Wu Xie Teng, also known as "Heartbreaking Bitter Vine", "Little Goat Horn Twist", "Little Goat Horn Wood", etc., is widely known for its ability to dispel wind and relieve pain. But in fact, Wu Xie Teng also has certain detoxification effects. Traditional Chinese medicine Wu Xie Teng can detoxify snake venom. Now let me introduce in detail what exactly is the mystery of traditional Chinese medicine Wu Xie Teng!
【What exactly is the mystery of traditional Chinese medicine Wu Xie Teng?】
Wu Xie Teng is a vine, which can grow up to 4 meters long. The branches and inflorescences are covered with soft hairs. The leaves are opposite; they are inverted-ovate, ovate, or rectangular-oval, measuring 2.5 to 3 cm in length and 1.5 to 4 cm in width. The apex is blunt or short-pointed, the base is narrow or rounded, and both sides are either hairless or only have soft hairs on the veins. The petiole is 6 to 8 mm long, covered with hairs, and has clustered glands at the tip.
The umbellate cyme is axillary, about 1.5 cm long; the calyx is 5-lobed, with lobes ovate; the corolla is campanulate, yellow, 5-lobed, with a diameter of about 4 mm, and has 5 fleshy scales alternating with the corolla lobes; the stamens are 5, with the filaments united into a tube; the stigma is broad and blunt, concave-conical, protruding from the stamens. The fruit is hard, about 5 cm long, and wide at the base. The seeds are ovate, thin and concave, with radial, white, silky hairs.
It flowers in July and grows in forests or shrubs. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and other places.
【Traditional Chinese medicine Wu Xie Teng can detoxify snake venom】
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Wu Xie Teng has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, promoting pus drainage and reducing swelling, relieving pain, and promoting tissue regeneration. It is used to treat rheumatism, sore throat, scrofula, breast abscess, sores, eczema, unknown swelling and toxicity, and snake bites.
1. "Practical Chinese Herbal Medicine": The root can reduce swelling, detoxify, clear heat, and cool blood. It is used to treat multiple abscesses, deep abscesses, mastitis, carbuncles, and toxic swelling.
2. "Color Atlas of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine": The young branches and leaves can relieve pain, promote tissue regeneration, and reduce swelling. It is used to treat gunshot wounds and kill lice.
Pharmacological effects: Oral or intramuscular injection of the alcoholic extract of the leaves in rats can inhibit the hyperglycemia caused by pituitary anterior lobe extract, pituitary growth hormone, or adrenocorticotropic hormone.
Precautions: As long as it is used within the recommended dose, Wu Xie Teng is generally safe and has no side effects. The safety of Wu Xie Teng during pregnancy and lactation has not been tested.
Diabetic patients should take Wu Xie Teng extract under the clinical supervision of nursing professionals to lower blood sugar.
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