The efficacy and function of sea lotus leaves

Do you know what sea lily leaves are? If you know, do you understand the effects and functions of sea lotus leaves? As a traditional medicinal material, what regulating effects does sea lotus leaf have on our body? We will analyze them one by one for you below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves of the plant sea lotus of the rhizophoraceae family.

[Original form] Shrub or tree, 1-4m high, rarely up to 8m, with a breast diameter of 20-25cm. The bark is smooth and gray; there are plate-like roots and knee-shaped aerial roots at the base. Simple leaves are opposite, often gathered at the top of branches; petiole is 2-3cm long; stipules fall off early; leaf blade is leathery and shiny, oblong-oblanceolate, 5-12cm long, 2.5-5cm wide, gradually pointed at both ends, rarely broadly cuneate at the base, entire, margin not curled back; midrib is olive color, lateral veins are obvious above, and not obvious below. The flowers are golden yellow, solitary on a downward curved pedicel about 5 mm long, about 3 cm long; the calyx tube is bell-shaped, bright red, with longitudinal ridges, calyx lobes 9-11, usually 10, linear-lanceolate, 1.5-1.8 cm long; the petals are the same number as the sepals but shorter, 2 deeply divided, the edges are densely covered with coarse hairs, there is a short coarse hair between the cracks, the lobes are obtuse at the top, outward; the number of stamens is 1 times the number of petals; the ovary is semi-inferior, 2-4 chambers, the style is reddish yellow, with 3-4 longitudinal ridges, 3-4 stigmas, sprouting before the fruit leaves the mother tree, the hypocotyl is cylindrical, 20-30 cm long. The flowering and fruiting period is from autumn to the following spring.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in beach mangroves.

【Functions and indications】Detoxification and antimalarial. Malaria

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

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

From the above introduction, it is not difficult to see that sea lotus leaves have many functions. People in daily life can eat sea lotus leaves in appropriate amounts according to their physical conditions. After a period of time, your physical condition will be greatly improved.