The efficacy and function of red eggplant

Red celery is a medicinal material that can treat many diseases. If consumed scientifically and healthily, it can bring great benefits to our health and disease treatment. Now let’s take a closer look at the effects and eating methods of red eggplant.

【English name】 bark of Mangrove, bark of Fourpetale Mangrove

[Other names] Red bark, King Pear Wrestling

[Source] Medicinal material source: the bark or root of the red eggplant of the rhizome family.

[Original form] A large shrub or tree with brown bark and longitudinal lenticels; it often has knee-shaped aerial roots hanging down into the ground. Simple leaves are arranged alternately; petioles are thick and flat, 2.5-5cm long; leaf blades are leathery, broadly elliptic to oblong, 10-16cm long, 5-10cm wide, with a subulate murk at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, and entire; leaf veins are not obvious. The peduncle emerges from the axils of the current year's branches, with 3-7 flowers arranged in a cyme. The peduncle is 2.5-4cm long and more or less drooping; the pedicel is 1-1.3cm long, with fused bracteoles at the base; the calyx is 4-lobed, the lobes are triangular-oblong, gradually narrowing at the upper part, and light yellow; there are 4 petals, shorter than the calyx, covered with white filamentous long hairs; there are 8 stamens, 4 of which are attached to the petals, and the other 4 are attached to the sepals; the ovary is semi-inferior, conical in the upper part, protruding outside the disk, with 2 chambers, and the style is 2-lobed. The mature fruit is long oval, drooping, brown or green, 5-7cm long, 2.5-3.5cm in diameter, with a persistent calyx; there is one seed, which germinates before the fruit leaves the mother tree, and the hypocotyl protrudes into a long rod-shaped shape, 36-64cm long. Flowering season is almost all year round.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in beach mud mangroves.

【Chemical composition】 Red eggplant leaves are rich in sugars, lipids and proteins[1]. In addition, this product also contains gibberllins A3, A5, A9[2], α-amyrin, β-amyrin, luperol, campesterol, stigmasterol, stigmast-7-en-3β-ol, sitosterol, betulin[3], 25-S-spirost-5-ene-23β,14α-diol[4] and 1D-1-O-methyl-mucoinositol[5].

【Functions and indications】Detoxifies and relieves sore throat; clears heat and removes dampness; cools blood and stops bleeding. Sore throat, diarrhea, dysentery, hematuria, and bleeding due to trauma

[Usage and Dosage] Oral use: 6-15g; External use: appropriate amount, mash and apply.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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