Pumpkin vine

Pumpkin vine

(New materia medica)

[synonym] papaya vine (Bencao Renxin) and panchangcao (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Shanghai).

[source] the stem of Cucurbitaceae pumpkin. See "Pumpkin" for plant morphology.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] "Bencao Zaixin" is sweet and bitter, slightly cold and non-toxic. "

[Guijing] Bencao Zaixin: "entering the liver and spleen meridians. "

Functions and indications: clearing lung, harmonizing stomach and dredging collaterals. Treatment of tuberculosis, low fever, stomachache, irregular menstruation, burns.

① New materia medica: "it can calm the liver and stomach, dredge channels and collaterals, benefit blood vessels, and nourish kidney and water. It can treat liver wind, harmonize blood, nourish blood, regulate menstruation and regulate qi, and eliminate all kinds of wind. "

② Common Chinese herbal medicine in Shanghai: "clearing away heat. Treatment of low fever of tuberculosis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or cut off the drop. External use: mash juice and spread it.

[formula selection] ① treatment of deficiency and internal heat: after autumn, cut off the pumpkin vines, insert them into the bottle and take the juice. (diet of suixiju)

② Treatment of stomachache: pumpkin vine juice, red wine service. (Mindong materia medica)

③ Treat all kinds of scalds: apply pumpkin vine juice to the injured area several times a day. (Fujian Journal of traditional Chinese medicine 2 (1): 81957)