The Medicinal and Nutritional Benefits of Big Wu Pao: A Wild Fruit for Health and Healing

February 12, 2024

The Big Wu Pao is a wild fruit that can be used both as medicine and food. Its roots and whole plant can be used as medicine. When the fruit of Big Wu Pao is ripe, it is sour and sweet, and it has the effect of clearing heat and stopping bleeding when used medicinally. Now let's learn about the benefits and methods of consuming Big Wu Pao.

Big Wu Pao

【Nutritional Value of Big Wu Pao】

This fruit is edible, and it is sour and sweet, very delicious. Its roots and whole plant can be used as medicine, and they have the functions of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, cooling blood, and stopping bleeding.

It can be collected all year round. When we store it, we usually wash it clean, slice it, and dry it in the sun. It can be used to stop bleeding, clear heat, promote diuresis, and treat colds, fever, and rheumatism.

Of course, it can be taken orally or used externally. This fruit can be used to treat rheumatism, diarrhea, bacterial dysentery, clear heat, detoxify, dispel wind and dampness, treat fractures, and relieve women's menstrual irregularities.

At the same time, we can also use the leaves of Big Wu Pao to make tea. This way, it can serve as a good way to cool down in hot summers and prevent heatstroke. It is also recommended that we eat more fruits in the summer.

Big Wu Pao

【Medicinal Effects of Big Wu Pao】

In addition to being edible, Big Wu Pao also has good medicinal effects. The rhizomes of Big Wu Pao can be used to treat colds, fever, coughing up blood, nosebleeds, irregular menstruation, and other diseases. It also has good therapeutic effects on treating external bleeding, dysentery, diarrhea, prolapse, and rheumatism.

In rural areas, the leaves of Big Wu Pao are often collected and fed to rabbits, cows, sheep, and other livestock to effectively treat diarrhea in animals. With the increasing demand for Big Wu Pao fruits, artificial cultivation of Big Wu Pao has also been carried out, and abundant fruits are produced for our consumption.

It is very nutritious and has many dietary therapeutic effects, so it is liked by many people. It is recommended to eat more of this fruit in daily life because it can relieve heat, and has certain beauty and health effects.

Big Wu Pao

【Medicinal Methods of Big Wu Pao】

1. To treat dysentery: Take 3 liang of fresh Big Wu Pao root bark, 2 liang of fresh Long Ya Cao root, and 1 liang of fresh Bai Jin Tiao root. Boil them in water and drink the decoction, 3 to 4 times a day, 2 small wine cups each time.

2. To treat coughing up blood and weakness in the limbs: Take 2 liang of fresh Big Wu Pao, 1 liang of fresh Ku Ci Tou, and 5 qian of Kui Hua Gan Xin. Boil them in water to make a concentrated juice and drink it 4 times a day, 1 teacup each time.

3. To treat irregular menstruation: Take Big Wu Pao root, Dao Chu San root, Mao Cao root, and Jin Yin Hua vine, each in the specified amount. Boil them in water, add brown sugar, and drink it 3 times a day.

4. To treat fractures (non-compound fractures): Take an equal amount of Big Wu Pao root, wild grape root bark, and Bai Wei Shen. Grind them together, fry them with alcohol until hot, first manually reset the fracture, then apply the medicine, and finally apply a splint. Change it once a day. The dosage depends on the area of the affected area.

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