The efficacy and function of button melon

Do you know what button melon is? It is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. There are many records about it in ancient medical books. Button melon has many medicinal values ​​and can be used to treat some discomfort symptoms in our body. Let us learn about the effects and functions of button melon in detail.

【English name】 Maysor Zehneria

[Alias] Earth melon, wild cucumber, mouse-pulled winter melon, sky net, button fruit, red fruit, and buttons offered by big tree.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb or root of Cucurbitaceae.

【Original form】 Herbaceous vine. The stems and branches are thin, elongated, grooved and much branched. The petiole is slender, 2-5cm long, and glabrous; the leaf blade is membranous, broadly ovate or rarely triangular-ovate, 1-10cm long and wide, dark green, rough, and covered with short rough hairs on the upper side, pale green, nearly glabrous on the back, with an acute or short acuminate apex, a semicircular base, finely serrated or deeply wavy serrations on the margin, undivided or sometimes 3-5 shallowly lobed, and veins palmate. Tendrils filiform, simple, glabrous. The flowers are monoecious; 3-9 male flowers are born at the top of the peduncle, in a nearly capitate or umbel inflorescence. The peduncle is slender, 1-4cm long, and glabrous; the male pedicel is spreading, very short, 1-2mm long; the calyx tube is broadly campanulate, 2mm long; the corolla is white, with lobes ovate, or ovate-oblong, 2-2.5mm long, and often pubescent on the upper part; there are 3 stamens, 2 of which are 2-locular, 1 of which is 1-locular, and sometimes all of which are 2-locular, inserted at the base of the calyx tube, with filaments 2mm long and pubescent; the female flowers are solitary, rarely a few are born at the top of the peduncle or very rarely hermaphroditic; the ovary is ovate. The fruit stalk is thin, hairless, 0.5-1cm long, and the fruit is spherical or oval, 1-1.4cm in diameter, berry-shaped, and smooth and hairless on the outside. The seeds are ovate-oblong, flattened, smooth, and have slightly arched edges. The flowering period is from April to August, and the fruiting period is from August to November.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in moist places near villages or on hillside roadsides at an altitude of 500-1000m.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat; calms spasms; detoxifies; and relieves stranguria. Mainly used for fever, convulsions, headache, sore throat, sores, swelling and infection, and stranguria

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash fresh product for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The root or the whole herb is used for cystitis. The Miao people in Guangxi use the roots to soak in wine and apply it to treat headaches.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

After reading the above detailed introduction to the effects and functions of button melon, I believe many friends already know the benefits of button melon. It can be seen that button melon is very beneficial to our human body. If you need it, you might as well give it a try.