The efficacy and function of trumpet creeper

Traditional Chinese medicine requires the use of Chinese medicine when treating diseases, and as a kind of Chinese medicinal material, Trumpet Scream is also frequently used. So, let’s talk about the effects and functions of Trumpet Scream.

【English Name】 Chinese Trumpetcreeper Flower

[Other names] Bignonia, Centipede Flower, Hanging Bell

[Source] It is the flower of Campsis grandiflora (Thunb.) Loisel., a plant of the Bignoniaceae family . The flowers are picked in bloom in summer and autumn and then sun-dried or dried at low temperature.

【Original form】 Deciduous woody vine. Pinnate compound leaves are opposite; there are 7 to 9 leaflets, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3 to 7 cm long and 15 to 3 cm wide, with long pointed tips, asymmetrical bases, glabrous on both sides, with sparsely 7 to 8 serrations on the edges, and light yellow soft hairs between the leaflets. The flowers are orange-red, composed of three-petal cymes gathered into sparse terminal panicles; the calyx is bell-shaped, thin, green, with 10 protruding longitudinal veins, 5-lobed to the middle, and the calyx teeth are lanceolate; the corolla is funnel-shaped, about 7cm in diameter. The capsule is long like a bean pod with a blunt tip. Many seeds. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruiting period is November.

【Habitat distribution】Grows on hillsides. It is distributed in the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Guizhou, and is cultivated in various places.

[Properties] Mostly wrinkled and curled, the complete one is about 5cm long. The calyx tube is about 2 cm long, dark brown in color, with 5 unequal lobes at the tip of the calyx teeth, and 5 distinct longitudinal ridges from the base of the calyx tube to the tip of the sepal teeth. The corolla is yellow-brown, with 5 lobes at the tip, the lobes are semicircular, united in a funnel shape at the bottom, and have fine brown-red veins on the surface. There are 4 stamens, inserted on the corolla, didynamous, anthers are in the shape of a letter "U", and there is 1 style. It has a slight fragrance and tastes slightly bitter and slightly sour. It is cold in nature, sweet and sour in taste.

【Chemical composition】 Contains apigenin, β-sitosterol, etc.

【Functions and indications】 Promotes blood circulation, removes blood stasis, cools blood and dispels wind. Used for amenorrhea, postpartum breast swelling, rashes and redness, skin itching, and acne.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

This is all I have to say about the effects of Trumpet Creeper. I hope it will be helpful to you. Although the value of Trumpet Creeper is very high, we must be cautious when eating it.