The efficacy and function of August melon

When it comes to wax gourd, we are all familiar with it. Wax gourd is not only edible but also has very high medicinal effects. Eating wax gourd regularly can have very good health-preserving and health-care effects.

[Alias] Ox kidney fruit, June melon, small eight melon, which melon, yellow dog kidney, wooden king melon, August fruit, wild man melon, thorny vine fruit, and lazy cow bag fruit.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the fruits of Osmanthus fragrans, broad-leaved wax gourd and small-flowered wax gourd of the Akebia family.

[Original form] 1. Oleander is an evergreen vine, 3-8m long. The bark is yellowish brown, the branches are cylindrical, and the stems and branches are hairless. Palmate compound leaves; petiole 1.5-8cm long; leaflets 5 (3)-7 (9), petiolules slender, 0.5-2cm long; leaflets narrowly oblong, obovate-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 2-7cm long, 0.6-2cm wide, with great variation in size, with a small mucro at the apex, cuneate base, grayish white on the underside, inconspicuous lateral veins, entire margin, smooth and glabrous on both sides. The flowers are unisexual, monoecious, and are clustered in the axils of leaves in corymbs, with 1-3 flowers on each peduncle; the bracteoles are small and almost inconspicuous; the male flowers are few, greenish-white, larger, about 1.5-2cm long, with 6 sepals, unequal in length, nearly fleshy, oblong-spatulate, obtuse and thickened at the apex, and the petals (nectar glands) are scaly, nearly round or triangular, about 0.5mm wide; the reduced pistil is anther-shaped, 0.75mm, with 3 carpels and many ovules arranged in 5 rows. The fruit is purple, oblong, obtuse at the tip, and 7-9cm long. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is June-October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: 1. Growing on hillsides, roadsides, river banks, forest edges and broad-leaved forests.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Channel】 Bladder; Heart; Liver

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and dampness; promotes blood circulation and unblocks meridians; promotes qi and relieves pain. It is used to treat short and dark urine, stranguria, edema, rheumatic pain, traumatic injury, milk blockage, hernia pain, uterine prolapse, and orchitis.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

This article introduces to us what wax gourd is. We know that wax gourd has very high medicinal effects, but we must remind everyone that wax gourd generally cannot be eaten indiscriminately, otherwise it will cause serious consequences. I hope everyone will treat it with caution.