banyan is a large evergreen tree with hairless leaves. Its crown is expanded into an umbrella; its bark has white milk; its branches produce air roots, which can be developed into pillar roots when they are drooping and in the ground. Leaves alternate, leathery or slightly fleshy, elliptic, ovate elliptic or ovate, apex near short tip, blunt head, base blunt or nearly cuneate, entire; basal veins 3, lateral veins slender, 5-6 on each side; stipules lanceolate. Cryptoinflorescence, solitary or opposite in axils of leaves or on leafless branches, globose when mature, red or yellow, with broad ovate persistent bracts at the base, very short or absent total peduncle.
2、 The origin and price of banyan leaves
It is cultivated in villages, courtyards and roads. It is also wild in sparse forests at low altitude. It is distributed in Guangdong, southwest, South and southeast of China. At present, the market price is not very uniform. Consult the drugstore specifically
3、 Effect and function of Ficus leaves
Heat dispelling dampness, relieving cough and phlegm, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispelling wind and relieving itching. It is a kind of medicine for relieving external symptoms. It contains triterpenoid saponin, flavone glycoside, acid resin and tannin. Modern pharmacological research shows that it has antibacterial and hemostatic effects.
4、 Edible methods of Ficus leaves
The dosage is 9-15g, decocting; the external fresh product is appropriate to apply to the affected area. It can be used to treat cold, high fever, damp heat, diarrhea, phlegm, cough, bruise, eczema and hemorrhoids.
5、 Side effects of Ficus leaves
It's not clear. Please follow the doctor's instructions
6、 Banyan leaf taboos
Do not use it in leprosy patients, or the nodules of the skin will be more visible.
7、 How to preserve banyan leaves
All year round. Remove the branches, remove the leaves and dry them.