The efficacy and function of neem leaves

Traditional Chinese medicine often has unexpected effects in the treatment of certain diseases, so you can choose it with confidence. However, when choosing Chinese medicine, you need to understand the medicine so that when treating the disease, you will know what kind of medicine is the best choice. Let us introduce the Chinese medicine leaves.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves of the Melia azedarach tree of the Myrtaceae family.

【Original form】 Shrubs to small trees. The young branches are covered with gray or gray soft hairs, slender, and have blunt edges. Leaves opposite; petiole 4-6mm long; leaf blade papery or thin leathery, elliptic, sometimes oblong or lanceolate, 4-9cm long, 2-3.5cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, base cuneate, initially pubescent on both sides, later becoming glabrous with fine glandular hairs; pinnate veins, 10-13 pairs of lateral veins. The inflorescence is axillary, sometimes a short panicle, with the peduncle covered with soft hairs; the bracts are small and cone-shaped; the pedicels are 3-8mm long and hairy; the flowers are white and 3-merous; the calyx tube is covered with gray hairs, the sepals are ovate, about 1mm long, rounded at the apex, with eyelashes; the petals are obovate, 2-2.5mm long, and covered with fine hairs on the outside; the stamens are numerous, slightly shorter than the petals; the ovary is inferior. The berry is about 4mm in diameter, pubescent, and contains 3-5 seeds. Flowering period is from March to May.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in forests at low to medium altitudes.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; bitter; neutral

【Functions and indications】Regulating qi and eliminating dampness; detoxifying and killing insects. It is used to treat dampness stagnation, abdominal distension and pain; dysentery; eczema; scabies; beriberi

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-6g. For external use: take appropriate amount, mash and apply; or grind into powder and sprinkle; or boil in water and wash with water.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to the Chinese medicinal material Melia azedarach leaves. For medicinal herbs that we don't understand, we should learn more about them so that we can make full use of them in our lives and not be at a loss.