The efficacy and function of the leaves of the stone windmill

As people's research on traditional Chinese medicine deepens, they gradually understand the detailed ingredients in various traditional Chinese medicines and the impact of these ingredients on everyone's health. Below I would like to recommend a Chinese medicine, Cotyledon leaves, to you all and describe the effects of Cotyledon leaves in detail. I hope it will be of some help to your study and research.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves of the plant Lithospermum officinale of the Combretaceae family.

[Original form] Vine, rarely shrub or small tree. Young branches are flattened, grooved, light gray-brown, densely covered with scales and fine hairs. Later, the scales and hairs gradually fall off, cracking longitudinally into fibrous peelings, with sparse black lenticels. Leaves are opposite or alternate; petiole is 5-10mm long, covered with brown scales and pubescence; leaf blade is elliptic to oblong-elliptic, rarely ovate, 5-13cm long, 3-6cm wide, hard papery, with short pointed or acuminate tip, rarely obtuse, base gradually narrowed, young leaves turn brown when dry, glabrous on both sides when old, usually green when dry, but densely covered with tiny round papillae, the surface of midrib and lateral veins is sunken to slightly protruding, only the midrib is more obvious, with rusty to white long stiff hairs in the vein axils. The spike inflorescence is axillary or terminal, solitary, unbranched, arranged in a panicle at the top of the branches, with the axis of the inflorescence covered with brown scales and fine pubescence; the bracts are linear or lanceolate, 3-4mm long; the flowers are small, about 9mm long, and 4-merous; the calyx tube is shorter, funnel-shaped or nearly bell-shaped, less than 4.5mm long, with brown scales on the upper outside, and the calyx teeth are triangular, erect, about 1.5mm long; the disk is annular, with dense yellow-white long stiff hairs on the edge and inside and outside, and the hairs protrude beyond the calyx teeth; the petals are small, about 1.5mm long, as high as the calyx teeth, and oblanceolate. Gradually narrowed into claws; 8 stamens, about 3.5-4mm beyond the calyx teeth, longer than the style; ovary quadrangular, densely scaled; style thick, glabrous, 4 ovules. The fruit has 4 wings, which are nearly round or flat elliptical, rarely nearly obovate or elliptical, 2.1-3.2cm long, 2-3cm wide, obtuse, truncate or slightly concave at the tip, cuneate to truncate or obtuse at the base, the wings are red with a silky luster, covered with white or golden scales; the fruit stalk is short, about 2mm long. The flowering period is from May to August, and the fruiting period is from September to November.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in mixed woods or thickets on hillsides, roadsides, and ditches at an altitude of 1000-1800m, mostly found in thickets in limestone areas.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; slightly bitter; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Expel wind and dampness; detoxify; expel parasites. Mainly used for rheumatism, arthralgia, furuncle, and ascariasis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-18g. For external use: take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply on the affected area.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

From the above explanation, we have some understanding of the effects and functions of the leaves of the stone grass. If you have any discomfort in your body, you can use Chinese medicine to regulate it. Chinese medicine has a long history of treating diseases, so you can eat it with confidence.