Cucumis sativus L

Cucumis sativus L

(Guizhou folk medicine Collection)

[synonyms] Baidi cucumber, huazui vegetable (Guizhou folk medicine Collection), qujiaorong (Chinese seed plant taxonomy), and Cucumis sativus (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] the whole plant of Violaceae.

[plant morphology] viola viola

Herbaceous perennial with deep taproot. Stem ca. 20 cm tall, oblique or oblique. Leaves triangular, heart-shaped or subcircular, heart-shaped, 1-6 cm long and 1-4 cm wide, apex acute or round, base heart-shaped, margin serrate, tooth tip glandular, brown spots on both sides, glabrous; stipules linear lanceolate. Margin pectinate; stem base usually with persistent stipules; rooting. The petiole of the leaf is longer, the stem leaf is upward and the petiole is shorter. Pedicel from the root or branched from the stem, 6-10 cm long; Flowers Lavender, about 2 cm in diameter, sepals 5, green, lanceolate, girang appendage semicircular; petals 5, long and narrow, with brown spots, the lower one spurred, long saccate slightly curved; stamens 5; ovary superior, stigma pointed, slightly curved, undivided. Capsule, glabrous. The flowering period is April.

It grows in grass beside water or wetland under forest. It is distributed in East China and southwest China

[flavor] Guizhou folk medicine: "cool in nature, slightly bitter in taste, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, stopping bleeding and removing blood stasis. It is used to treat throat swelling, sore swelling, wound bleeding and injury.

① "Xiaochuang Zhongdu" is a traditional Chinese medicine in Guizhou. It can not only cure yellow water sores, but also stop bleeding caused by knife wounds. "

② "Guizhou folk medicine": "treating redness, swelling and sores". "

③ Guizhou herbal medicine: "heat clearing and detoxification, hemostasis, blood stasis, detumescence. "

[usage and dosage] external use: tamping or burning, grinding and scattering. Oral: fried soup.

[selected formula] ① for chronic sore throat and swelling: mash cucumbers and mix honey syrup to contain pharynx. (Guizhou folk medicine)

② Treatment of unknown swelling poison: ground cucumber (fresh whole grass) mashed, wrapped in the sore. (Guizhou folk medicine)

③ Cure yellow water sore: ground cucumber (burn save sex) one money, withered alum 5 minutes. Grind into fine powder, mix and apply on the affected area. (Guizhou folk medicine Collection)

④ Wound treatment: rehmannia and melon mixed with rice water, mashed, applied to the wound. (Guizhou folk medicine)

⑤ Hernia treatment: fried cucumber. (Hunan medical records)

⑥ Treatment of swelling and pain: fresh cucumber one or two, pound down, add a little wine, mix well, package the affected area. (Guizhou herbal medicine)