The efficacy and function of the dragon boat flower

The group flower dragon boat flower can not only supplement the human body's nutritional elements, but also help regulate various functions of the body. It also has high medicinal value. Today, I will take you to learn about the group flower dragon boat flower.

【English name】 Headed ixora

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole plant of the dicotyledonous plant Ixoralea corylifolia of the Rubiaceae family.

[Original form] Shrub, 0.5-2m high, completely hairless. Leaves are opposite; petioles are 1-2 cm long; stipules are nearly ovate, connate at the base, about 7 mm long, and pointed at the apex; leaf blades are papery, oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, 10-25 cm long, 4-8 cm wide, nearly olive green above when dry, slightly shiny, slightly pale below, with about 10 pairs of lateral veins. Inflorescence terminal, extremely dense, almost capitate; flowers sessile or with stalks 1-2mm long, bracts nearly membranous, lanceolate, 2.5-4mm long; calyx 1.5-2mm long, lobes 4, lanceolate, 4-5mm long, about 2mm wide; corolla white, stalk about 2cm long, lobes 4, elliptic, 6mm long, obtuse at apex; anthers prominent; stigmas 2, close to each other. The berries are nearly oval, slightly flattened, about 11mm long and 9mm in diameter, and bloom in May.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in shady mixed woods or beside forest streams.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; Cool

【Meridian】 Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】Cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Mainly used for postpartum lochia and metrorrhagia

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: 15-30g, decocted in water.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Used to treat excessive postpartum bleeding.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Now you know the function of the dragon boat flower. I didn’t know before that the dragon boat flower was such a valuable thing, which shows that our knowledge is not broad enough. Therefore, in the future life, learning more about it can be a good way to maintain health. In fact, if you want to maintain your health, there is knowledge everywhere in life.