The efficacy and function of oil residue fruit root

Friends who don’t know the oil-dregs fruit root will not understand what effects and functions the oil-dregs fruit root has. The oil-dregs fruit root is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. Many people only know it in terms of its shape, so it is difficult to understand what benefits the oil-dregs fruit root can really bring to people’s bodies. These require us to have an in-depth understanding of the oil-dregs fruit root as a medicinal material.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The root of the oil-residue fruit of the Cucurbitaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial woody vine, up to 20-30m long. The stems and branches are thick, with longitudinal ridges and grooves, and are glabrous. Leaves are alternate; petioles are stout, 4-8cm long, with longitudinal stripes; petioles are 2-5-branched and smooth; leaf blades are thick leathery, 3-5 deeply lobed, with the middle lobe shallowly lobed or sometimes undivided; both length and width are 15-24cm, lobes are ovate-oblong, with the middle lobe larger and the lateral lobes smaller, glossy green on the upper side and smooth and hairless on both sides; there are 3-5 main veins, which are raised on the back. Dioecious; male flowers in racemes, inflorescence axis 15-30cm; bracts oblong-lanceolate, fleshy, pedicels thick and short, smooth or pubescent; calyx tube tubular, light yellow; corolla radial, yellow outside, white inside, 5-lobed, lobes about 5cm long, apex fringed, up to 15cm long; stamens 3, filaments not obvious, anthers close together; female flowers solitary; pedicels strong, short; ovary nearly spherical, with 12 embryos, pubescent outside, long style, stigma 3, apex 2-lobed. The fruit is large, oblate, about 20 cm in diameter and 10-16 cm thick; light reddish brown, with 12 grooves, velvety red, and 6 large seeds (the other 6 are sterile). The seeds are oblong, about 7 cm long and up to 3 cm wide. Flowering and fruiting period is from June to October.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cold; Slightly toxic

【Functions and indications】Induces emetics and stops malaria. Malaria

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction in water, 1.5-3g.

【Note】 "National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Pregnant women should not take it."

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Nowadays, people's life pressure is constantly increasing, which makes our bodies often in a state of fatigue. As a traditional Chinese medicine, the root of oil residue fruit has a certain conditioning effect on the body. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.