The efficacy and function of small leaf eye tree lotus

The small-leafed eye tree lotus is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. This type of medicine can cover many aspects of disease treatment, so before choosing the small-leafed eye tree lotus, you must have a good understanding of it. Let us introduce it in detail below.

【English name】 Smallleaf Dischidia

[Other names] Upper tree, melon seed gold, button vine, upper turtle wood

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves of the dicotyledonous plant Euphorbia microphylla of the Apocynaceae family.

【Original form】Epiphytic succulent vine. Take root at the nodes. Leaves are opposite; petiole is about 1mm long; leaf blade is round, about 1cm long and wide, green-white, glabrous; leaf veins are not obvious. Cymes are axillary; peduncle is very short; calyx has 5 lobes, ovate, 0.5mm long and wide, glabrous; corolla is white or yellowish white, urn-shaped, with long soft hairs at the throat, 5 lobes, ovate-triangular, 1mm long, 0.5mm wide, thickened in the middle; corona lobes are anchor-shaped, shorter than the column, with 2 lobes curved downward at the apex; pollinia is oblong, erect, with the apex of the pollinia stalk expanded; ovary is glabrous, columnar, pentagonal at the base, with a pointed tip. The follicles are lanceolate-cylindrical, up to 4 cm long and about 5 mm in diameter. Seed tip with white silky hairs. The flowering period is from January to May, and the fruiting period is from May to August.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in mountainous forest valleys.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter; cool in nature

【Meridian】 Liver; Stomach

【Functions and indications】 Clears heat and cools blood; nourishes yin and produces body fluid. High fever damages body fluid; thirst; red and swollen eyes

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Leaves: have the functions of clearing heat and cooling blood, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The small-leafed eye tree lotus is a medicinal material that has existed for a long time. It is recorded in many Chinese medicine books, which shows that the small-leafed eye tree lotus does have good medicinal value.