The efficacy and function of red leaves

Mangrove leaves are something that many people are very familiar with. The benefits that mangrove leaves bring to us are not available in other foods. So what are the benefits of red leaves? Let’s find out together.

【English name】 Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lam.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, a plant of the Rhizophoraceae family.

[Original form] Shrubs or trees, often with knee-shaped aerial roots protruding above the water surface. Simple leaves are opposite; petioles are 2.5-4.5cm long; stipules fall off early; leaves are leathery, elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 7-14cm long, 3-5.5cm wide, pedicels are curved downward, 8-20cm long; calyx tube is nearly bell-shaped, dark yellow-red, with 11-13 calyx lobes, 12 in most cases, lobes are linear, about the same length as the calyx tube; corolla is light reddish white, the same number as the calyx lobes but shorter, 2-parted, densely covered with silky hairs at the base, nearly glabrous at the top, with 1 prickly hair between the cracks, and 2-4 prickly hairs at the tip of the lobes; the number of stamens is 1 times that of petals, slightly shorter than the petals; ovary is inferior, 2-4-chambered. The fruit is enclosed in the calyx tube and fused with it, with 1 chamber, the calyx tube is longer than the lobes; there is 1 seed, which germinates before the fruit leaves the mother tree, and the hypocotyl is spindle-shaped, slightly angular, and 15-25cm long. The flowering and fruiting season is almost complete.

【Chemical composition】 Bruguiera gymnorrhiza leaves are rich in carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.

【Functions and indications】Detoxification and antimalarial. Malaria

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

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to the functions, effects and eating methods of mangrove leaves. When choosing it, you need to understand how to use it.