The efficacy and function of the pond snake

Chinese medicinal materials are very effective in treating certain diseases. Although the effect is a little slow, they have no side effects on the human body and are still highly respected by people. However, when choosing, you need to pay attention to its usage methods, etc. Let us learn about the medicinal material of the pond snake.

[Alias] Water lettuce, collapsed grass (Essentials of the Nature of Raw Medicinal Herbs), water urn vegetable (Bencao Qiuyuan), water dragon (Liugang Miscellaneous Notes), crossing the river dragon (Tianbao Materia Medica), water mustard (Lingnan Collection of Medicinal Herbs), water vegetable Yue (Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine), dog intestine grass (Compilation of Common Folk Herbal Medicines), crossing the river vine (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica), loquat vegetable, fish maw grass (Guangzhou Army's Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines), false water spinach (Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicines), water floating vine (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicines).

[Source] It is the whole herb of Water Dragon, a plant of the Onagraceae family. Harvest in summer and autumn, wash and dry.

[Original morphology] Floating or creeping herbs, glabrous, with cylindrical white sac-like floaters on each node of its floating stems, and numerous filamentous roots. Leaves are alternate, obovate to oblong-obovate, 1.5-5 cm long, 0.5-2.5 cm wide, rounded or obtuse at the apex, gradually narrowing at the base; petiole 0.3-1 cm long. Flowers are solitary in leaf axils, with long petioles; calyx lobes are 5, lanceolate, about 7 mm long, and sparsely pubescent on the outside; petals are 5, white, yellowish at the base, obovate, about 12 mm long; stamens are 10; ovary is inferior, 5-chambered, stigma capitate, 5-lobed. The capsule is linear-cylindrical, 2 to 3 cm long, about 3 mm in diameter, glabrous or hairy; the fruit stalk is 2.5 to 3.5 cm long. Seeds numerous, rectangular, smooth. Flowering period: summer and autumn.

[Habitat distribution] Growing in paddy fields, ponds or ditches. Distributed in southwest, south and east my country. Produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Fujian and other places.

[Properties] The whole plant is dried, with very long stems, 3 to 5 mm thick, reddish brown, with vertical and vertical stripes, and is relatively flexible. There are many hair-like rootlets below the nodes, and the black and white sac-like floats are flattened and inconspicuous, or have fallen off. Leaves are wrinkled, obovate to oblong-ovate. Flowers and fruits mostly fall off and are rare.

【Chemical composition】 Contains flavonoids, phenols, amino acids and sugars.

【Nature and flavor】 ①《Synopsis of Herbal Medicine》: "Light taste, cold nature."

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, promotes diuresis, reduces swelling and detoxifies. Treat dry heat cough, jaundice due to alcohol, gonorrhea, measles, erysipelas, carbuncles and furuncles.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.3-1 liang; or mash into juice. For external use: mash and apply or mix with calcined ash for application.

[Additional prescription] ① To treat jaundice caused by alcohol: a handful of fresh pond snake. Mash and squeeze out the natural juice, mix with equal amount of winter honey. (Fujian Folk Herbs)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Essentials of the Nature of Raw Herbs"

The above article analyzes some of the benefits of pond snakes. In our daily life, we can eat pond snakes in moderation according to our own situation, which will greatly help improve our body functions.