The efficacy and function of saw-leaved bamboo tree

Sawleaf bamboo tree can not only supplement the body's nutrients, but also help regulate various functions of the body. It also has high medicinal value. Today, I will take you to learn about sawleaf bamboo tree.

[Other names] Leaf flowers (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine), fishbone wood, iron palm (Guangxi Plant List).

[Source] The whole plant of the saw-leaved bamboo tree of the Rhizophoraceae family. Collected in autumn and winter, chopped and dried or used fresh.

[Original form] Shrub or tree, up to 13 meters high. The branches have enlarged nodes and are bald and hairless. The leaves are opposite, papery, rectangular or narrowly rectangular, 8.5-17 cm long, 2.8-5.5 cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, with eyelash-like serrations on the edges (with glands at the ends of the teeth), glabrous, with small brown-red dots on the underside; the petiole is 5-9 mm long. The inflorescence is axillary, with a peduncle 5-10 mm long; the bracts are small, membranous, and broadly ovate; the flowers are sessile, with 2-3 flowers growing at the top of the inflorescence branches; the calyx is spherical, 3-5 mm long, with 6-7 lobes, triangular; the petals are usually 6-7, white or light red, ovate, nearly as long as the calyx lobes, usually with claws, and with small teeth on the edges; there are 12-14 stamens; the ovary is inferior, with 5 chambers. The fruit is spherical, leathery, indehiscent, and 6 to 7 mm in diameter. 1 to 3 seeds.

[Habitat distribution] Growing in mountain forests. Distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places.

[Nature and flavor] "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "bitter, slightly cold."

【Functions and indications】 ① "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "It promotes blood circulation, dredges the meridians, and strengthens the tendons and bones."

[Additional prescription] To treat bone fractures: Take the whole plant of fresh saw-leaved bamboo tree, add brown sugar as a guide, mash it and apply to the affected area. (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

In general, the effect of saw-leaved bamboo tree is quite significant. It is precisely because saw-leaved bamboo tree has relatively good health-preserving effects that the use of saw-leaved bamboo tree in health-preserving life can be said to be quite high.