The efficacy and function of false bitter melon

False bitter melon is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. This type of medicine can cover many aspects of disease treatment, so before choosing false bitter melon, you must have a good understanding of it. Let us introduce it in detail below.

[Other names] False Pu'da (Bencao Qiuyuan), bundle grass, sailboat kudzu (Flora of Guangzhou), ghost lantern, triangular bubble, triangular lantern (Guangxi Chinese Materia Medica), golden silk neem, eye grass (Quanzhou Materia Medica).

[Source] It is the whole herb of the Sapindaceae plant. Harvested in summer and autumn.

[Original form] One or two year old twining herb, soft in texture, about 4 meters high, more or less covered with soft hairs. The stems and branches are distinctly grooved. The leaves are usually bi-triplicated, alternate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, about 5 to 9 cm long, with a sharp tip, coarsely serrated edges, and smooth and hairless. The inflorescence is axillary, with a stalk 5 to 7 cm long and 2 or 3 tendrils near the top. Several flowers form a nearly umbel-shaped cyme; bisexual flowers, with 4 sepals, the outer 2 of which are slightly smaller; 4 white petals, of varying sizes, two of which are particularly large, often glued to the sepals, with a large, flat scale on the base, and the other 2 with a coronal scale; 8 stamens, superior ovary, 3-chambered; male flowers are similar to bisexual flowers, but the pistil is degenerate. Capsule, membranous, swollen into obovate, three-angled, truncated at apex, often covered with soft hairs. Seeds black, spherical. Flowering period is July.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in wilderness, village edges and bushes. Distributed in southwest my country, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and other places. Produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places.

[Properties] The whole plant is dried, with a stem thickness of 2 to 4 mm, yellow-green in color, with deep longitudinal grooves, slender branches, more or less hairy, brittle, easy to break, and with a rough cross section. Most leaves fall off or break, leaving only petioles. The leaves are 2-3-compound, with ovate or ovate-lanceolate leaflets, dark green in color. The flowers are pale yellow, dry, and attached to the top of the inflorescence stalk with immature triangular capsules and tendrils underneath. It has a faint smell and a slightly bitter taste. It is better to have whole grass with many leaves and sufficient stem.

[Chemical composition] The air-dried seeds contain 11% moisture, 3% ash, 2% total nitrogen, 2% organic phosphate and 32% fatty oil.

[Pharmacological action] The seed oil has a hypotensive effect on anesthetized dogs, which starts quickly and lasts for 1.5 hours. The hypotensive effect of the seed's alcohol extract solution can last for 2 to 4 hours.

【Nature and flavor】 ①《Essentials of the Nature of Herbs》: "bitter taste, cold nature."

[Entry into meridians] "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "enters the liver and kidney meridians."

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, promotes diuresis, cools blood and detoxifies. Treat jaundice, gonorrhea, furuncles, blisters, scabies, and snake bites.

[Usage and Dosage] For internal use: decocted in water, 3-5 qian (1-2 liang for fresh ones). For external use: mash and apply or decoct in water for washing.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat various types of stranguria: 3 grams of dried Glehnia littoralis and 2 grams of Mentha spicata. Take it as a decoction.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

Through the introduction of the effects and functions of false bitter melon, everyone knows its magic. In fact, there are many seemingly ordinary people or things in life that contain power that we cannot imagine. Now that everyone knows the magical therapeutic effects and functions of false bitter melon, you can try it and test whether it is effective.