What are the effects of Wuzhualong Chinese medicine?

In our country, many patients like to see a Chinese medicine doctor after they fall ill, because Chinese medicine has fewer side effects than Western medicine and can achieve a conditioning effect. The Chinese herbal medicine Pentaphyllum is also a frequently used medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine. It can be decocted into a decoction for oral administration or crushed for external use. So, what are the effects of Wuzhualong Chinese medicine?

The effects of five-clawed dragon:

Five-clawed dragon is the whole herb or root of the grapevine plant Vitis vinifera. Five-clawed dragon is also called black vine, black vine grass, five-leaf vine, and sow vine. Five-clawed dragon has the effects of clearing heat and dampness, detoxifying and reducing swelling. Five-clawed dragon has the effect of treating carbuncles, furuncles, mumps, jaundice, dysentery, hematuria, sore throat, and snake bites.

Drug name: Five-clawed dragon

Aliases: blackberry, blackberry, five-leaf vine, sow vine

Nature and flavor: bitter, sour, cold

Meridians: Enters the heart, liver, and stomach meridians

Effect: clearing away heat and dampness, detoxifying and reducing swelling

Indications: carbuncle, furuncle, mumps, erysipelas, rheumatism, jaundice, dysentery, hematuria, leucorrhea, sore throat, furuncle, carbuncle, bruises, and snake bites.

Dosage and Administration: For internal use: decoct before use, 0.5-1 liang; grind into powder, soak in wine or mash into juice. For external use: mash and apply.

Medicinal material source: Wuzhaolong is the whole herb or root of the plant Wuzhaoberry of the grape family.

The role of the five-clawed dragon:

1. Five-clawed dragon treats heat and swelling under the neck, commonly known as toad plague: mash the five-leaf vine and apply it. (Danxi Zongyao)

2. Five-clawed dragon can treat leucorrhea and promote urination: mash the roots of five-clawed dragon and drink the juice. (Zhejiang Folk Herbs)

3. Five-clawed dragon treats hematuria: dry the five-clawed dragon in the shade and grind it into powder. Take 2 qian each time, with boiled water.

4. Use five-clawed dragon to treat ecthyma: Mash fresh five-clawed dragon leaves and apply to the affected area, tie with a wide cloth strip, and change it once a day. Or dry the powder in the sun, add one or two ounces of each powder to three or two ounces of raw pig fat, pound into a paste, spread the paste on paper, and apply to the affected area. (Jiangxi Folk Herbs)

5. Five-clawed dragon treats bruises and injuries: Mash the juice of the five-clawed dragon, mix it with hot wine and urine of children, and drink it to induce sweat. (Simple Prescription)

6. Five-clawed dragon treats hematuria: Dry the five-leaf vine in the shade and grind it into powder. Take 2 qian each time with white soup. (《Healthy and Simple Recipes》)

7. Five-clawed dragon is used to treat snake bites, black spots in front of the eyes, and blurred vision: mash the whole plant of fresh Five-clawed dragon and squeeze out 2 liang of juice, then drink it with rice wine. For external use, mash the whole fresh herb and apply it to the wound. (Jiangxi Folk Herbs)

8. Five-clawed dragon treats bruises and bone setting: Dry the root of Five-clawed Dragon, grind it into powder, mix it with boiling water and brown sugar, and wrap it on the affected area. ("Secret Recipes of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Guizhou Province")

9. Five-clawed dragon grass treats throat paralysis: a handful each of Amaranthus chrysanthemum, Five-clawed dragon grass, and Plantain. Grind the above three ingredients into juice and drink it slowly. (Medical Biography)

10. Five-clawed dragon treats lung fatigue and cough with blood: Take three to four grams of Five-clawed dragon root and decoct it orally. Or add three grams each of Platycladus orientalis, Sanguisorba officinalis, and Bluestone Egg, and decoct them together. (Zhejiang Folk Herbs)

11. Five-clawed dragon treats unknown swelling and pus: Mash the leaves of Five-clawed dragon, fry until hot, pour vinegar over them, and apply to the affected area. ("Zhejiang Folk Herbal Medicine")

12. Five-clawed dragon is used to treat mastitis and the initial stage of malignant ulcer: use a handful of five-clawed dragon vine or root and a piece of ginger. Mash them together, add a bowl of good wine, squeeze out the juice, drink it hot to induce sweating, and apply the residue to the affected area. The ginger in the recipe can be replaced with garlic.