The efficacy and function of false konjac

Pseudocongo is a traditional Chinese medicine. It has high medicinal value and has a good health-care effect on some diseases. In our lives, many medicines use Pseudocongo as the main ingredient, but there are still many taboos that need to be paid attention to when taking Pseudocongo.

[Alias] False cone fruit spike, cone fruit.

[Source] Medicinal material source: Pipersarmentosum Roxb., a plant of the Piperaceae family. The fruit clusters.

[Original form] Pseudoconopsis konjac is a perennial creeping herb that has a fragrance when rubbed. The stem nodes are swollen and often produce adventitious roots. Leaves are alternate, nearly membranous, with glandular dots. The lower leaves are broadly ovate or nearly circular, 7-14cm long, 6-13cm wide, with short pointed tips, cordate or nearly truncated bases, and 7 veins; the upper leaves are small, ovate to ovate-lanceolate; petioles are 1-5cm long. Flowers are unisexual, dioecious, without perianth; spike inflorescence; male inflorescence 1.5-2cm long, 2-3mm in diameter, bracts oblate, 0.5-0.6mm in diameter, 2 stamens; female inflorescence 6-8mm long, extended to 2.5cm during fruiting; bracts slightly larger, 3-5 stigmas. The berry is nearly spherical, angular, 2.5-3cm in diameter, and the lower part is embedded in the axis of the insemination. Flowering period is summer.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in dense forests in valleys or in moist places near villages.

[Chemical composition] The fruit contains sarmentosine, sarmentine, 1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-1E-tetradecene, N-(3-phenylpropenoyl)pyrrole, pellitorine, α-asarone, asaronaldehyde, and β-sitosterol.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; warm

【Functions and indications】Warms the middle and dispels cold; promotes qi and relieves pain; eliminates dampness and reduces swelling. Mainly used for abdominal distension and pain; cold-damp diarrhea; rheumatic pain; hernia pain; toothache; edema

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 1.5-3g; or gargle with the decoction.

【Note】 Pregnant women and those with irregular menstruation should not take this medicine. "A Brief Compendium of Guangxi Ethnic Medicine": "Abortion. Avoid eating glutinous rice, sour foods, beans, etc."

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Having said so much, we can see that the false konjac has many uses. It can also be used as medicine to treat diseases. You might as well know more about these, it will be helpful in your life.