Wu Xie Teng, as a traditional Chinese medicine, has many medicinal properties. Let's take a look at the pictures of Wu Xie Teng and its effects.
【Properties and Channels】
Wu Xie Teng has a slightly bitter taste and a cool nature. It belongs to the Heart, Liver, and Spleen channels.
【Effects and Uses of Wu Xie Teng】
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Wu Xie Teng has the functions of dispelling wind and relieving pain, detoxification, and reducing swelling. It is used for rheumatism, sore throat, lymphadenitis, breast abscess, sores, eczema, unknown swelling and toxicity, and snake bites.
1. "Practical Chinese Herbal Medicine": "The root can reduce swelling, detoxify, clear heat, cool blood, and treat multiple abscesses, deep abscesses, mastitis, and abscesses."
2. "Color Atlas of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine": "The tender branches and leaves can relieve pain, promote tissue regeneration, and reduce swelling. It is used to treat gunshot wounds and kill lice."
3. "Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine Nationwide": "It clears heat, detoxifies, dispels wind, and relieves pain. It is mainly used for rheumatoid arthritis, lymphadenitis, abscesses, and snake bites."
【Botanical Description】 Wu Xie Teng is a climbing vine that can grow up to 4 meters long. The branches and inflorescences are covered with soft hairs. The leaves are opposite, ovate, elliptic, or rectangular in shape, measuring 2.5-3 centimeters long and 1.5-4 centimeters wide. The apex is blunt or short-pointed, and the base is narrow or rounded. The leaves are smooth on both sides or only hairy along the veins. The petiole is 6-8 millimeters long, hairy, and has clustered glands at the top. The umbel inflorescence is axillary, about 1.5 centimeters long. The calyx has 5 lobes, which are ovate. The corolla is bell-shaped, yellow, with 5 lobes and a diameter of about 4 millimeters. There are 5 fleshy scales alternating with the corolla lobes. The stamens are united into a tubular shape, and the pistil is broad, blunt, conical, and protrudes from the stamens. The fruit is hard and about 5 centimeters long, wide at the base. The seeds are ovate, thin and concave, with a whorl of white, silky hairs. It blooms in July and grows in forests or shrubs. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and other places.
【Pictures of Wu Xie Teng】
Picture of Wu Xie Teng
Picture of Wu Xie Teng
