The efficacy and function of Loma

Speaking of Rama, many people must be unfamiliar with it, but its effect is no different from that of honeysuckle. It can reduce swelling, relieve pain and promote diuresis, as well as nourish the kidney and strengthen yang. However, this plant is not very common in life, but its appearance is indeed very beautiful. Its fruit is oval and yellow-green, a little bit like a walnut. So what are the effects and functions of Rama?

Morphological characteristics of Radish

Perennial herbaceous vine, up to 8 meters long, with latex; the stem is cylindrical, woody in the lower part, more flexible in the upper part, light green in surface with longitudinal stripes, densely covered with short soft hairs when young, which gradually fall off with age.

leaf

The leaves are membranous, ovate-cordate, 5-12 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, short and gradually pointed at the apex, cordate at the base, rounded auricles, 1-2 cm long, two auricles spread out or close together, green on the leaf surface, pink-green on the back, glabrous on both sides, or slightly hairy when young, the hairs falling off when old; 10-12 lateral veins on each side, slightly obvious on the back; petiole long, 3-6 cm long, with clustered glands at the top.

flower

The inflorescence is axillary or extra-axillary, with a long peduncle; the peduncle is 6-12 cm long and pubescent; the pedicel is 8 mm long and pubescent, and there are usually 13-15 flowers; the bracts are membranous, lanceolate, 3 mm long, and gradually pointed at the apex; the buds are conical, with pointed apex; the calyx lobes are lanceolate, 5-7 mm long, 2 mm wide, and pubescent on the outside; the corolla is white with light purple-red markings, nearly radial, the corolla tube is short, the corolla lobes are lanceolate, open, reflexed at the apex, covered to the left at the base, and pubescent on the inside; the corona is annular, attached to the gynoecium, with short 5 lobes, and the lobes are cucullate; the stamens are connected to form a cone and surround the pistil in it, and the anthers have white membranes at the top; the pollinia is ovoid and drooping; the ovary is glabrous, and the stigma extends into a long beak with 2 lobes at the apex. The follicles are fusiform, smooth and hairless, 8-9 cm long and 2 cm in diameter, with an acute apex and a swollen base; the seeds are flat, oval, 5 mm long and 3 mm wide, with a membranous edge, brown, and with white silky hairs on the apex; the hairs are 1.5 cm long. The flowering period is from June to September, and the fruiting period is from September to December.

The efficacy and function of Radish

fruit

The fruit of the radish is yellow-green in color, round at the stalk, oval in body, pointed at the head, and streamlined, very much like an elongated cotton boll. Wart-like spots can be seen on the skin, scattered like stars, and the shape is cute and fun. You can use its fruit to play the picking-up game or to play Gobang on the ground. However, when pinching its fruit, be careful not to let its white juice stain your clothes, otherwise it will be difficult to wash off. Some of its nicknames among the people are based on the shape of its fruit. In "Compendium of Materia Medica for Famine Relief", it is called "Grandma's needle and thread bag"; in "Pocket Prescriptions", it is called "Grandma's needle and thread bag"; in "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is called "Grandma's needle and thread bag". Perhaps, the ancient ancestors imitated the sewing kit based on the shape of the radish fruit? When the radish fruit is mature, it will split vertically in the middle. The brown, flat, egg-shaped seeds are attached to narrow wings. With the help of wind, their white fluff will fly in all directions like dandelion seeds. Wherever they go, they wait for the right time, and new radish seedlings will sprout. After the seeds fly away, the fruit shell becomes a gourd shape, so in some places the radish is called: Harry gourd, crow gourd, wall gourd, and sparrow gourd. Our ancestors split the hard shell of the gourd into two parts, calling it a ladle, which was used to scoop water, drink water, eat and drink. It was a household item and a tool for work. The shell of the radish is in the shape of a gourd. It is called a bird gourd because the ancients used it to scoop rice to feed birds, right?

Nutshell

The fruit shell of the loquat, called "Tianjiangke" in traditional Chinese medicine, has been recorded in traditional Chinese medical books very early. Among them, "Bencao Huiyan" has a high evaluation of the medicinal value of loquat: "Loquat is a medicine for replenishing deficiency and benefiting essence and qi. This medicine is warm and mild and nourishing, and it can be used by all people who are tired from labor and labour, and those whose muscles, bones and blood vessels are exhausted from long-term labor. Taking this medicine will make them feel instantly at ease. However, its blood-replenishing and blood-generating effects belong to Di and Di; its strength in strengthening essence and nourishing essence is comparable to that of wolfberry; its detoxification and carbuncle-relieving effects are equal to those of Honeysuckle, Scutellaria barbata and Viola yedoensis." Chinese herbal prescriptions are the treasure of the Chinese nation. They are the result of thousands of years of human struggle against nature and diseases, and have been verified and selected by generations of people. It can treat and regulate human diseases and sub-health conditions, achieving the medical effect of curing diseases if they exist and preventing diseases if they do not. In today's world where Western antibiotics are abused and viruses are developing drug resistance, Chinese herbal medicine is gaining increasing attention and favor internationally. Radish has the effects of replenishing qi, strengthening essence, replenishing blood, clearing away heat and reducing swelling, and can be compared with wolfberry and honeysuckle.