The efficacy and function of nail fruit

The nail fruit has a long history, and until now, the uses of the nail fruit are increasing. I wonder if you friends know about its other functions. Let us introduce it in detail below, hoping to be helpful to you friends.

【English name】 fruit of Fruitcose Gomphocarpus

[Source] Medicinal material source: The above-ground part of the caryophyllaceae plant.

【Original form】 Shrub. The whole plant has latex; the stem is slightly hairy. Leaves are opposite or whorled; leaf blades are linear, 6-10cm long, 5-8mm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, gradually narrowed at the base to form a petiole, glabrous, and leaf margins are curled; lateral veins are not obvious, and the cymes are born in the axils of the top of the branches, 4-6cm long, with 3-7 flowers; calyx is deeply lobed, the lobes are lanceolate, covered with fine hairs on the outside, and have glands at the base of the inner surface; corolla is deeply lobed and reflexed in 5 parts, covered with ciliate margins; corona is red and cucullate; anthers are precariously covered with membranous sheets; pollinia are 1 in each locule, drooping; ovary consists of 2 free carpels, and the stigma is pentagonal at the tip and fleshy. The follicles are swollen, round or oval, 5-6cm long, about 3cm in diameter, with a gradually pointed tip into a beak, and the exocarp has soft thorns, which are up to 1cm long. The seeds are oval, with white silky hairs about 3 cm long at the tip. The flowering period is summer and the fruiting period is autumn.

[Habitat distribution] Cultivated in North China and southern my country, native to the Mediterranean.

【Nature and flavor】 sweet; neutral

【Meridian】 Spleen; Stomach meridian

【Functions and indications】 Strengthens the spleen and stomach; benefits the lungs. It is used to treat vomiting in children, diarrhea, loss of appetite, and cough caused by tuberculosis.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct 5-15 grams.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant: treats gastrointestinal diseases in children.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Knowing the effects and functions of the nail fruit, for most friends, if you feel you need it, you might as well eat some of it in your daily life. I believe it will effectively improve your condition. However, in order to ensure the effect after consumption, please be sure to consume it according to the requirements and avoid some bad living habits so that you can get the expected effect.