The efficacy and function of red leaf tree

Red leaf tree is a very common medicinal material in life. It can be used to make medicinal food and medicine. The red leaf tree has a wide range of uses, so you can choose it with confidence. Let’s take a look at it together.

[Other names] Wengzai tree, reverse saw, Wanda stick, sheep dung, olive tree, sheep dung

[Source] Medicinal material source: the roots or leaves of the Proteaceae plant Longan.

【Original form】 Tree, 4-20cm high. Bark gray-brown or dark brown. Leaves are alternate, thin leathery or papery; petiole 0.5-1.5cm long; leaf blade oblong, obovate-elliptic, oblong or lanceolate, 5-15cm long, 2.5-5cm wide, apex short acuminate or obtuse, base cuneate, slightly decurrent, entire or upper half of leaf margin with sparse shallow serrations; lateral veins 6-7 pairs, obvious on both sides. The flowers are bisexual, radially symmetrical, with axillary racemes, 8-20 cm long. Sometimes the inflorescence axis and pedicels are initially covered with white short hairs, then gradually become glabrous, and the pedicels are often in pairs; bracts are triangular, about 1 mm long; the perianth tube is about 1 mm long; the perianth tube is 1-1.2 cm long, white or light yellow; anthers are elliptical, with 4 glands, sometimes conjoined to form a 4-lobed disk; the ovary is glabrous. The nut is oval, 1-1.5 cm long, up to 1 cm in diameter, and blue-black or black. The flowering period is from June to October, and the fruiting period is from November to March of the following year.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Distributed in South China and desert Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Pungent; bitter; cool

【Functions and indications】 Dispel wind and relieve pain; promote blood circulation and reduce swelling; astringe and stop bleeding. Mainly used for rheumatic bone pain; bruises and swellings; bleeding from trauma

【Usage and Dosage】 Dosage: decoction, 9-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount, mash the fresh leaves to extract the juice; or grind the dried leaves into powder, mix with cold boiled water and apply.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Root bark and leaves: bitter in taste, cool in nature. It has the functions of promoting qi and blood circulation, removing blood stasis and stopping carbuncle. Used for bruises, swelling and pain, and bleeding from trauma.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

After understanding some of the effects and common knowledge of the red leaf tree, I hope that everyone will use scientific methods in the process of consumption to make it play a greater role.