The efficacy and function of butterfly fruit

There are many kinds of common Chinese medicinal herbs in life. Many people don’t know how to choose when using them, such as butterfly fruit. Therefore, before choosing, you need to have a certain understanding of its efficacy and dosage. So do you know what the efficacy and effects of butterfly fruit are?

[Alias] Red butterfly.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruits of Acer truncatum and Acer guilinensis, plants of the Aceraceae family.

[Original form] 1. Acer truncatum is an evergreen tree, up to 10m tall. The bark is gray-brown or gray-black; the twigs are cylindrical, glabrous, the branches of the current year are purple-green or green, and the perennial branches are green or green-brown. Simple leaves are opposite; petiole is 1-1.5cm long, glabrous; leaf blade is leathery, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, 7-11cm long, 2-3cm wide, entire, apex acute or shortly acute, base cuneate or obtuse; dark green above, light green below, glabrous or with sparse tufts of hairs in vein axils; main vein is prominent above, convex below, with 4-5 pairs of lateral veins. Flowers are polygamous, with male and bisexual flowers on the same plant, purple corymbs; 5 sepals, purple, slightly pubescent; 5 petals, white, slightly shorter than sepals; 8 stamens; ovary glabrous, style short, stigma spreading; samaras are purple when young, yellowish brown or light brown when ripe; wings and nutlets are 3-3.4cm long, 8-10mm wide, open at an obtuse angle, fruit stalk is 1-1.5cm long, glabrous. The flowering period is March-April, and the fruiting period is September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: 1. Growing in sparse mountain forests at an altitude of 500-1800m.

[Properties] The fruit is identified as a single-seeded fruit with one end of the pericarp extending outward into a wing-like shape. It is flat and spoon-shaped, 25-30mm long and 6-10mm wide, yellowish brown or light brown. Occasionally, two winged fruits are seen side by side on a slender fruit stalk, opening into an obtuse angle, resembling butterfly wings. The nutlets are convex, ovate, and about 4 mm in diameter. After being crushed, it has a faint smell and a slightly bitter taste.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; slightly bitter; cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies. Sore throat; hoarseness; hepatitis; tuberculosis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is the relevant knowledge about butterfly fruit introduced to you. Through the above article, you can clearly understand that butterfly fruit has many benefits and functions to the human body, so you can use butterfly fruit to treat some diseases.