The efficacy and function of tree sweet potato root

Most Chinese medicinal materials have good effects in treating diseases, such as tree sweet potato roots. Below we will give a basic introduction to the relevant information about tree sweet potato roots.

【Alias】 Milk root

[Source] Medicinal material source: The root of the Ficus microcarpa plant of the Moraceae family.

[Original form] Shrub or tree-like, up to 3m high. The whole plant has latex; young branches are pubescent. Simple leaves are alternate; petioles are 0.3-1cm long and hairy; stipules are lanceolate; leaf blades are hard, papery or nearly leathery, obovate-lanceolate or obovate, 6-17cm long, 2-6.8cm wide, with irregular teeth or notches on the upper part, sometimes not cracked, with long acuminate tips and broad cuneate bases, glabrous on the leaf surface and sparse hairs along the veins on the back of the leaf; 4-7 pairs of lateral veins, with obvious reticulate veins. The fig inflorescence (ficus) is solitary in the axil of the leaf blade, spherical or elliptical, glabrous on the surface or hairy when young, with erect apical bracts, purple-red when mature, 0.8-1.8cm long, 0.7-1.3cm wide, with 3 basal bracts; male flowers and galls are borne in the same inflorescence receptacle; male flowers have 3 tepals and 2 stamens; gall flowers have short styles and spherical chambers; female flowers are borne in another inflorescence receptacle, female flowers are sessile, with 3-5 tepals, light yellow with brownish-yellow spots. Achene. Flowering period is from May to July.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in waterside thickets in mountain forests at an altitude of 600-1300m.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly salty; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; heals sores. Mainly used for red and white dysentery, gonorrhea, scrofula, and hemorrhoids

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-24g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is the introduction to tree sweet potato roots. I believe you will understand it after reading it. After knowing the effects and functions of tree sweet potato roots, you can adjust them according to your own physical condition.