Glutinous Rice Vine, also known as "Kun Xian Sheng", "Glutinous Rice Vegetable", "Glutinous Rice Grass", is a good remedy for clearing heat, detoxifying, invigorating the spleen, and stopping bleeding. Let's take a closer look at the traditional Chinese medicine Glutinous Rice Vine! Details are as follows:
Glutinous Rice Vine
Glutinous Rice Vine
[Properties] Sweet and bitter, cool.
① "Guiyang Folk Herbs": "Sour, pungent, cold, non-toxic."
② "Sichuan Medicinal Plants": "Neutral in nature, taste bland, non-toxic."
③ "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Slightly bitter, cool."
[Source] Whole plant with roots of the Urticaceae plant Glutinous Rice Cluster. Can be harvested throughout the year.
[Characteristics] Dried whole plant with roots, thick and strong roots, fleshy, conical in shape, with adventitious roots; surface light reddish-brown; not easy to break, slightly rough on the cross-section, light brownish-yellow. Stem is yellowish-brown. Leaves are mostly broken, dark green, rough and hairy. Slightly fragrant, taste bland.
[Habitat Distribution] Ecological environment: It grows in shady and humid places in valley forests and near foothill ditches.
Functions and Indications of Glutinous Rice Vine
Clears heat, detoxifies, invigorates the spleen, and stops bleeding. Used to treat sores, abscesses, lymphadenitis, dysentery, excessive vaginal discharge in women, pediatric malnutrition, hemoptysis, and external bleeding.
Chinese Medicine Glutinous Rice Vine
1. "Tian Bao Ben Cao": Used to treat bruises, itching, and various sores and abscesses on the back.
2. "Emei Medicinal Plants": The roots are mashed and applied to treat knife and gunshot wounds.
3. "Guizhou Folk Medicine Catalog": Used to replenish deficiency and promote lactation.
4. "Compilation of Folk Common Herbs": Increases blood, invigorates the spleen and stomach, and nourishes and replenishes blood. Taken internally with stewed meat to treat heart weakness.
5. "Sichuan Medicinal Plant Records": Invigorates the spleen and supplements the kidneys. Used to treat mastitis and pediatric malnutrition.
6. "Guizhou Herbology": Clears heat, detoxifies, invigorates the spleen and dissipates accumulation, and stops bleeding. Used to treat boils, ulcers, pediatric food accumulation and distension, and external bleeding.
7. "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": Promotes bone healing, promotes tissue regeneration, reduces inflammation, and stops diarrhea. Used to treat dysentery and dysmenorrhea.
8. "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine": Clears heat, cools blood, relieves swelling, and detoxifies. Used to treat hemoptysis, wet and hot vaginal discharge, oral ulcers, and bruises and swelling from falls or blows.
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Morphological Characteristics of Glutinous Rice Vine
Glutinous Rice Cluster, also known as "Man Ma". Perennial herb, erect or inclined, or the lower part lying on the ground and the top extending upwards, usually with stiff hairs. The main root is thick and fleshy, conical in shape.
The leaves are opposite, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 3.5-7 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, blunt or gradually pointed at the apex, rounded or nearly cordate at the base, entire, with 3 primary veins, with obvious veins on the back of the leaves, hairy, rough on the upper surface, or with stiff hairs; no stalk or short stalk; stipules broadly ovate.
The flowers are small, unisexual, and monoecious, clustered in the leaf axils, yellow-green; the male flowers have 3-5 lobes, arranged in a clasping arrangement in the buds, the lobes bend inward sharply, forming a ring with hairs on it, and there are 5 stamens; the female flowers have tubular calyx, the stigma is drill-shaped, the fruit is broad-ovate, pointed at the apex, with longitudinal ridges, black, smooth. Flowering period is from July to August.
