The elm tree is a common plant that is usually planted next to residential areas for beautification purposes. Besides that, the elm tree also has great medicinal value. Let's learn more about it together.
The elm tree has tender green leaves and strong sprouting ability. It is resistant to pruning and has varying leaf colors. Its branches are graceful and diverse, making it a good material for making bonsai tree stumps. In winter, it produces small green flowers with a slight fragrance.
The elm tree has an elegant posture and its leaves turn reddish-brown in autumn, making it an excellent tree for viewing autumn leaves. It is often planted alongside roads and walls in green spaces, either as solitary plants, grouped plantings, or as roadside trees.
In autumn, the elm tree leaves turn golden yellow or red, and its straight trunk and smooth bark are also attractive features. The small leaf elm tree is commonly used as a material for bonsai trees, and some even consider it the best deciduous tree for bonsai.
The elm tree is a sun-loving species that prefers warm environments. It thrives in deep, fertile, and moist soil, and has strong adaptability to different soil types, including acidic, neutral, alkaline, and slightly saline-alkaline soils.
The elm tree has strong adaptability, wind resistance, and resistance to smoke and dust. It is a good tree species for urban and rural greening and windbreak construction.
In traditional Chinese medicine, elm tree leaves are used to treat ulcers. Ulcers refer to various superficial purulent infectious diseases caused by invading pathogenic factors, including acute and chronic types.
In ancient China, it was used as a general term for various surgical diseases, and later surgery was divided into two categories: ulcers and miscellaneous diseases. Ulcers are mostly caused by the invasion of toxic pathogens, which burn the blood with evil heat, leading to stagnation of qi and blood.
