The efficacy and function of red flat vine

As the pressure of modern life increases, more and more health care methods are emerging, but the most popular ones are still traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine that have been tested for thousands of years. For example, red flat vine, what are the effects and functions of red flat vine? Let me introduce it to you today.

【English name】 root of Chung Grape

[Alias] Strap vine.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole plant of Grape of the Vitaceae family.

[Original form] A woody vine of the Fujian-Jiangxi grape. Branchlets glabrous or covered with rusty short hairs, later becoming glabrous; tendrils 5-10cm long. Simple leaves are alternate; petioles are stout, 1.5-4cm long, glabrous; leaf blades are papery or thinly leathery, with great variations in shape, triangular ovate, broadly ovate or lanceolate, 3.4-11.5cm long, 2.6-6.8cm wide, with short acuminate or acuminate apex, base usually truncate, sometimes truncate shallow cordate, rarely shallow cordate, with small teeth on margin, glabrous on both sides or quickly becoming glabrous, often covered with white powder; lateral veins 3-4 pairs, veinlets raised, forming a distinct vein network. The panicle inflorescence is opposite to the leaves, 4-9cm long, initially covered with rusty spider-like hairs, then becoming hairless; the calyx is disc-shaped; the petals are 5, glued at the tip and separated at the base, and fall off in a cap-like shape after flowering; there are 5 stamens; the base of the ovary is fused to the disk. The berries are spherical, about 6mm in diameter.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: Grown in mountain jungles.

【Chemical composition】 Its chemical composition can prevent the effect of thrombin on fibrinogen, thus hindering blood coagulation.

【Nature and flavor】 sweet; astringent; neutral

【Meridian】 Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】Reduce swelling and remove toxins. Mainly used for sores, carbuncles, furunculosis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant: sweet, astringent, and neutral in nature. It has the function of reducing swelling and removing toxins. Used for sores, carbuncles and furunculosis.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the introduction of the above content, we can understand that red flat vine plays a very important role in treating some diseases. The consumption of the Chinese medicine red flat vine should also be determined according to each person's physical condition. Remember not to use the medicine blindly.