Wild watermelon seedling

Wild watermelon seedling

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonym] okra (investigation of plant medicine in Guizhou), dahuahua and Shanxi guayang (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Northeast China).

[source] it is the root or whole grass of wild watermelon seedlings.

[plant morphology] wild watermelon seedling

Herbs annual, all covered with soft hairs of varying density. Shoot soft, erect or slightly decubitus. Basal leaves suborbicular, margin dentate, middle and lower leaves palmate, 3 to 5-lobed, middle lobe larger, lobes obovate oblong, apex obtuse, margin pinnate notched or serrate. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, pedicel 2-5 cm long; bracteoles numerous, linear, ciliate; calyx 5-lobed, membranous, with green longitudinal veins; petals 5-pale yellow, purple heart; stamens numerous, filaments forming a cylinder, wrapping style; ovary 5-locular, style tip 5-lobed, style head shaped. Capsule globose, hairy. The seeds are dark brown, rough and glabrous after ripening. The flowering period is from July to September.

Wild or cultivated. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Hebei, Guizhou and Northeast China.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn, remove the soil and dry in the sun.

[pharmacological action] the extract of stems and leaves (removing mucus) has diuretic effect on animals, and the excretion of K +, Na +, C1 - also increases, which exceeds theophylline.

[nature and taste] investigation of plant medicine in Guizhou: "sweet, cold. "

[function indications] for wind heat, cough, arthritis and scald.

① "Treatment of abdominal pain" in "Zhi Yao Zhi of Jiangsu Province". "

② "Investigation of plant medicine in Guizhou": treating wind heat cough. The soup was burned. "

③ "Northeast commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "clearing heat, removing dampness, relieving cough. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: grind powder oil to adjust and apply.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat wind heat and cough: five coins of okra root, three coins of sugar, fried in water

② Treatment of acute arthritis: wild watermelon seedlings five money to one or two (fresh products two to three Liang). Take it in water. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China)

③ Treatment of soup fire injury: small autumn sunflower bubble sesame oil, or small autumn sunflower whole grass research powder, adjust tung oil applied to the wound. (Guizhou folk medicine)