Ardisia crenata, also known as sour vine fruit, is a traditional Chinese medicine. It is known for its blood-tonifying and hemostatic effects, and is commonly used for conditions such as blood deficiency and gum bleeding. Let's take a closer look at a prescription using sour vine fruit to increase stomach fire!
【Prescription for Increasing Stomach Fire with Sour Vine Fruit】
Ardisia crenata, Dolichos lablab, Piper nigrum, Zingiber officinale, Bulbophyllum kwangtungense, Capsicum frutescens, Myristica fragrans, Amomum villosum, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Ardisia crenata, Anemone hupehensis, Dimocarpus longan, salt, Rhododendron molle, brown sugar, grind together and take with boiling water. It can increase stomach fire and treat stomach fire-induced diseases.
Sour vine fruit has the effects of blood tonification and hemostasis, and is commonly used for blood deficiency and gum bleeding.
Roots and leaves: dispel stasis and relieve pain, anti-inflammatory, stop diarrhea. Roots are used for dysentery, enteritis, indigestion, sore throat, and bruises; leaves are applied externally to treat bruises and itchy skin.
Fruit: tonify and invigorate, nourish blood. It is used for amenorrhea, anemia, and gastric acid deficiency. The fruit can be eaten, and the roots and leaves are used by veterinarians to treat cattle with food indigestion and heat-induced thirst.
"Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Hainan Island": "The fruit and leaves treat vitamin C deficiency and anemia."
"Crystal Herbology": Sour vine fruit kills insects and raises stomach temperature. The fruit is pale red in color and makes a sound when shaken, resembling a bean.
"Metaphorical Comparisons": The stems of sour vine fruit are slender, the leaves are gray, small, and rough; the flowers are blue and red, small; the fruit is like frost-damaged beans, with a sour and sweet taste. It can treat insect diseases.
"Calculating the Wheels of the Sun and Moon": Sour vine fruit has a pungent and sharp taste, kills insects, treats gray swelling, and has a sharp nature that can cause diarrhea.
【Pharmacological effects of Sour Vine Fruit】
1. Contraceptive effect.
2. Estrogenic and anti-estrogenic activity.
3. Progestin-like and anti-progestin-like activity.
In addition to the fruit, the roots and leaves of sour vine tree also have the effects of dispersing stasis and relieving pain, astringency and stopping diarrhea, treating bruises and swelling, enteritis and diarrhea, sore throat, gastric acid deficiency, and painful menstruation and amenorrhea.
