Messina Creeper

Messina Creeper

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Nepenthes, small red vine, xueligao, small five clawed golden dragon, five clawed Dragon (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), red grape, Cayratia japonica (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection).

[source] it is the whole plant or root of grapevine climbing vine.

[plant morphology] climbing vine on narrow leaf cliff

Climbing vines perennial. The stem is brown, rough, tender, green, glabrous, with fine stripes; tendrils opposite leaves, upper branches. It has 5 leaflets with the largest central leaflet. Two pairs of leaflets on both sides are gradually smaller. The leaflets are lanceolate or narrowly ovate. The apex is acuminate. There are small thorny serrations on the margin. There are 7-10 pairs of lateral veins in the middle leaflet. Corymbose cymes opposite or axillary to leaves; flowers small, pale green; petals 4, triangular ovate, with short horns outside; stamens 4, stigmas 4-lobed. Berries juicy, such as pea large, purple red to purple black.

Growing on hillsides, ditches or shrubs. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter and astringent, flat. "

[functions and indications] ① Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "Jiegu Shengji, Qufeng dehumidification, Huoxue Tongluo. Treatment of fracture, injury, rheumatism, amenorrhea. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection: "cool blood and activate blood circulation, strengthen muscles and bones, reduce swelling and relieve pain. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic injury, nameless swelling, scald, skin erosion. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: soak in wine, 2-3 Liang. External use: tamping or grinding.

[taboo] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "pregnant women should not take it. "

[selected formula] for rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic injury: wuzhujinlonggen or whole plant 2-32. Take 10 ml each time, two to three times a day. (selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)