The efficacy and function of milk vegetable

Traditional Chinese medicine often has unexpected effects in the treatment of certain diseases, so you can choose Chinese medicine with confidence. However, when choosing Chinese medicine, you need to understand the medicine so that when treating the disease, you will know what kind of medicine is the best choice. Let us introduce the traditional Chinese medicine Taiwanese milk vegetable.

【English name】 root of Taiwan Condorvine

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole plant of the dicotyledonous plant Asclepiadaceae.

[Original morphology] Except for the stem bark of young branches covered with two rows of hairs and the pedicels, the outside of the calyx, and the inside of the corolla, the whole plant is glabrous. Leaves are opposite; petiole is 1.5-2.5cm long, with clustered small glands at the top; leaf blade is ovate or ovate-oblong, 8-11.5cm long, 4.5-6.5cm wide, gradually pointed at the tip, shallowly cordate or rounded at the base; lateral veins are about 4 pairs, ascending in an arc, and knotted before reaching the leaf edge. The umbel-shaped cymes are axillary with many landing flowers; the peduncle is about 4 cm long, the pedicel is less than 1 cm long, with fine hairs; the calyx is deeply lobed into 5 parts, about 2 mm long and wide, with no glands at the inner base; the corolla is nearly bracelet-shaped, with lobes 3 mm long and about 15 mm wide, glabrous on the outside and long stiff hairs on the inside, and the gynostyle extends out of the throat of the corolla; the corona is fleshy, with lobes attached to the gynostyle, oblong-lanceolate, with the center reaching the middle of the anther; the anther is nearly square; the pollinia is oblong, one in each chamber, erect, the pollinia stalk is horizontal at first, then drooping; the stigma is long-beaked, extending out of the throat of the corolla. Flowering period is from March to July.

[Habitat distribution] Distributed in Daping Mountain, Taiwan and other places.

[Chemical composition] The whole plant contains triterpenoids: α-anyrin, α-amyrin acetate, α-amyrenone, α-amyrin cinnamate, neoilex-onlo acetate, lupeol, lupenyl acetate, lupenone, marsformol, α-amyrinformate, lupenyl cinnamate[1], marsformoxide A and B[2], marsformosanone[3]. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, slightly bitter, slightly warm

【Meridian】 Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】Promote blood circulation, dissipate blood stasis and reduce swelling. Mainly used for traumatic injury; stasis, swelling and pain

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: fresh product in appropriate amount, mash and apply

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant: used externally to treat bruises.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to some relevant knowledge about Taiwanese milk vegetable. Do you have a better understanding of it? I hope everyone can apply Taiwanese milk vegetables to their lives and serve our health.