Eucommia is a tree associated with traditional stories about its bark. Treat the story as cultural material and avoid turning it into instructions for medical use.
Eucommia is a tree
Eucommia should not be described as an ordinary herbaceous plant. The name is associated with a tree whose bark features in traditional accounts. That background does not establish how a home gardener should consume or prepare any part of it.
Read the legend as folklore
A folk story can explain a cultural association without proving the event it describes. Keep the narrative distinct from botanical details and from claims about pregnancy, pain or other health conditions.
Learn from reliable plant records
Use an authoritative botanical reference for identification and a suitable cultivation guide for growing questions. Do not remove bark from a living tree to try a household remedy. Medical decisions and doses require appropriate healthcare guidance rather than a retold garden story.
Related reading: Dan Zhu Ye: A Traditional Plant Story.