Chinese medicine elm leaves are the leaves of the elm tree, a plant of the Ulmaceae family. They are mostly distributed in central and southern China, southwest China, as well as in Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, and other places. They are often found on slopes, roadsides, or near houses. They have a bitter and cold taste. Chinese medicine elm leaves can be used to treat dysmenorrhea!
Chinese medicine elm leaves have the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, as well as cooling the blood. They are mainly used to treat sores, swellings, and pain, as well as abnormal uterine bleeding with excessive or continuous bleeding, also known as "dysfunctional uterine bleeding".
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding refers to vaginal bleeding in women outside the normal menstrual period. It can be classified as "dysfunctional uterine bleeding" when the bleeding is sudden and heavy, and as "continuous uterine bleeding" when the bleeding is less but continuous. The two conditions often convert to each other, hence the term "dysfunctional uterine bleeding". It is equivalent to the modern medical term "functional uterine bleeding".
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding is a general term for vaginal bleeding in women outside the normal menstrual period. The main manifestation is vaginal bleeding. When the bleeding is sudden and heavy, it is called "dysfunctional uterine bleeding", and when the bleeding is less or continuous, it is called "continuous uterine bleeding".
Functional uterine bleeding, vaginal bleeding caused by female reproductive organ inflammation, tumors, and other conditions are all within the scope of dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding is a more serious and complex symptom in menstrual disorders.
The elm tree is a tall tree that can reach up to 25 meters in height. The branches of the first year are densely covered with soft hairs. The leaves are alternate, with a hard papery texture. The leaf stalks are 1-4mm long, without stipules. The elm leaves are elliptic-ovate, narrow-ovate, or lanceolate; the tips are gradually pointed, the bases are wide-wedge-shaped or nearly circular, rough on the upper surface with deciduous stiff hairs, and densely covered with soft hairs on the lower surface; the margins have single serrations; and there are 7-15 pairs of lateral veins.
The flowers are unisexual or rarely polygamous, with male and female flowers on the same plant. The male flowers are clustered in the leaf axils or bract axils of the lower part of the new branches, and the female flowers are 1-3 in leaf axils of the upper part of the new branches. The perianth has 4-5 lobes; the stamens are equal in number to the perianth lobes and opposite to them; the female flowers have only one pistil, one chamber in the ovary, and two oblique styles. The upper part of the nut is oblique, with a diameter of 2.5-4mm. The flowering period is from March to April, and the fruiting period is from October to November.
