Platycladus orientalis leaves are much branched and the branchlets are flat. Platycladus orientalis leaves are small and scaly, opposite, clinging to branches, dark green or yellow-green. The leaves of Platycladus orientalis are fragile and easily broken. The leaves of Platycladus orientalis are fragrant, bitter and slightly pungent.
Efficacy and function of Platycladus orientalis leaves: cooling blood to stop bleeding, expelling wind and removing dampness, reducing swelling and detoxifying. Treat hematemesis, nosebleed, hematuria, bloody dysentery, intestinal wind, metrorrhagia, rheumatalgia and bacillary dysentery.