The efficacy and function of Ficus litchi juice

Ficus litchi juice is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. It is very helpful to the human body in treating certain diseases. Moreover, this kind of medicine is also widely used. When choosing Ficus litchi juice, you need to understand its efficacy, effects and contraindications. Let's take a look at it below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the latex of the mulberry plant Ficus pumila.

【Original form】 Evergreen climbing or creeping shrub. Leaves are dimorphic; adventitious roots grow on nutrient branches, climbing on walls or trees, leaves are small and thin, ovate-cordate, about 2.5cm long, membranous, slightly asymmetrical at the base, gradually pointed at the apex, and very short petioles; there are no adventitious roots on reproductive branches, the leaves are larger, alternate, and the petioles are 5-10mm long; there are 2 stipules, lanceolate, covered with yellow filamentous hairs; the leaf blade is thick papery, ovate-elliptic, 5-10cm long, 2-3.5cm wide, with acute to obtuse apex, rounded to shallowly cordate at the base, entire, glabrous above, and covered with yellow soft hairs below; there are 3 basal veins, 4-5 pairs of lateral veins, sunken on the surface, raised on the back, and the reticulate veins are honeycomb-shaped. The inflorescence receptacle is solitary in the leaf axil, pear-shaped or obovate, 3-6cm long, 3-5cm wide, truncated at the top, with a slightly short blunt head or umbilical protrusion, the base sometimes contracted into a short stalk, covered with short yellow soft hairs when young, green with light yellow or slightly red when mature, basal bracts persistent, densely covered with long soft hairs; male flowers and gall flowers grow on the same inflorescence receptacle inner wall mouth, numerous, arranged in several rows, pedunculate, tepals 2-3; stamens 2, filaments short; gall flowers pedunculate, tepals 3, styles lateral; female flowers grow on the inner wall of the inflorescence receptacle of another plant, pedunculate long, tepals 4-5. Achenes are nearly spherical and mucilaginous. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is September-October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows on trees in the wilderness, on broken walls near villages, or on limestone slopes.

【Functions and indications】 Dispel wind, kill insects and relieve itching; strengthen yang and consolidate essence. Mainly used for vitiligo, scabies, itching, warts, impotence, and spermatorrhea

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: apply appropriate amount.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to the effects, functions and consumption methods of ficus litchi juice. When choosing it, you need to understand how to use it.