The efficacy and function of big red hairy leaves

There are many types of Chinese medicine. When we choose, we need to understand the medicine first. So do you know about the medicinal material "Big Red Hairy Leaf"? Let us introduce it below.

【English name】 bark of Great wingseedtree

[Other names] Big Uncaria leaf, big hairy red flower, big baba leaf, big winged tree

[Source] Medicinal material source: The bark of the plant Jingdongchizi of the Sterculiaceae family.

[Original form] Jingdong wing tree, a tree, up to 12m tall. The bark is brown, and the young branches are dark brown with short soft hairs. Leaves are leathery; petioles are about 1 cm long, densely covered with light brown hairs; stipules are ovate, with scaly margins, about 4 mm long; leaf blades are inverted trapezoidal or oblong-inverted trapezoidal, 5-13.5 cm long, 4.5-6 mm wide, with 3-5 irregular shallow cracks at the tip, base is rounded, truncated or shallowly cordate, glabrous above, densely covered with light yellowish-white stellate hairs beneath. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, almost sessile, red to 7 cm in diameter; bracteoles ovate, entire, hairy; calyx split almost to base, 5-lobed, long and narrow lanceolate, about 4.5 cm long, densely dark brown hairs on the outside, densely yellowish brown hairs on the inside; 5 petals, white, obliquely obovate, about 4.5 cm long, up to 2.8 cm wide, nearly rounded at the apex, gradually narrowed at the base, with brown star-shaped pubescence beneath; reduced stamens long and rod-shaped, with densely tubercle-like protrusions on the upper part, up to 3.5 cm long; androgynophore about 6 mm long; stamen filaments glabrous; anthers 2-chambered; ovary ovate, densely yellow hairs; style hairy, stigma separate but twisted together. As expected, it was not seen.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in mountain grass slopes at about 1430m above sea cucumber altitude.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; slightly cool

【Functions and indications】 Dispel wind and dampness; clear away heat and detoxify. It is used for rheumatism, heat, infantile convulsions, carbuncle, sore, and fracture.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-6g. For external use: appropriate amount, crush the fresh product and apply; or grind it into powder and sprinkle it on the affected area.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is some basic information about the leaves of the big red hair. I hope you can learn more about Chinese herbal medicine, which will be beneficial to you.