The efficacy and function of flat vine

Bian vine is a very familiar medicinal material with unusual effects and functions. It is the key to cure many diseases. Let's have a deeper understanding of Bian vine!

[Alias] Waistband vine, sheep belt wind (Guangzhou Army's "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines"), flat bone wind ("Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine").

[Source] The vines and roots of the grape vine of the grape family. It can be harvested throughout the year, washed, sliced ​​and dried.

[Original form] Large woody vine, hard. The stem is flat, pole-shaped, with nodes, and can be up to 5 to 10 cm wide; the tendrils are long and winding, opposite the leaves. The leaves are alternate, with long petioles, and are palmately 5-leaved; the leaflets are ovate-oblong, 9-15 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, with a pointed tip, a broad cuneate base, shallowly wavy edges, and green and glabrous on both sides. Corymbose cymes are axillary; flowers are light green; petals are broadly ovate-triangular, caducous; stamens are shorter than ovary; ovary is broadly conical, stigma is 4-lobed, radiating. The berries are fleshy, oval and as big as sparrow eggs, and yellow when ripe. Flowering period: spring.

[Habitat distribution] It grows under dense forests in high mountains and entwines around trees. Distributed throughout southern my country.

【Properties and flavors】 ① Guangzhou Army "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines": "spicy, slightly astringent, warm."

【Functions and indications】 Guangzhou Army "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines": "Dispel wind and dry dampness. Treat rheumatic waist and leg pain, hemiplegia, and muscle rheumatic pain."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 1 to 2 liang; or soak in wine.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From the Guangzhou Army's "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines"

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