Glutinous Rice Vine, also known as Glutinous Rice Grass or Glutinous Rice Ball, is not the glutinous rice ball that we usually eat made from glutinous rice, but the dried whole herb with roots of the perennial herbaceous plant Glutinous Rice Vine in the Urticaceae family. Let's learn about the efficacy, function, and cultivation methods of Glutinous Rice Vine below!
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【Efficacy and Function of Glutinous Rice Vine】
Glutinous Rice Vine has the following effects: clearing heat and detoxification, invigorating the spleen and resolving accumulation, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, and dispelling stasis and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used for treating mastitis, abscesses, dysentery, indigestion, abdominal pain due to food stagnation, amenorrhea, leukorrhea, edema, difficult urination, dysmenorrhea, bruises and injuries, hemoptysis, hematemesis, and external bleeding.
1. "Tianbao Compendium of Materia Medica": used for treating bruises, itching, and various sores and abscesses on the back.
2. "Emei Medicinal Plants": the root can be mashed and applied to treat knife and gun wounds.
3. "Collection of Folk Prescription Medicines in Guizhou": tonifies deficiency and promotes lactation.
4. "Compilation of Commonly Used Single Medicines in Folk": increases blood, invigorates the spleen and stomach, and nourishes blood when stewed with meat. It is used internally to treat heart weakness.
5. "Sichuan Journal of Chinese Medicine": invigorates the spleen and supplements the kidneys. It is used to treat mastitis and infantile malnutrition.
6. "Guizhou Herbal Medicine": clears heat and detoxifies, invigorates the spleen and resolves accumulation, stops bleeding, and treats sores, Jiuzi sores, infantile food stagnation and distention, and external bleeding.
7. "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": promotes bone healing and muscle generation, reduces inflammation and stops diarrhea. It is used to treat dysentery and dysmenorrhea.
8. "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine": clears heat and cools blood, reduces swelling and detoxifies. It is used to treat hemoptysis, damp-heat leukorrhea, oral ulcers, and bruises and swelling caused by injuries.
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【Medicinal Characteristics of Glutinous Rice Vine】
Glutinous Rice Vine is a dried whole herb with roots. The roots are thick, fleshy, and cone-shaped, with supporting roots. The surface is light reddish-brown and not easily broken. The cross-section is slightly rough and light brownish-yellow. The stems are yellow-brown.
The leaves are mostly broken, dark green, rough, and hairy. After being moistened and flattened, 3 main veins and prominent reticulate veins can be seen on the back. Sometimes clustered flowers or fruits can be seen, with egg-shaped fruits with pointed tops and about 10 thin longitudinal ridges. It has a slight aroma and a mild taste.
Glutinous Rice Vine is a medicinal herb with a cooling and swelling-reducing effect. Therefore, whether it is fresh Glutinous Rice Vine applied externally or Glutinous Rice Vine boiled as a medicinal herb, its cooling and swelling-reducing effects are evident.
Since Glutinous Rice Vine mostly grows in damp places and can only be cultivated in provinces south of the Yangtze River, the planting area of Glutinous Rice Vine is important. Generally, it is only necessary to collect mature Glutinous Rice Vine seeds. However, the cultivation techniques of Glutinous Rice Vine need to be mastered, including the timing and spacing of seed reproduction, and the field management techniques after planting should be in place.
The edible method of Glutinous Rice Vine: wash the tender stems and leaves, stir-fry or make soup.
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【Cultivation Methods of Glutinous Rice Vine】
Glutinous Rice Vine grows in shady and wet places in valley forests and along foot of mountains and water ditches. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, and other regions. It is produced in Sichuan, Guizhou, Zhejiang, and other places.
1. Biological Characteristics
Glutinous Rice Vine has strong adaptability to climate and soil, and prefers moist and fertile sandy loam.
2. Cultivation Techniques
Glutinous Rice Vine is propagated by seeds. In Sichuan, it is sown from March to April. After ploughing, open 1.3m wide ridges. Dig holes with a row spacing of about 26cm, a depth of about 7cm, and a wide and flat bottom.
After applying animal manure, sow 7.5kg of seeds per hectare, mix them with grass ash and animal manure, and scatter them in the holes.
3. Field Management
When the Glutinous Rice Vine seedlings reach a height of 7-10cm, thin and supplement the seedlings, with 4-5 seedlings per hole, and weed and apply fertilizer once. In June, August, and November, weed and apply fertilizer once again.
In the following years, weed and apply fertilizer once during the emergence of new seedlings, and in May and November. In spring and summer, animal manure is the main fertilizer, and mixed organic fertilizer is applied in winter.
