The efficacy and function of boxwood leaves

Nowadays, our living standards are constantly improving, but our health quality is constantly declining. Unscientific diet poses a potential threat to our bodies. Many Chinese medicinal herbs can regulate and improve our bodies. Here I would like to introduce to you the leaves of broadleaf boxwood.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves of Euonymus japonzcus Thunb., a plant of the Celastraceae family.

[Original form] Boxwood is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a plant height of 3-8m. Branchlets nearly quadrangular. Simple leaves are opposite; petiole is about 1m long; leaf blade is thick leathery, obovate, oblong to oblong, 3-6cm long, 2-3cm wide, obtuse at apex, finely serrated at edge, cuneate or nearly circular at base, dark green above, light green below. The cymes are axillary, with a peduncle 2.5-3.5cm long, one to two times dichotomously branched, with 5-12 flowers on each branch, white-green in color, in fours; the disk is hypertrophic. The capsule is oblate, about 1 cm in diameter, light red, with 4 shallow grooves; the fruit pedicel is quadrangular. Seeds brown with orange-red aril. The flowering period is June-July, and the fruiting period is September-October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows in sunny places with moist soil or in garden cultivation.

[Chemical composition] The leaves contain the triterpenes friedelin, epifriedelanol and friedelanol. It also contains flavonoids such as quercetin-3-β-D-glucose-7-α-L-rhamnoside and kaempferol-3-β-D-glucose-7-β-L-rhamnoside; the flavonoid compounds in the yellow part of the leaves are more than those in the green part.

【Functions and indications】Detoxification and swelling reduction. Mainly for sores, ulcers and swellings

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: appropriate amount, crush the fresh product and apply it.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

After the above introduction to the broadleaf boxwood leaves, we have a detailed understanding of the broadleaf boxwood leaves. In life, we can learn more about the characteristics of large-leaf boxwood leaves and make full use of its medicinal value to serve our lives.