Snakeberry

Introduction of snakeberry

Duchesnea indica (Andr.) Focke, also known as snakeberry, dragon's spit, three-clawed wind, nosebleed fruit, bead claw, snake fruit, cockscomb, wild strawberry, snake vine, ground berry, silkworm berry, three-point red, lion's tail, sore medicine, snake egg fruit, ground brocade, three-pi wind, snake bubble grass, three-skin wind, three-clawed dragon, old snake bubble, snake grass, three-legged tiger, snake skin vine, snake eight petals, dragon holding pearl, small strawberry, ground bayberry, snake invisible, golden cicada grass, three-leaf vine, old snake thorn, old snake thorn, dragon ball grass, snake grape, snake fruit vine, snake pillow, snake containing grass, snake coil grass, haha ​​fruit, hemp snake fruit, nine dragon grass, three-pi grass, snake woman, snake turtle grass, ground bayberry, red top fruit, blood carbuncle grass, wild strawberry. Rosaceae, perennial herb, the whole plant has soft hairs; long creeping stems. The leaflets are obovate to rhombus-oblong, 2-3.5(-5)cm long and 1-3cm wide; the flowers are solitary in the leaf axils; 1.5-2.5cm in diameter; the achenes are ovate, about 1.5mm long, smooth or with inconspicuous protrusions, and shiny when fresh. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruiting period is from August to October. It grows wild on hillsides, grasslands, roadsides, ditches or weeds on ridges; it is distributed throughout the country. The whole plant is used for medicinal purposes, with the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, astringing and stopping bleeding, and can also treat snake bites, boils, etc.; and is used to kill fly maggots.

Nutritional value of snakeberry

The whole plant contains methoxydehydrocholesterol, lower condensed tannin, ellagitannin, total protein, total nonstructural carbohydrates, gallic acid, hexose, pentose, uronic acid, protein, proteintannicpolysaccharide, phenolicsubstance, and ursolic acid. cacid, tormentic acid, rosamultin, kajiichigoside F, 6-methoxynaringenin, farrerol, tail-sitosterol, stearic acid, betulin, duchesellagiside A, B, kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside and kaempferol-3-O-robinobioside.

The efficacy and function of snakeberry

1. Snakeberry is used to treat excessive heat and mouth sores: crush one dou of snakeberry juice, boil it to get five liters, and drink it in small amounts. ("Shang Han Lei Yao")

2. Snakeberry for scrofula: Wash and decoct one to two liang of fresh snakeberry. (Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Shanghai)

3. Snakeberry for heatstroke and cold: 5 to 8 qian of dried snakeberry, add water to boil, take twice a day. (Fujian Folk Herbs)

4. Snakeberry treats cancer and furuncle: 3 to 1 liang of snakeberry, decoct and take. (Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Shanghai)

5. Snakeberry for vomiting blood and coughing up blood: 2-3 liang of fresh snakeberry, mash and squeeze out a cup of juice, stew with a little rock sugar. ("Mindong Materia Medica")

6. Snakeberry for small burns: Mash fresh snakeberry and apply externally. If there is pus on the wound, add fresh plowshare; if there is no pus, add a little borneol. (Jiangxi Herbal Medicine)

7. Snakeberry for sore throat: Take fresh snakeberry soup orally or gargle. ("Mindong Materia Medica")

8. Snakeberry can treat snake bites and poisonous insect bites: mash fresh snakeberry and apply to the affected area. (Jiangxi Folk Herbs)

9. Snakeberry for treating children's mouth sores: Mix snakeberry (ground) and alum powder, wash the affected area with salt water and alum, and then sprinkle the powder on it. (Guiyang Folk Herbs)

10. Snakeberry for traumatic injury: Mash fresh snakeberry, add a little sweet wine, stir-fry and apply externally. (Jiangxi Herbal Medicine)

11. Snakeberry can treat malaria and jaundice: Mash fresh snakeberry leaves and apply a ball the size of a broad bean to the radial artery, then bandage it with a cloth strip. (Jiangxi Folk Herbs)

12. Snakeberry for impetigo: Stew the snakeberry with meat and eat it, and mash it for external application. (Guiyang Folk Herbs

13. Snakeberry for dysentery: decocted one liang of fresh whole snakeberry in water. (Jiangxi "Handbook of Herbal Medicine")

14. Snakeberry for treating snake bites: Take an appropriate amount of snakegrass, 5 fen of realgar, and one garlic. Mash them together, wrap them in cloth, and apply them externally. (Guiyang Folk Herbs)

15. Snakeberry can treat snake head boils, breast abscesses, back sores, and furuncles: mash fresh snakeberry grass, add honey and apply to the affected area. For those who have not yet purulently formed, add one or two dandelions.