When experiencing gum bleeding, the first reaction of patients is to buy medication from a pharmacy. However, self-purchased medication may not be targeted, and furthermore, pharmaceutical drugs can be toxic. But Chinese herbal medicine is different. It has fewer side effects. Sour vine fruit soup is an effective remedy for treating gum bleeding. Let's get to know the appearance and efficacy of sour vine fruit together.
【Name】
Sour vine fruit soup
【Composition】
Fresh sour vine fruit 6-9g
【Usage and Dosage】
Boil in water and take orally.
【Morphological Characteristics of Sour Vine Fruit】
Climbing shrubs or vines, rarely small shrubs, 1-3m long. Leaves opposite; petiole 5-8mm long; leaf blade tough and papery, inverted ovate or long ovate, 3-4cm long, 1-1.5cm wide, occasionally up to 7cm long and 2.5cm wide, rounded, obtuse, or slightly notched at the apex, wedge-shaped at the base, entire margin.
The back of the sour vine fruit is often covered with a thin white powder, with raised midribs and indistinct lateral veins. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, borne on leafless branches of the previous year, 3-8mm long, covered with fine hairs, with 3-8 flowers, and 1-2 layers of bracts at the base.
Pedicels about 1.5mm long, sometimes covered with fine hairs, small bracts lanceolate or elongate, with marginal hairs, usually without glandular dots; flowers tetramerous, about 2mm long; calyx partially connate at the base, equal, ovate or triangular, acute at the apex, with glandular dots; petals white or yellowish, separate, ovate or elongate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, about 2mm long, with marginal hairs, densely covered with papillary projections inside, with glandular dots.
The stamens degenerate in female flowers and slightly protrude in male flowers, with the base fused to the petals, filaments erect, anthers with glandular dots on the back; pistil degenerates in male flowers, slightly longer than the petals in female flowers, ovary flask-shaped, style slender, stigma flattened or somewhat shield-shaped. Fruits spherical, about 5mm in diameter, with indistinct glandular dots. Flowering period is from December to March of the following year, and fruiting period is from April to June.
【Efficacy of Sour Vine Fruit】
Sour vine fruit has the effects of nourishing blood and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used to treat sore throat, gum bleeding, spleen deficiency diarrhea, bruises, and hemorrhoids.
1. Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial. It is used to treat oral inflammation, pharyngitis, gingivitis, and ulcers. It can also detoxify the poison of Camellia sinensis, Strychnos nux-vomica, and Croton tiglium.
2. Insecticidal, anti-swelling, and digestion-promoting. It is externally used for bruises and sores. It is taken internally to treat internal and external hemorrhoids (and used for external washing), sore throat, and foot pain (cooked with dog feet).
3. Blood stasis relief, astringent and anti-diarrhea. It is used to treat bruises, enteritis, and abdominal diarrhea, as well as sore throat.
4. "Jingzhu Materia Medica": Sour vine fruit kills insects and raises stomach temperature. The fruit is pale red in color, makes noise when shaken, and is shaped like a bean.
5. "Morphological Metaphor": Sour vine fruit has slender stems, gray leaves, small and rough, blue-red flowers, small, and fruit like frost-killed beans, with a sour and sweet taste.
6. It is effective in treating parasitic diseases.
7. "Calculating the Wheels of the Sun and Moon": Sour vine fruit has a pungent and sharp taste, kills insects, treats gray edema, and has a sharp nature that can cause diarrhea.
8. "Luchuan Materia Medica": Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial. It is used to treat oral inflammation, pharyngitis, gingivitis, and ulcers. It can also detoxify the poison of Camellia sinensis, Strychnos nux-vomica, and Croton tiglium.
9. "Nanning Pharmaceutical Chronicle": Insecticidal, anti-swelling, and digestion-promoting. It is externally used for bruises and sores. It is taken internally to treat internal and external hemorrhoids (and used for external washing), sore throat, and foot pain (cooked with dog feet).
