Acid Vine Fruit belongs to the family of Rubiaceae, deciduous shrubs or vine plants. Both the fruit and the branches and leaves can be used as medicine. Acid Vine Fruit, also known as Xintongzi, Rudi Long, and Sour Vine Fruit, grows in sunny areas in hilly shrubs and sparse forests. Let's learn about the medicinal value of Acid Vine Fruit.
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[Medicinal Value of Acid Vine Fruit]
Acid Vine Fruit has the effects of nourishing blood, astringing and stopping bleeding, and is often used for blood deficiency and gum bleeding. The root and leaves of Acid Vine Fruit can promote blood circulation and relieve pain, astringe and stop diarrhea, treat bruises and swelling, enteritis and diarrhea, pharyngitis, low stomach acid, and menstrual pain and amenorrhea.
According to research, Acid Vine Fruit contains rich vitamin C and anthocyanins, and moderate consumption is beneficial to the body, with the effects of delaying aging and beautifying the skin.
However, due to the improvement of living conditions in rural areas, more and more people are unfamiliar with this wild fruit. Therefore, Acid Vine Fruit is now rarely considered as a wild fruit, but more as a medicinal material.
The fruit, leaves, and roots of Acid Vine Fruit can all be used as medicine. The branches and leaves or roots of Acid Vine Fruit are called Acid Vine Wood in traditional Chinese medicine. The fruit has the function of strengthening and replenishing blood, and the leaves have the functions of promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, treating bruises and swelling.
In addition to these values, it is also used as a veterinary medicine in folk. When cattle have fever, they can be fed with the leaves of Acid Vine Fruit.
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[Methods of Consuming Acid Vine Fruit]
The fruit of Acid Vine Fruit is a spherical berry, about 5 millimeters in diameter. When it is green, it can be picked and eaten as a "bullet". When it is ripe, it is dark red and ready to eat. The taste of the fruit is sour, sweet, and neutral, and it is used to treat gastric acid deficiency and loss of appetite.
Acid Vine Fruit mainly grows in shrubs or beside mountain gullies. It matures in April every year, similar to the season of cherries.
In the southern region, many rural children believe that Acid Vine Fruit is even better than cherries, with a sour and sweet taste that is more delicious.
The immature Acid Vine Fruit is green and very sour, and is generally not suitable for consumption. When it is ripe, the Acid Vine Fruit is blood red and has a sour-sweet taste, which is very delicious.
Acid Vine Fruit can replenish blood, but people with thick blood should not eat it, otherwise blood clots may occur.
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[Uses of Acid Vine Fruit]
The nutritional value, pH value, temperature, ultraviolet light, food additives, etc. all have an impact on the pigments of Acid Vine Fruit. Experts believe that Acid Vine Fruit is rich in nutrients and is a natural plant pigment resource with great development prospects.
The flower pigment of Acid Vine Fruit is high in content, not only non-toxic to the human body, but also has certain nutritional value, making it a plant pigment with great development prospects.
Currently, the pigments used in food production are divided into synthetic pigments and natural pigments. Modern medicine has shown that synthetic pigments not only have no nutritional value, but are also harmful to people's health.
Although the green Acid Vine Fruit cannot be eaten, it also has other values. In the southern region, rural children invented a toy called "bamboo cannon".
This toy can be loaded with green Acid Vine Fruit and make a crisp sound when fired.
In the 1980s and 1990s, this toy was very popular in rural areas, and many children would bring some green Acid Vine Fruit to school to use as ammunition for the bamboo cannon.
