The efficacy and function of wild watermelon seedlings

Wild watermelon seedlings are a common Chinese medicinal material with great health benefits. They also have certain effects on some diseases. We need to choose according to our own needs. Many people in life don’t know much about wild watermelon seedlings. Let’s analyze the wild watermelon seedlings below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The seeds of Hibiscus trionum L., a plant of the Malvaceae family.

[Original morphology] Wild watermelon seedlings are annual upright or procumbent herbs, 25-70cm tall. The stem is soft and covered with white star-shaped coarse hairs. Leaves are of type 2; petiole 2-4cm long, covered with stellate coarse stiff hairs and stellate soft hairs; stipules linear, covered with stellate coarse stiff hairs; lower leaves rounded, undivided, upper leaves palmately 3-5 deeply lobed, 3-6cm in diameter, middle lobe longer, lobes on both sides shorter, lobes obovate to oblong, usually pinnately divided, sparsely covered with coarse stiff hairs or glabrous on the upper side, sparsely covered with coarse stellate prickles on the lower side. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, pedicels about 2.5cm long, extending to 4cm when fruiting, covered with stellate coarse hairs; bracteoles 12, linear, about 8mm long, covered with coarse long hairs, fused at base; calyx bell-shaped, light green, 1.5-2cm long, covered with coarse long hairs or stellate coarse long hairs, lobes 5, membranous, triangular, with longitudinal purple stripes, fused above the middle; flowers light yellow, purple at the base inside, 2-3cm in diameter, petals 5, obovate, about 2cm long, sparsely covered with very fine soft hairs on the outside; stamen column about 5mm long, filaments slender, about 3mm long, anthers yellow; style branches 5, glabrous. The capsule is oblong-spherical, about 1 cm in diameter, covered with coarse hairs, with 5 valves, and a thin, black peel. Seeds reniform, black, with glandular projections. Flowering period is from July to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grown in plains, mountains, hills or ridges.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; neutral

【Functions and indications】Nourishes the kidney and moisturizes the lungs. Mainly used for dizziness due to kidney deficiency; tinnitus, deafness; cough due to tuberculosis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a detailed introduction to the effects and functions of wild watermelon seedlings. Your choice should be based on your own needs, so that it will not harm your body and can achieve a good effect in improving the disease.