Effects of snakeberry

Snake berry taste sweet, bitter, cold, poisonous, can clear heat and detoxification, cool the blood and reduce swelling, so the medicinal value of the snake berry is very obvious, the following is a detailed understanding of the efficacy and role of the snake berry contraindications.

Clearing heat and detoxifying

Snake berry has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, treatment for cold and fever, cough, children with high fever, sore throat, diphtheria, jaundice hepatitis, bacterial dysentery, amoebic dysentery, excessive menstruation.

Dispersing blood stasis and subduing swelling

It is used externally to treat mumps, snake bites, conjunctivitis, furuncles and swellings, herpes zoster, and eczema. It can also be used to try to treat cancer. It can also be used to kill tsetse and fly maggots.

Anti-cancer effect

The aqueous extract of snakeberry was applied to human esophageal cancer cells cultured in vitro, causing significant inhibition of their division index; after 48 days of action, cell colony formation was significantly inhibited, and 15 mg/ml of snakeberry extract could completely deprive the cells of the ability to repopulate; the effect of snakeberry on esophageal cancer cells may be mainly through the inhibition of cell division and DNA synthesis two pathways. Its polysaccharide fraction showed significant antitumor activity against transplanted sarcoma mice at 100 mg/kg, 200 mg/kg.

Enhancement of immune function

The fluid infusion of snakeberry could significantly increase the abdominal macrophage function in mice, as shown by the significant increase of cytosol, with as many as 7-8 chicken red blood cells phagocytosed per cytosol, but the digestive status at all levels was not significantly different from that of the control group.

Antibacterial effect

The extract in snakeberry was positive for inhibition of the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella dysenteriae, weakly positive for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and negative for Salmonella paratyphi. Therefore, the saponin in snakeberry can inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus dysenteriae.

Action on cardiovascular system

Its fluid infusion has a transient hypotensive effect on anesthetized dogs or rabbits and is dose dependent. It has an inhibitory effect on cardiac contraction (dogs) and heart rate (guinea pigs), and an increase in coronary flow.

Effects on smooth muscle

Serpentine fluid infusion only increased the amplitude of contraction on isolated intestine; it showed excitatory effect on isolated uterus of rabbit, guinea pig and rat; it had no significant effect on isolated trachea of guinea pig.

Inhibitory effect on central nervous system

It only increased the contraction amplitude of isolated intestine, and showed excitatory effect on isolated uterus of rabbit, guinea pig and rat; no significant effect on isolated trachea of guinea pig.

Other effects

Serpentine berry infusion increased the phagocytosis of mouse abdominal macrophages. The effusion had a transient hypotensive effect on anesthetized dogs or rabbits, and inhibited cardiac contraction (dogs) and heart rate (guinea pigs), and increased coronary flow [2]. The hot water extract of snakeberry had antimutagenic effect in benzo(a)pyrene induced microsomal mutation test of Salmonella typhimurium". The ether extract fraction of snakeberry had androgen-like and histamine-like effects.

Snake berry contraindications to consumption

1, snakeberry is slightly toxic, excessive consumption of the risk of poisoning, so although snakeberry can be eaten in small quantities, but not as a fruit consumption necessary, or eat sparingly as appropriate. 2, do not pick wild snake berries at will to eat. Snake berries are easily contaminated with a variety of bacteria, parasites, it is difficult to clean, infected with deadly germs can also be poisoned. And snake berries often grow in places where there are snakes, snake berries may be covered with snake saliva, unhygienic and may be toxic. 3, snake berries are sweet, bitter, cold, so people with a weak spleen and stomach should eat less, so as not to hurt the spleen and stomach.