The efficacy and function of the leaves of the schizonepeta

Recently, major TV channels have launched various health programs, and food programs have also introduced special health-preserving dietary therapy methods. All aspects show that the concept of health preservation is gradually deepening in people's understanding. Next, we will introduce a health-preserving medicinal material, the leaf of the serrata.

【English name】 Ceriops tagal(Perr.)CB Rob.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves of the plant Ceratophyllum of the Rhizophoraceae family.

[Original morphology] Shrubs or small trees, 2-5m high, with often curved trunks, gray-brown bark with tiny cracks; there are many small supporting roots at the base of the stem; branches have obvious ring-shaped leaf marks. Simple leaves, alternate and opposite; petiole 1-3cm long; stipules 1-2.5cm long; leaf blade leathery, obovate to obovate-oblong, 5-12cm long, 2.5-4.5cm wide, obtuse or rounded at apex, narrow and long at base, entire; midrib convex on both sides, lateral veins inconspicuous, shiny. The cymes are often axillary on the nodes near the top of new branches, with stalks, about 2.5 cm long; the flowers are about 5.5 mm long; the calyx has 5 lobes, which are oblong and small, erect when flowering and curled when fruiting; the petals are 5-6, born at the base of a 10-12-lobed fleshy disk, white, oblong-obovate, about 3.5 mm long, slightly concave at the apex, with 3-4 tiny rod-shaped appendages; the stamens are 10-12, alternating in length, born between the disk lobes; the ovary is semi-inferior, 3-chambered, and the style is short. The fruit is clavate, 1-2 cm long, with a persistent calyx. 1 seed, germinates before the fruit leaves the mother tree, hypocotyl is long rod-shaped, slightly weak, 15-30cm long, slightly thick above the middle. The flowering period is autumn and winter, and the fruiting period is winter.

【Functions and indications】Detoxification and antimalarial. Malaria

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Now you know the function of the leaves of the serrata. I didn’t know before that the leaves of the silique wood are such a valuable thing, which shows that our knowledge is not broad enough. Therefore, in the future life, learning more about it can be a good way to maintain health. In fact, if you want to maintain your health, there is knowledge everywhere in life.