Platycladus orientalis leaves
Platycladus orientalis leaves
(Latin name) Platycladus orientalis leaves
[Alias] Platycladus orientalis, Cedar, Cypress and Pine.
[Source] It is the branches and leaves of Platycladus orientalis.
[Plant Morphology] Evergreen trees, up to 20m. The bark is grayish brown or dark gray, and it is longitudinally split into long strips. Dense branches, flat branchlets, arranged in a plane. Scaly leaves are opposite, with 1 pair of flat gland points on the front and 1 pair of keels on the side, covering the front leaves. Monoecious, cones are solitary at the top of short branches of last year; Male cones have 3-6 pairs of stamens, and each stamen has 2-4 anthers; The female cone has four pairs of bead scales. There are 4 pairs of cone scales, which are fleshy before maturity, woody after maturity, cracked and thick, with 1 curved tip near the top of back, and 1-2 seeds in the middle seed scale. Seeds ovoid, wingless. The flowering period is from March to April, and the fruiting period is10-165438+1October.
Cultivate more. Except Qinghai and Xinjiang, it is distributed all over the country.
[Collection] It can be collected all year round and dried in the sun.
[Description] The stems and branches are cylindrical and reddish brown; Branchlets flat, diameter 1-2mm. Leaves are scaly, opposite, clinging to branches, dark green or yellow-green. Crispy. The smell is fragrant, the taste is bitter and slightly spicy.
[Chemical composition] It contains volatile oil, and the main oils are fennel, camphor, bornyl acetate and terpineol. It also contains junichiric acid, quercetin, myricetin, kaempferol, hinokitiol, wax, etc.
[Sexual taste] Cold in nature and bitter in taste.
Indications: cooling blood to stop bleeding, promoting hair growth and blackening hair. It can be used for hematemesis, epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, alopecia due to blood heat, and premature gray hair. The dose is 6- 12g.
[Note] Seed kernel is also used as medicine, which has the functions of nourishing the heart, calming the nerves, stopping sweating and moistening the intestines.