There are many Chinese medicinal herbs that grow in rural areas, but people are unaware of their benefits. The sour vine wood can be harvested all year round and is used to treat hemorrhoids as well as to replenish blood!
Picture of sour vine wood
[Methods for Treating Prolapse with Sour Vine Wood]
30g of sour vine wood roots, 15g of castor bean roots, 25g of Le Lu roots (root of the Vernicia fordii tree), and an appropriate amount of chicken are boiled together and taken orally. (From "Identification and Application of Common Chinese Medicinal Herbs").
[Effects and Functions of Sour Vine Wood]
Sour vine wood has the effects of clearing heat, detoxification, dispersing stasis, and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used to treat swollen throat, bleeding gums, dysentery, diarrhea, ulcers, skin itching, painful hemorrhoids, and bruises.
1. "Lu Chuan Materia Medica": Anti-inflammatory, antibacterial. Used to treat oral inflammation, pharyngitis, gingivitis, and ulcerative sores. It can also counteract the toxicity of big tea medicine, wood mushrooms, and croton seeds.
2. "Nanning Drug Chronicle": Insecticidal, swelling-reducing, digestion-promoting. Used externally for bruises and ulcers. Taken internally to treat internal and external hemorrhoids (and used for external washing), sore throat, and foot pain (cooked with dog's feet).
3. "Common Chinese Medicinal Herb Manual" of Guangzhou troops: Promotes blood circulation, relieves pain, astringes, and stops diarrhea. Used to treat bruises, intestinal inflammation with diarrhea, and sore throat.
[Morphological Characteristics of Sour Vine Wood]
Sour vine wood generally flowers in winter from December to March, and fruits from April to June.
I still remember when I was a child, every year at this time, I would go up the mountain to pick sour vine fruits, which are its fruits. The ripe fruits are red and taste sour. They are a delicious wild fruit. I eat them less now, but just the thought of them makes my mouth water.
The unripe sour vine fruits are green. When I was a child, I would often use them as bullets, putting them in a bamboo tube and competing to see who could shoot the farthest. It was a powerful toy.
