The efficacy and function of Crotalaria longifolia

The medical value of Croton longifolia is beyond our imagination. It is very effective in treating some diseases. Long-calyx Crotalaria contains many substances that are beneficial to the human body. Let’s take a look.

【English name】 all-grass of Longsepaled Crotalaria

[Other names] Big-leaf bellflower, dog bell bean

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole plant of Croton trout of the legume family.

[Original morphology] Croton longifolia is an annual upright herb, 30-80cm tall. Stems and branches densely covered with slightly rough and long hairs. Simple leaves are alternate and almost sessile; stipules are extremely small, awl-shaped, and easy to fall off; leaf blades are narrowly elliptic-linear or oblong with wide middle part, 3-10cm long, 5-20cm wide, acute at apex with a tuft of soft hairs, cuneate at base with small dimples above, midrib with hairs, densely covered with appressed silky hairs beneath, and lateral veins inconspicuous. The racemes are terminal or axillary, often shortened to a head, with 2-8 flowers; 2 bracteoles, lanceolate, covered with rough and spreading long hairs; pedicels are stout; calyx is 2-3cm long, 5-parted, the upper lobes are wider, oblanceolate, the lower lobes are lanceolate, and the outer center is densely covered with brown and spreading long stiff hairs; the corolla is paternal, light yellow, hidden in the calyx, the standard petal is obovate, with 2 callose appendages at the base, short claws covered with hairs, the wing petals are lanceolate-oblong, and the keel petal has a long beak; 10 stamens, anthers are heteromorphic; ovary is glabrous. The pod is oval-cylindrical, about 15 mm long, black when ripe, enclosed in the calyx, and contains 20-30 seeds. Flowering and fruiting period is from July to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing on grass slopes in the wilderness.

【Chemical composition】 The seeds contain monocrotaline.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; sweet; neutral

【Meridian】 Spleen; Stomach meridian

【Functions and indications】It can eliminate accumulation and malnutrition, clear away heat and detoxify, and relieve stranguria and promote urination. It is used to treat infantile malnutrition, nephritis, cystitis, urethritis, cough, phlegm and asthma, carbuncle and furuncle.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-12g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant is used to treat malnutrition.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to the effects of Croton dahliae. When using it, you can do so according to the needs mentioned above. Croton dahliae is also very helpful in treating certain diseases.