The efficacy and function of white flower vine

The development of Western medicine has brought some crises to traditional Chinese medicine. But traditional Chinese medicine still has many magical aspects. Let’s talk about the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine white flower vine.

[Source] It is the root of the Ranunculaceae plant white flower vine . The roots are collected in summer and autumn and used fresh, or dried.

[Original form] Perennial climbing herb. The stem is slender, cylindrical and grooved. Leaves are opposite, petiolate, and the blade is an odd-pinnate compound leaf composed of 5 leaflets; leaflets are narrowly ovate to ovate, sometimes broadly lanceolate, with obtuse or acute apex, nearly rounded to broadly cuneate base, usually entire, or with shallowly rounded and obtuse teeth, with 3 to 5 veins. The panicles grow in the upper leaf axils or branch tops, with elliptical bracts that are smaller than smaller leaves; the sepals have 4 white, flat-opening, oblanceolate, and white hairs on the back. Achenes slightly pubescent, style white, feathery. Flowering period is autumn.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in hilly areas, stream banks and other places. Distributed in Zhejiang and other places.

【Chemical composition】 Contains proto-Pulsatilla scutellariae hydrate glucoside.

【Functions and indications】Reduce swelling and relieve pain.

[Additional prescription] To treat pit viper bites: take 50 cents of fresh root of Thunbergia leucoderma, decoct in water and drink; or take 50 cents of dried root of Thunbergia leucoderma and 50 cents to 1 liang of root of Sapium wilfordii, decoct in water and drink; take the residue and apply externally, twice a day.

[Remarks] ① After being bitten by a venomous snake, take emergency measures such as ligation, wound washing, and detoxification, and then use this medicine for treatment.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Commonly Used Herbs in Zhejiang Folk".

This article introduces some basic knowledge about the medicinal herb white flower vine. White flower vine is very effective in treating some related diseases of the human body. Moreover, white flower vine has a certain regulating effect on the body and can be consumed in moderation.