Garden use:

Greening and viewing. If you have strong adaptability, you should trim it and make a hedge wall. It can also be used as rootstock for grafting sensitive osmanthus fragrans, clove and Ligustrum lucidum. It can be used in mixed forest production, with good protection effect and strong ability to resist natural disasters.

Medicinal value:

Its fruit is called Ligustrum lucidum, which is a traditional Chinese medicine.

After picking Ligustrum lucidum, dry the fruit or boil it in boiling water, and then dry it. It is cool, sweet and bitter, and has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, strengthening waist and knees and improving eyesight with black beard. Can be used for dizziness, tinnitus, soreness of waist and knees, premature graying of hair, blurred vision, tinnitus and deafness, and loose teeth. Holly oil extracted from its leaves is most easily absorbed by the skin, and has astringent, diuretic and exciting effects. Can be used for treating muscle pain, etc.