What are the effects and functions of sword flower?

Sword flower is a perennial climbing plant. It mainly grows on waste walls or trees, but now many areas are beginning to cultivate sword flowers in gardens. The origin of sword flower is in Guangdong. Sword flower is also a kind of Chinese medicinal material. Its main effects are to relieve gas pain, regulate phlegm and cough, etc. So what are the most common effects and functions of sword flower? Next, let’s take a look at the effects, functions and main states of sword flowers.

Perennial climbing plant. The stem is extremely elongated, about 8 meters long or longer, and uses aerial roots to climb on shrubs, trees or walls. It is green and fleshy, often contracted into nodes, with three broad ridges and wavy edges. The leaves are degenerate, with small pits in the axils of the edges, the distance between the pits is 4 to 5 cm, and there are 1 to 3 small thorns. The flowers are solitary, opening at night and closing during the day, 25 to 30 cm long; the calyx is petal-shaped, yellow-green, with thick, lanceolate, outward-reflected lobes, and the calyx tube has large scales and no thorns; the petals are pure white and erect; the stamens are numerous, in 2 rows, and milky white; the ovary is inferior, with one style, a divided stigma, and milky white lobes. The fleshy berries are oval, about 10 cm long, red, scaly, and nearly smooth when ripe. Flowering period: summer and autumn.

【Shape】

The dried flowers are in irregular long bundles, about 15 to 17 cm long. Perianth is brown or yellowish brown. The slender part of the calyx tube is twisted into strips, with wrinkled scales on the outside. The upper perianth is narrow and lanceolate, with longitudinal veins, often several rounds glued together. There are many stamens in the perianth. The smell is faint and the taste is slightly sweet. The best ones are those with large flowers, bright colors and sweet taste.

【Function and indications】

① To relieve gas pain, regulate cough caused by phlegm and fire, boil it with pork and drink it as a decoction.

② Clear away heat, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. Treat pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchitis, cervical lymph node tuberculosis, and mumps.

The above is a detailed introduction to the effects and functions of sword flower and its shape. We can understand the most common functions of sword flowers. If people usually have some symptoms such as gas pain or phlegm and fire, they can use sword flowers and pork to boil a soup and drink it, which can achieve the effect of relieving gas pain and regulating phlegm and fire cough. In addition, if a serious physical illness has occurred, you cannot rely solely on sword flowers for treatment. If necessary, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.