The efficacy and function of fishtail palm leaves

Speaking of fishtail palm leaves, I believe many friends know it because it has a good effect in treating diseases. However, some friends do not know the specific effects of fishtail palm leaves, so let’s take a detailed look at the effects of fishtail palm leaves here.

[Source] Medicinal material source: leaf sheath fiber of the palm plant fishtail palm.

[Original form] Fishtail palm, tree-like, up to 20m high. The stem has no suckers and is solitary. The leaves are large and strong, 3-4m long; there are 18-20 pinnae on each side, drooping, with the middle ones longer; the lobes are thick and hard, with a fan-shaped leaf at the top with irregular teeth, and the sides are diamond-shaped and fish-tail-like, 15-20cm long, with the coarse-toothed part on the inner edge exceeding half of the total length, and the outer edge extending into a long tail tip. The spathe and inflorescence are scaleless; the spadix is ​​about 3m long, with hanging branches, 3 flowers clustered, and the female flower is between 2 male flowers; male flowers: sepals are broad and round, about 5mm long; petals are yellow, leathery and hard, about 2cm long and 7mm wide; stamens are numerous, about the same length as the corolla, anthers are linear, yellow, and filaments are nearly white; female flowers are smaller, 7-8mm long, with entire margins at the apex, 3 reduced stamens, subulate; ovary is nearly ovate-triangular, and the stigma is 2-lobed. The fruit is spherical, 1.8-2cm in diameter, light red when ripe, and contains 1-2 seeds. The flowering period is from May to July, and the fruiting period is from August to November.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing on hillsides or in valley forests, at an altitude of 450-700m.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly sweet; astringent; neutral

【Functions and indications】Astringent and hemostatic. Mainly used for coughing up blood, vomiting blood, blood in stool, and metrorrhagia

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted into calcined charcoal, 10-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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