As a Chinese herbal medicine, citrus leaves can be harvested all year round, but they are mostly harvested in summer and autumn, and are rarely used or dried.
Citrus leaves are sweet, slightly bitter and cool, and the meridian tropism is heart, liver and large intestine. Its effects are clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, and it is mainly used to treat aphtha, furuncle, eczema, dermatitis, edema, hypertension, snake bite, traumatic injury and other diseases.
In addition, according to the record of Lingnan Materia Medica, the leaves of dried tangerine peel are "decocted in water"; According to Lu Chuan's Materia Medica, citrus leaves "sterilize and remove rot, cure oral rot, hydrangea furuncle, furuncle, leakage and hemorrhoids"; According to Nanning medical records, citrus leaves were bitten by centipedes.
What is the function of parasitic citrus trees? Parasitic, that is, plants are entangled in trees or other flowers and plants. Because of its power, this tree may be deeply entangled to death. Although some of these parasites are vines, their tenacious growth is really admirable. Therefore, parasitism is often used to treat various diseases.
Pomelo parasitism is a vine wrapped around the grapefruit tree. The medicinal properties of grapefruit will permeate and parasitize all year round, so the parasitism of grapefruit has the functions of diminishing inflammation, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, helping digestion, tonifying kidney and lowering blood pressure. Chronic pharyngitis, tonsillitis and chronic cough due to lung heat can all be taken. But parasitism has the property of * *, which is also its characteristic and winding force. Therefore, it has a special effect on backache.
Many people know the function of mistletoe, which has a good effect on treating backache, expelling wind and removing dampness, removing dampness and arthralgia, sprained bones and muscles, and deficiency of kidney qi. Whether it is citrus parasitism or mulberry parasitism, there are many benefits. All parasitism has its medicinal value, and everything that exists has its meaning. It is an indisputable fact that parasites are shaped like human meridians and extend in all directions. Eating parasites can dredge meridians and strengthen the body.