The efficacy and function of dog seedlings

Dogwood is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. This type of medicine can cover many aspects of disease treatment, so before choosing dogwood, you must have a good understanding of it. Let us introduce it in detail below.

[Alias] Dawanhua, Fuermiao, Gouwawayang (Henan Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine)

[Source] It is the root and whole herb of Japanese sword of the Convolvulaceae family. Dig out with roots in summer and autumn, cut into sections and dry in the sun.

[Original morphology] Perennial herb, covered with tufts of fine hairs. Stems twining or creeping, base branched. The leaves are alternate, oblong or lanceolate-long ovate, 4-8 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, obtuse at the apex with a fine tip, heart-halberd-shaped base, entire lower leaves, and upper leaves often 3-lobed, with the middle lobe oblong or lanceolate, the lobes on both sides shorter, triangular, and spreading, and the petiole shorter than the leaf blade. The flowers are solitary in the leaf axils, with pedicels up to 3 to 10 cm long; there are 5 sepals, with 2 large bracts outside the sepals; the corolla is funnel-shaped, pink, and 5 shallowly lobed; there are 5 stamens, hidden inside; there is 1 pistil. Capsule spherical, smooth. Seeds oval, glabrous.

[Habitat distribution] It is mostly grown in fields, ridges, ditches and wastelands on hillsides. Distributed in Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu and other places.

[Chemical composition] The stems and leaves contain kaempferol-3-rhamnosyl glucoside, saponins, etc. It has laxative and diuretic effects.

[Pharmacological action] A flavonoid glycoside extracted from Japanese swordwood, kaempferol obtained after hydrolysis has a diuretic effect.

[Nature and flavor] "Henan Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook": "sweet, cold."

【Functions and indications】 ① "Henan Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook": "clears heat, nourishes yin, lowers blood pressure, and is a diuretic."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang.

[Additional prescription] ①Treatment of hypertension: 1 liang of dogwood seedling root. Decoction, take twice a day.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Henan Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook".

The above are some basic functions of dog vines introduced to you, as well as the methods of eating dog vines, so that you will not use them wrongly when eating them, and you can also make better use of the value of dog vines.