The efficacy and function of sour vine fruit

Sour vine fruit is a medicinal material frequently used in traditional Chinese medicine and is often used to treat various diseases. So today I will share with you some information about sour vine fruit.

[Other names] Sour radix (Nanning Pharmacopoeia), Sour vine head (Guangzhou Army Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines).

[Source] It is the fruit of the myrsinaceae plant sour vine fruit . Harvest in summer, steam, and dry for later use.

[Original form] Deciduous vine-like shrub or vine, 1 to 3 meters high. The branches are gray or brown-red and bare. Simple leaves are alternate; papery; obovate to narrowly rectangular, 3-6 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate at the base, entire, bald on both sides; petiole about 5 mm long. Flowers are unisexual and dioecious; dense racemes are lateral or axillary; inflorescences are 5-10 cm long, with 3-8 flowers; pedicel is about 2 mm long; sepals are 4-lobed, ovate, and bare; petals are 4, white, ovate or rectangular, obtuse or rounded at the apex, bare on the outside, with small powdery protrusions on the inside; stamens are 4, more than twice as long as petals in male flowers, anthers are ovate or reniform, without glandular dots on the back; ovary is degenerate in male flowers, spherical or ovate in female flowers, style is cylindrical, and stigma is capitate. The small berries are spherical, about 5 mm in diameter, dark red when ripe, and bloom in spring.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in mountains or near villages. Distributed in southern my country.

【Nature and flavor】Sour, sweet, neutral.

【Functions and indications】 Strengthens the body and replenishes blood. Treats lack of gastric acid and loss of appetite.

[Additional prescription] To treat gastric acid deficiency and bleeding gums: 2 to 3 grams of fresh sour vine fruit. Decoction in water. (The properties and flavors are from the Guangzhou Army's "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines")

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Nanning City Pharmacopoeia"

From the above introduction, it is not difficult to see that sour vine fruit has many functions. People in daily life can eat sour vine fruit in appropriate amounts according to their physical conditions. After a period of time, your physical condition will be greatly improved.