The efficacy and function of buying hemp vine

Mai Ma Teng is a traditional Chinese medicine. In addition to the effects we know in daily life, Mai Ma Teng actually has many other effects and functions. Let’s take a look at them right away.

[Alias] Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Guangdong Tongzhi), Rhizoma Bone-jointed (Luchuan Materia Medica), Rhizoma Big-jointed, Rhizoma Black-jointed, Rhizoma Ma-feng, Rhizoma Black-jointed, Rhizoma Ji-feng, Rhizoma Small-jointed (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), Rhizoma Disjointed, Rhizoma Bamboo-jointed (Guangzhou Army Manual of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines), Rhizoma Gibberes (Selected Works of the Complete Exhibition: Surgery).

[Source] To buy the small leaves of the Gnetaceae plant, buy the stems, leaves or roots of Gnetum .

[Original form] Woody vine, 12 meters or more long. The stems and branches are round, with obvious nodes, and the bark is gray-brown or dark brown. Leaves are opposite, elliptic, narrow elliptic or obovate, 4-13 cm long, 2.8-5 cm wide, with a blunt tip, base cuneate or slightly rounded, entire, leathery; petiole 5-12 mm long. The flowers are unisexual, whorled in articulated spikes; the involucre is shallowly cup-shaped, formed by the fusion of many bracts; the male inflorescence is unbranched or branched once, with 9 to 13 whorls of involucres, each whorl with 40 to 70 male flowers, the perianth tube is slightly quadrangular-shielded, and there is a whorl of female flowers at the tip of the male inflorescence; the female inflorescence grows on old branches, usually branched, and the whorl of involucres has 3 to 5 flowers. The seeds are drupe-like, with fleshy black-brown arils, oblong, ovate or rectangular-obovate, and nearly sessile. Flowering period is from April to June. Fruiting period is from September to November.

[Habitat distribution] It often grows in forests, or on hillsides, valleys, and river banks. Distributed in Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places.

[Chemical composition] The roots and stems contain several kinds of alkaloids.

[Pharmacological action] The 100% decoction of Gastrodia elata (unidentified species) in vitro has different degrees of inhibitory effect on Group A Streptococcus, Catarrhalis, Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi and Shigella flexneri.

【Properties and flavors】 Guangzhou Army "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines": "bitter, warm."

【Functions and indications】 Dispel wind and dampness, promote blood circulation and relieve blood stasis. Stems and leaves: treat bruises, rheumatism and bone pain. Root: Treats gout.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 2-3 qian (0.5-1 liang for fresh ones). For external use: mash and apply or mash and stir-fry with wine and apply.

[Additional prescription] For the treatment of fractures: Mash an appropriate amount of fresh osteospermum officinale, stir-fry with wine, apply hot compress and bandage after reduction, fix it, and change the dressing once a day. (Selected Works of the Exhibition: Surgery)

【Clinical application】 ①Treatment of acute respiratory tract infection

[Notes] In addition, there are plants of the same genus, such as the Ma Teng, which is also known as: Ni Teng, Lu Zi, Ha Ha Teng, Jian Shuisheng, Shan Huasheng, Dog Shit Teng, Wu Mu Teng, Bojie Teng, Shan Mi Teng, Ma Teng, Jimu Ma, Dajie Teng, and Limei, which are also used for medicinal purposes. The morphology is similar to the previous species, with the main differences being: the leaves of this species are larger, rectangular or rectangular-lanceolate, 10 to 20 cm long and 4.5 to 10.5 cm wide; the male inflorescence is branched 1 to 2 times, with fewer male flowers, with only 20 to 40 flowers in each round of involucre; the mature seeds have a short stalk 2 to 5 mm long, and the aril is yellowish brown or reddish brown. Distributed in southern Yunnan, Guangxi and southwestern Guangdong.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica" 1. "Zhi Fang Dian": The hemp vines bought in Zhaoqing Prefecture grow on trees, have seeds, taste bitter and are edible. Drinking the juice of the mountain shrub can quench thirst, and drying it can detoxify snake bites.

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