day