The efficacy and function of ants climbing trees

There are many types of Chinese medicine. When we choose, we need to understand the medicine first. So do you know about the medicine called Ants Climbing Trees? Let us introduce it below.

【English Name】 Twig and leaf of dalion Glochidion

[Alias] Gray-leaf abacus, leather-leaf abacus.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of the Euphorbiaceae plant Abacus oleifera.

[Original form] Leather-leaved abacus is a shrub or small tree, 3-10m tall. The branches are angular and hairless. Simple leaves are alternate; petioles are 2-4mm long, slightly hairy or glabrous; stipules are triangular, about 1mm long; leaf blades are papery or nearly leathery, lanceolate or elliptic, sometimes sickle-shaped, 3-12cm long, 1.5-3cm wide, acuminate or short acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, glabrous on both sides, gray-green above, grayish white below, with 5-7 pairs of lateral veins, raised above. Monoecious; flowers clustered in leaf axils, with 2 bracts at the base, male and female flowers respectively borne on the upper and lower parts of the twigs; male flower pedicels 5-8mm long, 6 sepals, 2.5-3mm long, obtuse at apex; 3 stamens; female flowers almost sessile, with 6 sepals, the same as male flowers, ovary oblate, 4-6 chambers, styles fused into thin rods, 3-4 lobes at apex. The capsule is oblate, 1-1.5 cm in diameter, brown when dry, glabrous, with multiple grooves, sepals persistent, and a fruit stalk about 2 mm long. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruiting period is from June to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in sunny places beside hillside roads and in bushes at an altitude of 200-1700m.

【Nature and flavor】 Astringent; neutral

【Meridian】 Enters the lung meridian

【Functions and indications】Relieve cough. Main cough

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 6-9g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Materia Medica": The fruit is used as medicine for cough.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Based on the above description of ants climbing trees, it can be seen that there are many benefits of ants climbing trees for the human body, and there are many methods and uses for it. The pharmacological effects of ants climbing trees can be used to treat corresponding diseases.