Medicinal value of various tree parasites

Have you ever heard of mistletoe? Its aliases include neem parasite, fruit tree parasite, etc. It is called this name because birds often eat its seeds, metabolize them on the tree, and the seeds remaining in the gum grow parasitically on other branches. Mistletoe is a traditional Chinese medicine. We rarely use it ourselves, but in fact it can be used to make tea. So what are the effects and functions of mistletoe? The following will give you a detailed introduction.

What is mistletoe?

Mistletoe, also known as Guangnei parasite, Wuzhou parasitic tea, neem parasite, fruit tree parasite, pine parasite, Yu Mu, Wan Tong, parasitic debris, Ji Sheng, etc., is a small shrub parasitic on evergreen plants. The old branches are hairless, with raised earthy yellow lenticels, and the twigs are slightly covered with dark gray short hairs. The leaves are symbiotic or tend to be opposite, whorled, elliptical to oblong-ovate, obtuse at the apex, entire, and hairy in childhood; the cyme has 1 to 3 aggregated petioles, the pedicel, calyx and carola are all covered with light brown star-shaped short soft hairs, the calyx is nearly spherical, fused to the ovary, the carola is narrowly tubular, slightly curved, dark purple, and the fruit is elliptical with tuberous protrusions. It is parasitic on the branches of elm, sophora japonica, elm, kapok and oak.

Mulberry parasite effects and functions

Functions and effects: Nourishes the liver and kidneys, strengthens tendons and bones, eliminates rheumatism, dredges meridians, benefits blood, and nourishes the fetus. It is used to treat soreness of waist and knees, weakness of bones and tendons, hemiplegia, athlete's foot, wind-cold-dampness arthritis, miscarriage, hemorrhage, and lack of milk after giving birth. Treats cough with a lot of sputum, dizziness and tongue hanging

Eye bags (Ben Jing): It can treat low back pain, stiff back in children, carbuncle, nourish the fetus, replenish the skin, strengthen the hair and teeth, and grow beard and eyebrows.

Pomegranate (Bielu): It is used to treat wounds, remove numbness, treat metrorrhagia in women, internal injuries, residual illness after childbirth, and increase lactation.

Planting "Medicine Treatise" can make the fetus firm and cure continuous bleeding during pregnancy.

"Bencao Gangmu" says: It helps bones and tendons, and benefits blood vessels.

Colonoscopy "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan": The raw Sophora japonica is mainly used to treat intestinal bleeding, intestinal wind with blood, and hemorrhoids. The raw mulberry tree can treat pain in bones and tendons, regulate the tendons and veins, and treat arthritis caused by wind, cold and dampness. The raw Zanthoxylum bungeanum tree can treat severe cold in the stomach and intestines, vomiting, nausea, and upset stomach; it can also be used to treat syphilis, internal heat in the lower abdomen of women due to yin deficiency, or metrorrhagia.

Tumor "Bencao Mengquan": Dispels sores and ulcers, chases away rheumatism, but relieves back stiffness and waist pain.

Gastroscopy "Essentials of Raw Medicinal Herbs": clears heat and dampness, nourishes and maintains health, and chases away wind. It replenishes qi and nourishes blood, dissipates heat through heat pipes, and can be made into milk tea to relax muscles and promote blood circulation.

Hair Removal "Yuzhuo Yaojie": Treat dysentery.

Waist "Medical Collection": Strengthens the kidneys and eliminates heat.

Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene "New Materia Medica": replenishes the average temperature of the middle, treats yang deficiency, tonifies the kidney and strengthens the yang channel, benefits the joints, dredges the meridians, replenishes blood, replenishes qi and harmonizes blood, nourishes the fetus and relieves pain.

⑾ "Pharmacology": Treats arteriosclerosis and high blood pressure.

⑿ "Liaoning Economic Flora": It is used to treat hemorrhagic nephritis, menstrual difficulties, hemoptysis, scrofula, heart diseases and early stage pulmonary tuberculosis.

⒀ "Hunan Materia Medica": Treats dizziness due to liver heat, numbness and pain in the limbs, cough due to internal injuries, and convulsions in children.

⒁ "Guangxi Medicinal Plant List": Eliminate rheumatism, reduce swelling, clear away heat and detoxify, resolve phlegm, soothe the liver and regulate qi, relieve cough and resolve phlegm. Treat dysentery, scabies, hematemesis, and uterine prolapse.