As a commonly used medicinal material in Chinese traditional medicine, stone olive is very common. It mainly grows in the south and is also harvested in large quantities. However, with the gradual use of this medicinal material, Many people find that stone olives are divided into two types: single-leaf and double-leaf stone olives, which raises a lot of questions. What is the difference between double-leaf stone olives and single-leaf stone olives?

Single-leaf stone olives: It tastes sweet and smells fragrant, but the double-leaf stone olives do not smell as fragrant as the single leaves after stewing or boiling them in water, and they taste spicy on the tongue. Stone olive: It is an epiphytic herbaceous plant that grows on rocky walls in the shades of deep mountains all year round or on old trees. It is distributed in southeastern my country to Fujian and southern Zhejiang. Growth environment of stone olive: Shixiantao grows in forests at an altitude of 890-2100 meters, on tree trunks beside valleys or forest edges, on rock walls or on humus rocks under mountains and forests. The altitude is usually below 1500 meters, and a few can up to 2500 meters. Function: clearing away heat and nourishing yin, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, moistening the lungs and promoting fluid production, diuresis and eliminating blood stasis. Stone Olive Indications: Colds, coughs, sore throat, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, lymph node tuberculosis, infantile malnutrition, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, gastritis, hepatitis, dysentery, vomiting blood, scrofula, toothache, Headache, dizziness, nocturnal emissions, leucorrhea, difficulty urinating, etc.; external use to treat chronic osteomyelitis, bruises, fractures, traumatic bleeding, etc.

The single-leaf stone olives are definitely better! The single-leaf stone olives have a sweet taste and a fragrant smell, while the double-leaf stone olives do not have the same fragrant smell as the single-leaf stone olives after stewing or boiling them, and they taste spicy on the tongue. , the wholesale price from the production area can reflect that the price of single-leaf stone olives is twice or even several times that of double-leaf stone olives, and double-leaf stone olives are not popular in the market, so there are almost no people picking them.

Shixiantao is cooked with poultry and meat in soup. It has a bright color and fragrant taste. It is a popular folk medicine for health care and beauty, suitable for all seasons, and has the effect of preventing or alleviating many diseases. For example, stewed pork belly with Shixiantao has a very good therapeutic effect on stomachache.