Palm leaves are the leaves of palm trees. Palm is an evergreen tree of Palmae, which is one of the most cold-resistant plants in the world. The origin of palm leaves is in China, and it is also distributed in a small amount in Japanese, Indian and other parts of the world. Palm trees are tall and straight, with lush palm leaves, which are more suitable for viewing in four seasons.
Palm trees can reach a height of 7 meters and are dry and cylindrical. Palm trees have almost round leaves and thin round teeth on both sides of the petiole. Its inflorescence is thick, the male and female are not on the same plant, the flowers are yellow-green, oval, the fruit is wide kidney-shaped, with umbilicus, and it is light blue when mature.
Palm leaf eating method
Palm leaf is an oral Chinese medicine. The edible methods of palm leaves are decocting, removing residues and drinking medicinal juice. Firstly, the palm leaves are mashed, then boiled with water, and the residue of palm leaves is filtered after boiling, and the filtered medicinal juice is cooled, and finally the medicinal juice is drunk.
Efficacy and function of palm leaves
Palm leaves can generally be used as medicine to achieve the effect of astringency and hemostasis, and also can achieve the effect of lowering blood pressure. Especially for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases or hypertension, decoction can be used, because it can stop bleeding, so it can lower blood pressure. Therefore, for hematemesis or bleeding caused by some trauma, it can play a certain role in astringency and hemostasis, and can also be used as a prescription for conditioning the body for asthenia and tuberculosis.