Is the effect of iron leaves in curing diseases good?

As air pollution continues to worsen in modern society, we often work in foggy and smoggy days, which invisibly brings more hidden dangers of disease to our bodies. Therefore, some old Chinese medicine practitioners suggest that friends can use iron leaves to achieve the effect of preventing diseases. So, are iron leaves effective in treating diseases? In order to better help everyone solve this question, please join me in taking a look in the following time.

Family name: Cycadaceae

Genus name: Cycas

【Latin drug name】Folium Cordylines Fruticosae

[Source of medicinal materials] It is the leaves of Cordylie fruticosa (L.) A. Cheval., a plant of the Agave family.

Nature and flavor: sweet, mild, cool.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Light, slightly cold."

② "Luchuan Materia Medica": "bitter, cold."

③ "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Sweet in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic."

Functions and Indications:

Clears away heat, stops bleeding, and disperses blood stasis. Treat dysentery, vomiting blood, bloody stool, stomachache, hematuria, menorrhagia, and swelling and pain from falls.

The leaves are astringent and have the effect of stopping bleeding. The flowers are antitussive and analgesic. The root is used as a tonic and has recently been found to have anti-cancer properties.

Contains cyasine and cyasine A and B, which have anti-cancer activity.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can cure all kinds of heart, stomach and gas pain."

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can disperse blood stasis and stop bleeding, and activate blood in tendons and bones. It can treat bleeding and vomiting blood, and can be used to fry meat. For bruises and swellings, apply it with the original wine lees; add onions and vinegar to apply it, and it can remove all poisonous wind and alcohol wind."

③ "Illustrated Records of Plant Names and Realities": "It is used to treat dysentery."

④ "Luchuan Materia Medica": "It can relieve heat and toxins, cool blood and stop bleeding. It can treat dysentery, intestinal bleeding and hematuria."

⑤ Guangzhou Army "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines": "Treats hemoptysis caused by pulmonary tuberculosis, threatened abortion, menorrhagia, hematuria, and hemorrhoidal bleeding."

Usage and Dosage:

For internal use: decoction, 25-50g.

Medicinal small prescription:

1. Treatment of dysentery: 50 grams of cycad leaves, 15 grams of pomegranate peel, 50 grams of purslane, and 25 grams of honeysuckle. Decoction in water. (Luchuan Materia Medica)

2. Treatment of bloody stool: 50 grams of iron tree leaves and 200 grams of lean pork. Cook and drink it. (Records of Collecting Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan)

3. Ovarian tumors, gastric cancer, vomiting and nausea in women: about 90 to 120 grams of Cycas repens leaves and 7 to 10 red dates, boil them into soup and drink it, the treatment course is one month.

4. Cough and hemoptysis: 15-30 grams of Cycas revoluta (half the amount of dried flowers), appropriate amount of rock sugar, and drink with candle soup.

The above paragraphs introduce us to the questions about the treatment of diseases with iron leaves in detail. I sincerely hope that friends who have this need can read the above content carefully, so that they can have a deeper understanding and more proficient mastery of the effect of iron leaves in treating hehe. Of course, I still hope that everyone can be more clear about the various effects of iron leaves, so that they can better perform their functions.