Medicinal
Evodia Fruit is the dried nearly ripe fruit of Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.)
Benth., Evodia Rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth.Var.Officinalis (Dode) Huang or Evodia Rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth.
Var.Bodinieri (Dode) Huang (Fam. Rutaceae).
Action:
To dispel cold
and alleviate pain, to relieve vomiting, and to check diarrhea.
Indications:Headache
accompanied by retching and cold limbs; abdominal colic; weakness
and edema of the legs; abdominal pain during menstruation;
epigastric distension and pain with vomiting and acid regurgitation;
diarrhea occurring before dawn daily; hypertension. External
use for ulcers in the mouth.