The efficacy and function of silk cotton leaves

Silk cotton wood leaves are a common Chinese medicinal material with great health benefits. They also have certain effects on some diseases. We need to choose according to our own needs. Many people in our daily life don’t know much about the silk cotton leaves. Let’s analyze the silk cotton leaves below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves of Euonymus maackii Rupr., a plant of the Celastraceae family.

[Original form] Silk cotton tree is a deciduous shrub or small tree, with a height of up to 8m. The twigs are slender, slightly quadrangular, and the young branches are sparsely covered with soft hairs. Simple leaves are opposite; petiole is 1-3.5cm long; leaf blade is hard and papery, elliptic-ovate to ovate, 4-10cm long, 3-6cm wide, with long acuminate tip, finely serrated edges, and base is broadly cuneate or nearly rounded. The cymes are axillary, branched 1-2 times, with a peduncle 1-2 cm long, 3-7 flowers, yellow-green, 4-digitate, about 8 mm in diameter; petals are elliptical, anthers are purple, almost as long as filaments, disk is hypertrophy, ovary and disk are fused. The capsule is pink, deeply cracked into four sharp edges, about 1 cm in diameter, and splits into four lobes when mature. The seeds are pale yellow with a red aril. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is September-October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing on the edge of hillside forests, foothills, and beside mountain streams.

[Chemical composition] The leaves contain quercetrin, iso-quercitrin, quercimeritrin, quercetin-3-α-L-rhamnosyl-7-β-D-glucoside, quercetin-3-α-L-rhamnosyl-7-β-D-glucoside, quercetin-3-α-D-xylo-7-β-D-glucoside and quercetin-3,7-diglucoside.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies. Mainly used for lacquer sores and carbuncles

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: appropriate amount, decocted into water for fumigation and washing.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Silk cotton leaves not only have multiple functions, but also can be eaten in many ways in our lives, so they are loved by many people.