The efficacy and function of small leaf root

The root of the xiaotuan leaf is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. There are records of the root of the xiaotuan leaf in ancient Chinese medical books. The root of the xiaotuan leaf can treat many diseases and its effects are very comprehensive. We should make good use of it.

[Other names] Monkey tobacco flower, small group leaf, sheep horn vine

[Source] Medicinal material source: The root of the Convolvulaceae plant Silverback Thunbergia.

[Original form] Large-leaved silverback vine, a woody vine. The stem is cylindrical, young branches densely pubescent, and old branches shortly pubescent. Simple leaves are alternate; petiole is 5-13cm long and short-hairy; leaf blade is ovate or broadly cordate, 10-25m long, 6-20cm wide, with sharp tip and cordate base, leaf surface is glabrous or scattered with procumbent hairs, wrinkled, and back surface is densely covered with light yellow-brown hairs; lateral veins are 10-15 pairs, curved to the edge. Inflorescence axillary, many flowers densely packed into a head; peduncle very short, up to 2.5cm long; bracts large, persistent; flowers bisexual; sepals 5, oblong, outside light yellow long hairs; corolla tubular funnel-shaped, white, pink, rarely purple, with petal mid-band outside white long hairs, rim nearly entire or shallowly lobed: stamens and style hidden; filaments born 9mm from the base of the corolla, base enlarged, densely long hairs, anthers oblong; ovary glabrous, stigma fissure, capitate. The fruit is spherical, 8-9mm in diameter, and red.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in mixed forests and shrubs at an altitude of 750-1460m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies. Primary mastitis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-10g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Above, we introduced what the root of the small leaf is and understood the effects and functions of the root of the small leaf. The root of the small leaf can improve our immunity. The root of the small leaf also has a therapeutic effect in health care and has many benefits to our body.