Old snake head

Old snake head

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[source] it is the whole herb of laoshetou, a Cucurbitaceae plant.

Old snake head

Climbing grass vines. Stem slender, angulate, short spinose. Tendrils unbranched. Leaves alternate, with long stalks, ovate heart-shaped, 3.5-4 cm long, apex acuminate, base heart-shaped, two ears slightly inward curved, margin serrate, with short bristles on the top, and white hairs on the main veins and reticular veins below. Flowers axillary. The fruit is oval, ribbed, green when immature, with verrucous protuberance and white coarse hairs on the surface. Seeds numerous, obovate, smooth, glabrous.

Born in the wild grass slope. It is distributed in Southwest China.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] it is flat in nature and bitter in taste.

[function indications] heat dissipation. Treat headache and fever.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.