Acid vine fruit is a common wild medicinal herb. It is small in size and tastes sour when ripe. It can be used directly for medicinal purposes or dried and used. However, it is worth noting that certain groups of people should be cautious when consuming it!
【Nutritional Benefits of Acid Vine Fruit】
Acid vine fruit is best eaten when it is ripe. When I was a child, I had a strong desire to eat things, so I couldn't resist picking and eating the acid vine fruit even when it was not yet ripe.
Unripe acid vine fruit is green in color, and as its name suggests, it tastes sour and makes your teeth ache. However, when it is ripe, it tastes sour and sweet, with a delightful flavor!
Acid vine fruit is actually quite nutritious. It contains abundant vitamin C and anthocyanins, which can protect our eyesight and make our eyes brighter!
In addition, acid vine fruit has high medicinal value. Not only can its fruit be eaten, but its roots and leaves can also be used for medicinal purposes. Applying the leaves externally can reduce swelling and relieve pain, while consuming the fruit can improve your overall health.
【Medicinal Benefits of Acid Vine Fruit】
Collection and processing: Medicinal roots, leaves, and ripe fruits. Fruits are harvested in summer, steamed, and dried for later use. Roots and leaves can be collected throughout the year. After collecting the roots, wash them, slice them, and dry them. The leaves can be dried or used fresh.
Taste and function: Roots and leaves: sour and astringent, slightly warm. Fruits: sweet and sour, neutral. It detoxifies, reduces swelling, disperses blood stasis, relieves pain, and has astringent and antidiarrheal effects. Ripe fruits can also strengthen the blood.
Main uses: It is used for amenorrhea, enteritis, dysentery, and sore throat. Use 5 grams of dried roots or 30-50 grams of fruits or leaves for decoction.
Fresh leaves can be crushed and applied externally for bruises and swelling. The juice can be used topically to relieve skin itching. Note: Fresh ripe fruits are preferred. After harvesting, wash them with boiling water, eat the fruit flesh, remove the seeds, and it is particularly effective in treating vitamin C deficiency.
【Side Effects of Acid Vine Fruit】
The nutritional value, pH value, temperature, ultraviolet light, food additives, etc., all have an impact on the color of acid vine fruit. Experts believe that acid vine fruit is rich in nutrients and is a natural plant pigment resource with great development prospects.
However, it should be noted that people with weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, or loose stools should not consume acid vine fruit.
The health benefits of acid vine fruit are remarkable, but it is a medicinal herb with a particularly sour taste. In general, consuming it in moderation does not cause any obvious side effects.
However, for individuals who already have excessive stomach acid or suffer from gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers, consuming acid vine fruit can worsen their condition and harm their gastrointestinal health. This is the most common side effect observed after consuming acid vine fruit.
