What are the medicinal values ​​of monk fruit flowers?

Human life is very short. Every day, we are born, grow old, get sick, and die. It is very important for us to be healthy. Some people are healthy and can live for more than 100 years. People's longevity is cultivated. Among them, the flower of monk fruit has high medicinal value. Monk fruit is sweet and grows at high altitudes. The fruit is lush. In addition to the high medicinal value of monk fruit, what is the medicinal value of monk fruit flower?

Momordica grosvenori is the leaf of Momordica grosvenori, a plant of the Cucurbitaceae family. It often grows under forests on hillsides above 400-1400m above sea level, in wetlands and thin bushes by rivers. So what are the specific medicinal values ​​of monk fruit in medicine? And what prescriptions need to use it?

Pinyin name

Luó Hàn Guǒ Yè.

English name

Leaf of Grosvenor Momordica.

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Medicinal material source: The leaves of the plant Momordica grosvenori of the Cucurbitaceae family

Medicinal material source: the leaves of Momordica grosvenori, a plant of the Cucurbitaceae family.

Latin plant, animal and mineral name: Siraitia grosuenorii (Swi-ngle) C. Jeffrey ex Lu et ZY Zhang.

Harvesting and Storage: Harvested in summer; used fresh or sun-dried.

Original form

Perennial climbing herb. It has large tuberous roots that are fusiform or nearly spherical.

The stem is slightly stout, with ridges and grooves, initially covered with yellowish-brown soft hairs and black verrucous glandular scales, then the hairs gradually fall off or become glabrous.

The petiole is 3-10cm long and covered with the same hairs and glandular scales as the branches.

The leaves are membranous, ovate-cordate, triangular-ovate or broadly ovate-cordate, 12-23cm long and 5-17cm wide.

The leaves are membranous, ovate-cordate, triangular-ovate or broadly ovate-cordate, 12-23 cm long, 5-17 cm wide.

Apex acuminate or long acuminate, margin wavy, serrated due to protruding veinlets, ciliate.

One side is green, covered with sparse soft hairs and black verrucous glandular scales, which gradually fall off and become almost hairless as they age, and the underlying side is light green.

It is covered with short hair and mixed black verrucous glandular scales, which gradually fall off with age. The beard is slightly stout, initially covered with short soft hairs, then gradually becomes hairless, and is bifurcated.

Spiral above and below the bifurcation point. Dioecious; male inflorescence racemose, with 6-10 flowers borne on the upper part of the inflorescence axis, also with short soft hairs and black verrucous glandular scales.

The pedicel is thin, the calyx tube is bracelet-shaped, and the throat often has 3 oblong membranous scales. The calyx has 5 lobes, which are triangular, with a subulate tail at the tip and 3 veins.

The veins are slightly raised, the corolla is yellow, covered with black glandular dots, the lobes are 5, oblong, often with 5 veins, the stamens are 5, inserted under the tube near the base; the two bases are close together, and one is separate, the base of the filament is swollen.

The female flowers are solitary or 2-5 are clustered at the top of the 6-8cm peduncle. The calyx and pedicel are taller than the male flowers. There are 5 staminodes and the ovary is oblong, 10-12mm long.

Densely covered with yellow-brown hairs, the style is short and thick, with 3 stigmas, which are enlarged, sickle-shaped, and 2-lobed. The fruit is spherical or oblong, 6-11cm long and 4-8cm in diameter.

Initially, it is densely covered with yellow-brown hairs, the peel is thin, and becomes brittle after drying. There are many seeds, light yellow, nearly round or broadly ovate, flattened, 15-18mm long and 10-12mm wide.

The base is obtuse, the tip is slightly narrowed, the middle of both sides is slightly concave, there are radial grooves around, the edges are wavy, dark red-brown when young, and white when mature. The flowering period is from February to May, and the fruiting period is from July to September.

Function and indications

Detoxification; antipruritic. Mainly used for sores, carbuncles, stubborn ringworm, chronic pharyngitis and chronic bronchitis.

Monk fruit is very common, but the flowers it blooms are not common. Monk fruit flowers have beautiful colors and lush flowers. They look both edible and cute, and are deeply loved by consumers in life. Monk fruit flowers themselves have the effects of clearing heat and relieving pain, quenching thirst, and treating bronchitis and emphysema. Drinking tea made from monk fruit flowers regularly can improve the body's resistance and treat hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.