The efficacy and function of windmill

As a traditional Chinese medicine, windmill provides us with a variety of nutrients. It can also solve some diseases encountered by the body, so it is deeply loved by people. Let’s take a look at the nutrients and benefits of windmills.

[Source] It is the fruit of Dioscorea japonica, a plant of the Dioscoreaceae family . Harvest from August to October.

[Original form] Perennial twining herb. The underground rhizome is cylindrical, fleshy and sticky. Stems slender, few branches. Simple leaves are opposite, with long petioles, long ovate leaves, pointed tips, heart-shaped base, two ears, 5 to 10 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide, green, and hairless; bulbils (episodes) are borne in the leaf axils. Flowers are unisexual and dioecious; there are 3 to 5 axillary spikes; flowers are white, male spikes are erect, female spikes are drooping; male flowers have 6 perianths and 6 stamens, with traces of ovary in the middle; female flowers have 6 perianths and 3-chambered ovaries, inferior, with pseudostamens. The fruit cluster is drooping, the capsule is flat and round, with 3 wings, about 2 cm wide and about 1.2 to 1.4 cm long. The seeds are flat and broadly round with membranous wings. Flowering period is summer.

[Habitat distribution] Growing in mountains and forests. Distributed throughout the south of the Yangtze River.

【Functions and indications】 "Experimental Research in Traditional Chinese Medicine": "Treats tinnitus."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 3 to 7 qian.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

The above is a brief introduction to windmill. Through this we can understand that windmill contains a variety of nutrients, which are very effective in treating and preventing some diseases. In daily life, everyone can eat it under the guidance of relevant people.