Sour Vine Fruit, also known as Xintongzi and Xiansuan Guo, is harvested in the summer and autumn and dried in the sun. The fruit is round in shape. So what are the medicinal values of Sour Vine Fruit? Let's find out!
Sour Vine Fruit
Sour Vine Fruit
[Source] It is the fruit of the plant Sour Vine Fruit in the Rubiaceae family.
[Alias] It is the fruit of the plant Sour Vine Fruit in the Rubiaceae family.
[Collection] Harvested in the summer, steamed, and dried for later use.
[Properties and Taste] Sour and sweet, neutral.
[Original Morphology]
Semi-deciduous vine-like shrub or vine, 1-3 meters tall. Branches are gray or reddish-brown, smooth.
Leaves are alternate, papery, inversely ovate to narrow circular, 3-6 centimeters long, 1-2 centimeters wide, with blunt or rounded tips, wedge-shaped bases, entire margins, and smooth on both sides.
Petioles are about 5 millimeters long. Flowers are monoecious; dense cymose inflorescences are axillary or lateral; inflorescences are 5-10 centimeters long, with 3-8 flowers; pedicels are about 2 millimeters long; sepals are 4-lobed, ovate, smooth; petals are 4, white, ovate or rectangular, blunt or rounded at the apex, smooth on the outside, and covered with powdery small projections on the inside; stamens are 4, longer than petals in male flowers, anthers are ovate or reniform, without glandular dots on the back; ovary is degenerate in male flowers, spherical or ovate in female flowers, and the style is cylindrical with a capitate stigma. The small drupe is spherical, about 5 millimeters in diameter, dark red when ripe, and blooms in spring.
[Habitat Distribution] It grows in the mountains or villages. It is distributed in the southern part of China.
Functions and Indications of Sour Vine Fruit
Sour Vine Fruit
It is used to treat damp-cold or phlegm-dampness diseases, intestinal parasites, damp-cold injuries, indigestion, toothache, joint pain, and constipation.
1. "Zhu Yi Dian": "Eliminates excessive synovial fluid in the joints, clears abnormal mucus in the intestines, and expels intestinal parasites."
2. "Yao Wu Zhi Yuan": "Clears purulent mucus, black face mucus, and other sticky fluids in the joints, dries dampness and stops bleeding, and expels intestinal parasites. It is used to treat damp-cold or phlegm-dampness diseases, intestinal parasites, damp-cold injuries, joint pain, etc."
Applications of Sour Vine Fruit in Auxiliary Formulas
1. Treatment of joint pain, clearing excess mucus
Take 9 grams of Sour Vine Fruit with an appropriate amount of milk, decoct and take orally.
2. Treatment of intestinal parasites
Take 1-3 grams of Sour Vine Fruit, grind it into powder, and take it on an empty stomach with sugar water or honey water. (Both formulas 1 and 2 are from "Yao Wu Zhi Yuan")
Precautions for Sour Vine Fruit
This product is harmful to the intestines. The corrective medicine is Astragalus membranaceus gel.
