Eucalyptus Leaves, also known as Blue Gum Leaves or Eucalyptus globulus Labill. Leaves, are the leaves of the plant Eucalyptus globulus Labill. from the Myrtaceae family. They can be harvested throughout the year and are usually used fresh or processed into Eucalyptus Leaf Oil.
[Processing Method] Take the raw material, remove impurities, wash and slightly moisten, cut into strips, dry in the shade, and sift.
[Appearance of Prepared Pieces] Irregular and thread-like. The surface is yellow-green, smooth and hairless, transparent under light, with numerous transparent glandular dots and feather-like veins. It is leathery. When rubbed, it has a distinctive fragrance and a cool, slightly bitter taste.
[Processing Properties] Eucalyptus Leaves have a pungent and bitter taste, and a cold nature. They belong to the lung, stomach, spleen, and liver meridians. They have the functions of dispersing wind and releasing the exterior, clearing heat and detoxifying, resolving phlegm and relieving qi, and killing parasites and relieving itching. They are used for colds, high fever and headache, lung heat with cough, whooping cough, abdominal distension and pain, diarrhea, dysentery, filariasis, malaria, rheumatic pain, boils and swelling, eczema, burns and scalds, and external bleeding. For example, they are used in the Four Seasons Moist Throat Tablets for treating pharyngitis and tonsillitis (Sichuan Province Drug Standard). Processing makes the medicinal material clean and convenient for formulation and the extraction of active ingredients.
