The efficacy and function of oil residue fruit

After thousands of years of sedimentation and accumulation, the types and quantities of Chinese medicine have become quite astonishing. Therefore, choosing Chinese medicine to treat some difficult and complicated diseases always has a very good effect. Next, I would like to recommend a Chinese medicine - oil residue fruit.

[Alias] Oil melon, lard fruit, ridged oil claw, ox hoof, wild melon, monkey melon, and mark bean pod.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the kernel or peel 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.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in thickets and on hillside roadsides at an altitude of 300-1500 meters, and also cultivated.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; Cool

【Meridian】 Return to the stomach meridian

【Functions and indications】 Cooling blood and stopping bleeding; clearing away heat and detoxifying. Mainly for stomach; duodenal ulcer bleeding; traumatic bleeding; sores, boils, swelling and pain; eczema

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration: grind into powder, 6-9g. For external use: take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply on the skin; or take the seeds and mash them into oil and apply on the skin.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

This article introduces to us what oil-residue fruit is. We know that oil-residue fruit has a very high medicinal effect, but we must remind everyone that oil-residue fruit is generally not to be eaten indiscriminately, otherwise it will cause serious consequences. I hope everyone will treat it with caution.