Does Acacia vine leaf tea have the effect of removing toxins?

Nowadays, many people prefer to eat some original plants. Some people use plants to make soup, and some people use plants to make tea. Acacia vine leaves are plants that help to detoxify. They can help the human body get rid of moisture and toxins. At the same time, they can increase nutrition and facilitate absorption. It is more suitable for the physical constitution of many people nowadays. However, everyone should also pay attention that although acacia vine leaf tea does not contain toxins, it has a cool nature and taste. It is mainly used to clear away heat and detoxify, treat colds, and should not be used by people with cold body.

[ Original form ] Acacia is a climbing shrub. The branches are thin and weak, with short flat bristles. Even-pinnate compound leaves, alternate, with 8-15 pairs of leaflets, short petioles, oblong, rounded at both ends, with a very small tip at the tip, 1-2cm long, 0.3-0.3cm wide, without beading on the upper side, and covered with sparse, appressed fine hairs on the lower side. The racemes are very small, 3-6cm long, head-shaped, growing on short branches, without peduncles, and the inflorescence axis is short, thick and fleshy. The flowers are small, closely arranged, about 9mm long, with short stalks; the calyx is yellow-green, bell-shaped, about 3mm long, with 4 short teeth at the tip and hairy on the outside; the corolla is lavender, the standard petal is broadly ovate, with triangular claws at the base, and the wing petals and keel petals are narrow; there are 9 stamens in 1 bundle; the ovary is superior, hairy, the style is glabrous, and the stigma has fine nipples. The pods are yellow-green, leathery, rhombus-oblong, flat or swollen, 2-4.5cm long, 1.2-1.4cm wide, with a curved beak at the tip and covered with bristle-like fine hairs. There are 4-6 seeds, which are oval in shape, black at one end of the navel and vermilion at the top, 6.5mm long and shiny. The flowering period is from March to May, and the fruiting period is from September to October.

[ Habitat distribution ]Ecological environment: Grown in hilly areas or in mountains and roadside bushes. [br]Resource distribution: distributed in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

[ Properties ] Identification of properties: The stem is slender, about 1mm in diameter, green in color, covered with sparse bristles on the surface, hard and brittle, easy to break, and hollow in cross section. The leaves are alternate, even-pinnate compound, with leaflets rectangular to oblong-obovate, smooth on the upper side and sparsely bristled on the lower side. Slight smell, sweet and cool taste. The best ones are those with many leaves and green color. [br]Microscopic identification of stem cross section: The cells of the cork layer are densely arranged and contain brown substances; the thin-walled cells of the inner cork layer contain numerous calcium oxalate prisms. The cells of the thick-walled cell ring of the pericycle are 2-3 rows, and there are more calcium oxalate prisms in the adjacent thin-walled cells. The bast fibers are radially arranged in bundles with 1-4 rows of rays, and the xylem vessels are radially arranged. The medullary cells are round with dotted wall pores on the surface and contain calcium oxalate prisms inside the cells. Leaf surface view: epidermal cells are irregular in shape, cell walls are wavy, stomata are mainly indefinite, and there are 2-7 accessory cells. The single-celled non-glandular hairs are 144-165(-578)μm long, 13-17μm in diameter, straight, with a sharp tip and a smooth surface.

[ Chemical composition ] The leaves of Abrus cotyledon contain abrusoside A, B, C, D, 5,7,4ˊ-trihydroxyflavane glycoside, 7,4ˊ-dihydroxyflavonol diglycoside, taxifolin(e)-3-glucoside, glycyrrhizin, galactose, arabinose, xylose, abruslactone A, methyl abrusgenate and abrusgenic acid.

【 Nature and flavor 】Sweet; Cool; Non-toxic

【 Meridian 】Lung; Spleen; Liver

【 Effects 】 Clears away heat, detoxifies, and is a diuretic. It is used to treat colds, sore throats, lung heat coughs, breast abscesses, boils, and hepatitis (the effects and functions of Acacia vine)

[ Usage and Dosage ] For oral use: decoction, 9-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount, decoct in water for washing; or mash fresh product for application.

[ Discussions by various scholars ] 1. “Handbook of Raw Herbs”: It can promote the production of body fluids, quench thirst, moisten the lungs, and clear away heat. It is widely used as a herbal tea ingredient. [br]2. "Nanning Pharmacopoeia": Leaves: Treat breast sores. [br]3. “Illustrated Guide to Chinese Medicinal Plants”: Leaves: diuretic, treats bronchitis. [br]4. "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": clears heat and promotes diuresis. Treat sore throat, hepatitis, and bronchitis.