The efficacy and function of the spatholobus pedunculata

As people's living standards continue to improve, health and longevity are gradually valued by us, so nowadays health-preserving diet therapy methods are very popular, the trend of traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular, and Chinese medicine has once again occupied people's vision. Today we will talk about the Chinese medicine Paridis edulis.

【English name】 twig and leaf of Henry Sageretia

[Alias] Red vine, wrinkled vine, and petiole-flowered sparrow vine.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of the Rhamnaceae plant Rhamnaceae.

[Original form] A vine-like shrub, about 2.5m tall. Thornless or sharp. Branchlets reddish brown, glabrous, old branches gray-brown. Leaves are alternate or nearly opposite; petioles are 5-13mm long, glabrous or slightly pubescent; stipules are subulate; leaf blades are papery, oblong, oblong or ovate-elliptical, 5-12cm long, 2.5-5cm wide, apex caudate-acuminate, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin serrulate, glabrous on both sides. Flowers have 1-3mm long stalks, white or yellowish white, glabrous, solitary or in clusters arranged in loose racemes or panicles, axillary or terminal; inflorescence axis glabrous, 3-17cm long; sepals 5, ovate-triangular, pointed at apex; petals 5, spoon-shaped, apex slightly concave; ovary 3-chambered. The drupe is nearly spherical, 4-5mm in diameter, and purple-red when ripe. There are 2 seeds, flat and concave at both ends. The flowering period is from July to November, and the fruiting period is from March to June of the following year.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing on hillsides at an altitude of 400-2500m, under forests, in bushes or on rock crevices in shaded places.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cold

【Meridian】 Liver; Stomach

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and reduces internal heat. Treats stomach heat, bitter taste in the mouth, swollen and painful gums, and mouth and tongue sores

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Fruit: has the effect of clearing stomach heat and internal heat.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The utilization rate of Photinia serrata in traditional Chinese medicine is still very high, and it can be used to treat a variety of diseases. We should eat it after fully understanding the effects and functions of the spatholobi vine. I hope everyone doesn’t eat carelessly.