page_title: Eucommia ulmoides
section_title: Uses
hierarchical_section_title: Eucommia ulmoides / Uses
caption_attribution_description: English: Eucommia ulmoides used in Traditional Chinese medicine
context_page_description: Eucommia ulmoides is a species of small tree native to China. It belongs to the monotypic family Eucommiaceae. It is considered vulnerable in the wild, but is widely cultivated in China for its bark and is highly valued in herbology such as traditional Chinese medicine.
context_section_description: It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in Chinese herbology, where it is called dùzhòng (Chinese: 杜仲).
  Because of the low production and high demand for natural rubber in China, a unique process has been developed to manufacture elastic materials with Eucommia ulmoides gum (EUG) as substitutes for natural rubber products. 
  Unlike the latex used to produce natural rubber, the EUG is the polymer trans-1,4-polyisoprene. Thus materials made from EUG may demonstrate characteristics other than those of natural rubber, such as higher elasticity, lower thermoplastic temperature, etc.
caption: Eucommia ulmoides pastilles, known as dùzhòngwán (Chinese: 杜仲丸)
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