Wild sweet potatoes are versatile plants that can be used for food, medicine, landscaping, and viewing. They are known as excellent products for sand prevention and soil conservation. Why is that? Let's find out!
Wild sweet potatoes are suitable for greening in parks or places that are easily trampled by visitors, as they can withstand heavy foot traffic.
The tough and lush vines of wild sweet potatoes grow in a crisscross pattern, naturally forming a "giant fishing net". This net firmly holds loose soil and sand in place. In addition, the dense leaves act as a year-round cover, resembling a permanent green carpet.
This special ability to prevent sand and soil erosion is unmatched by other plants, making wild sweet potatoes the ultimate choice for sand prevention and soil conservation.
Wild sweet potatoes are mainly used to treat chronic bronchitis, rheumatism, diarrhea, dysentery, mastitis, edema, irregular menstruation, postpartum blood stasis pain, rectal bleeding, nosebleeds, scrofula, bone fractures, bruises, knife wounds, rabies bites, abscesses, boils, and snake bites.
1. To treat dysentery: Take 4 liangs of fresh sweet potato vines, fry them until charred, and then add brown sugar to make a decoction for oral consumption. (From "Chongqing Herbal Medicine")
2. To treat coughing up blood and fever caused by yin deficiency: Take 5 to 8 qian of sweet potato stems, decoct them in water, and drink the decoction. (From "Hunan Materia Medica")
3. To treat unknown swellings and burns caused by fire: Mash the sweet potato vines, mix them with sesame oil, and apply the mixture to the affected area. (From "Hunan Materia Medica")
4. To treat sweet potato sores: Take a handful of sweet potato vines, crush them into a pulp, and apply them to the sores, leaving them on until dry. If the sores have already ulcerated, sprinkle the ulcer with finely ground cotton root bark. (From "Guizhou Folk Medicine").
