Sweet potato vine

Sweet potato vine

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[synonym] sweet potato vine, sweet potato vine (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals).

[source] stems and leaves of sweet potato, a family of Convolvulaceae. See "sweet potato" for plant morphology.

[pharmacological action] the leaves contain insulin-like components. One gram is equivalent to 440 units of insulin by oral administration, and the potency is doubled by subcutaneous injection. Filipinos use this plant to treat diabetes.

A kind of volatile oil was isolated from sweet potato infected with black rot by artificial infection. It can be divided into five parts. One of them has bitter taste and is a ketone. This ketone and another component have strong toxicity to animals. In the earthworm test, the repellent effect of these two parts is greater than that of shandaonian, and the other three parts have poor effect.

Some parts of plants contain hydrocyanic acid. There have been reports of poisoning death caused by taking a lot of tender head of root bud or stem.

[nature and taste] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "the nature is cool, the taste is sweet and astringent, and it is non-toxic. "

[function indications] it is used to treat vomiting and diarrhea, hematochezia, blood collapse, milk obstruction and carbuncle.

① "Ben Cao Qiu yuan": "apply insect and mosquito wounds, and carbuncle swelling, poison pain, poison arrow, with salt mash juice, apply bee sting. "

② "Lingnan medicine collection record": "for snake and tiger bites, swollen tongue, cholera cramps. "

③ "Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "pass milk, ulcerate carbuncle, discharge pus. It is used to treat women's milk obstruction, carbuncle ulcers, blood in stool, red collapse and diarrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 5-8 yuan. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] ① to treat vomiting and diarrhea in hot weather: take it in water with sweet potato vine. (the secret recipe of traditional Chinese medicine in Guizhou Province)

② Red collapse: sweet potato vine mixed with sweet wine. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

③ For women with milk deficiency: Six Liang sweet potato leaves, and pork belly soup, drink as much as possible. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)

④ Zhimian: one or two sweet potato leaves, one Golden Spider, a little yellow sugar. Mash and apply. (Lingnan herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of aphthous ulcer: sweet potato leaves, shrimp sauce each amount, a total of mashed compress. (Lingnan herbal medicine)

⑥ Cure snake bite: a tip of sweet potato vine. Tamping. (the secret recipe of traditional Chinese medicine in Guizhou Province)

⑦ Treatment of rabid dog bite: mash the paste with raw sweet potato leaves and yellow sugar, change it twice a day for several days. (Lingnan herbal medicine)

Induction of labor

Take the tender stem of sweet potato about 20 cm away from the root, select the soft, thick and fat stem segment, about 10-20 cm long, remove the branches and leaves, immerse in 75% alcohol for disinfection, and then dry it with sterile gauze. According to the gynecological operation routine, 1-2 sterilized sweet potato vines were inserted into the official cavity (2 for the width of the uterine orifice, 1 into the uterine cavity and 1 into the cervix), and then gauze balls were inserted into the vagina to prevent premature prolapse of the sweet potato vines. If it is not delivered in 2 days, it can be inserted again. 147 cases, aged from 19 to 48 years old, were observed, including primipara and multiple pregnant women. Most of the pregnant months were 4 to 6 months, and some of them were stillbirths. Results 134 cases (15 cases needed curettage or artificial placental dissection due to incomplete placental dissection) were delivered naturally (91.1%), 10 cases were given oxytocin (6.8%), and 3 cases were ineffective (2.1%). The fastest delivery time was 7 hours and 10 minutes, and the slowest was 8-10 days. Only a few patients had fever, little bleeding and no other side effects, but aseptic operation must be strictly observed to prevent infection.

Chinese PinYin : Fan Shu Teng