The efficacy and function of windmill vine

Windmill vine is a very nutritious and precious medicinal material. Eating windmill vine regularly can have very good effects and functions. So how should we eat windmill vine? What specific benefits can eating windmill vine bring to our body? We need to understand some professional knowledge of windmill vine to answer these questions.

[Other names] Yellow cattle leaf, red dragon

[Source] It is the old stems of the Malpighiaceae plant. It can be harvested throughout the year, cut into sections and dried for later use.

[Original morphology] A large woody vine that can reach 30 meters in length, with young branches and inflorescences covered with short soft hairs. The stem is cylindrical with small yellowish-white lenticels. The leaves are leathery, opposite, elliptic-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 7-15 cm long, 3-7.5 cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, broadly cuneate or rounded at the base, and shiny on the surface. The racemes are terminal or axillary, 3 to 10 cm long; the flowers are white to pink and fragrant; the calyx is 5-lobed, the lobes are obtuse, and there is a large gland at the base, which is covered with hairs; the petals are 5, broadly oblong, narrowed into claws at the base, with finely lobed edges and ciliate hairs on the outside; there are 10 stamens, one of which is larger; the ovary is 3-lobed. The fruit has three wings, the middle one is longer and larger, oblong or nearly round. Flowering period is early spring.

[Habitat distribution] Wild or cultivated, growing in forests, valleys, and roadside thickets. Distributed from southwest to southeast my country.

【Nature and flavor】Warm in nature.

【Functions and indications】Warms the kidney and replenishes Qi. Treats spermatorrhea, nocturnal emission, and physical weakness and sweating.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 1 to 1.5 liang.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Color Atlas of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines"

Above we introduced what windmill vine is. We know that windmill vine can not only be used to treat diseases but also has good health benefits, so we must be good at using windmill vine to protect our health.