Chinese medicine "Acid Vine" is a good medicine for clearing heat, detoxifying, dispersing blood stasis, and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used for treating red and swollen throat, gum bleeding, dysentery, diarrhea, ulcers, itchy skin, painful hemorrhoids, and bruises. Let's learn more about Acid Vine!
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【Dosage and Usage of Acid Vine】
Acid Vine can be taken orally by decoction, 15-30g, or by grinding into juice. It can also be used externally by applying an appropriate amount of it after grinding, or by using it as a decoction for washing.
① "Lu Chuan Ben Cao": It has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects. It is used to treat oral inflammation, pharyngitis, gingivitis, ulcers, and abscesses. It can also detoxify the poison of large tea, Mu Ru, and Ba Dou.
② "Nanning Pharmaceutical Annals": It has insecticidal, anti-inflammatory, and digestion-promoting effects. It is used externally to treat bruises and ulcers. It can also be taken orally to treat internal and external hemorrhoids (and also used for external washing), sore throat, and foot pain (by boiling dog feet and consuming them).
③ "Common Chinese Herbal Medicine Manual of Guangzhou Troops": It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, astringing, and stopping diarrhea. It is used to treat bruises and pain from falls, enteritis and diarrhea, and throat swelling and pain.
【Pharmacological Effects of Acid Vine】
"Acid Vine", also known as White-backed Acid Vine, Pao Zi Teng, Tuo Di Long, Tong Tian Ba, Ji Mu Suan, Hai Di Long, Ru Di Long, and Suang Cu Mu, is mainly distributed in Jiangxi, Hainan, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Yunnan, and other places.
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Acid Vine is a climbing shrub, with a length of 1-3 meters. It grows in grass, shrubs, or forests. Its leaves are curled and have a sour taste, which can generate saliva and quench thirst.
Sometimes, when farmers go to work in the mountains without bringing water, they will temporarily chew on its leaves, which have a refreshing effect. Its branches are cylindrical and mostly purple-brown in color.
【Identification of Acid Vine】
Identification of Acid Vine: The leaves are mostly curled, and when flattened, they are inverted ovate to elliptic in shape, measuring 3-5.5cm in length and 1-2.5cm in width. The apex is blunt or slightly concave, and the base is wedge-shaped. The leaves have smooth edges, and the lateral veins are not obvious.
The petiole is short, measuring 5-3mm in length. Sometimes, small branches can be seen, which are slender and cylindrical, and vary in length. They are purple-brown in color. The odor is weak, and the taste is sour.
Microscopic identification of Acid Vine leaves: The upper epidermal cells are larger, with various shapes and sizes, and the outer walls are thickened and keratinized.
The lower epidermal cells are smaller, round to flattened, and the outer walls are thickened and keratinized.
The palisade tissue is composed of 1-2 rows of cells, which vary in length and are connected by the midrib. The vascular bundle is collateral, surrounded by fiber bundles.
The inner side of the lower epidermis of the midrib has 2-4 rows of thickened and horned cells. The leaf flesh and thin-walled tissues contain secretory ducts and yellow-brown substances.
