The efficacy and function of stir-fried Trichosanthes peel

Trichosanthes kirilowii is the dried perfect fruit of Trichosanthes kirilowii, which is oval or spherical and brown when ripe. my country is a traditional producer of Trichosanthes kirilowii, which is also known as medicine melon, wild melon and hanging melon.

Trichosanthes is very common in rural areas and is not expensive even if you buy it in a pharmacy. It likes to grow in the cracks of rocks in the deep mountains, rugged cliffs and ridges. Its fruit, outer peel, dried fruit (seeds) and underground stems are all excellent Chinese herbal medicines.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, Trichosanthes kirilowii moistens the lungs and relieves cough, relieves cough and resolves phlegm, eliminates lumps, and moistens the intestines. It is mainly used to treat cough due to phlegm and heat, hemoptysis, quenches thirst, constipation, etc. However, it is not suitable for people with "weak spleen and stomach, loose bowel movements, cold phlegm, and wet phlegm."

Effects of Trichosanthes

Volume 18 of Compendium of Materia Medica states: Trichosanthes kirilowii "moistens the lungs, relieves cough and dryness, reduces internal heat, treats cough, eliminates phlegm, relieves thirst, facilitates bowel movements, and eliminates carbuncles and ulcers." Stir-fried Trichosanthes seeds are used to: "Replenish deficiency and treat dry mouth and tongue, moisturize heart and lung functions, treat vomiting blood, intestinal wind and bloody diarrhea, red and white dysentery, and wrinkles on the hands and face."

Trichosanthes kirilowii is a product that can be used as both food and medicine. Its roots, whole trichosanthes kirilowii, trichosanthes kirilowii peel and trichosanthes kirilowii can all be used as medicine. Among them, the roots and trichosanthes kirilowii are also ideal ingredients for nutritional foods and health care foods, and have broad industry prospects.

The medicinal part of Trichosanthes kirilowii is composed of four parts: the whole fruit (including Trichosanthes kirilowii), Radix Trichosanthis (root), Trichosanthes kirilowii peel and Trichosanthes kirilowii seeds. It has the effects of dilating coronary arteries, resisting myocardial ischemia, promoting blood circulation, inhibiting platelet aggregation, resisting oxygen deficiency, and resisting arrhythmia on the endocrine system. It has anti-ulcer and laxative effects on the digestive tract. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: Trichosanthes has medicinal effects, is sweet, slightly bitter, cold in nature, and enters the lungs, stomach, and intestines. It can clear away heat and resolve phlegm, relieve chest tightness and eliminate lumps, moisten the lungs and intestines, and treat painful sores and ulcers. It is mainly used to treat heat syndrome, dry mouth, quench thirst, frequent drinking, dry cough due to lung heat, sores and ulcers.

(1) Different locations of Trichosanthes have different effects

Step 1: Whole Trichosanthes

Clears away heat and relieves stagnation, clears and moistens the lungs, and moistens the intestines. The whole Trichosanthes kirilowii is made up of both the skin and the kernel, but nowadays pharmacies generally only have two kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, the skin of Trichosanthes kirilowii and the kernel of Trichosanthes kirilowii. If the prescription uses the whole Trichosanthes kirilowii, the pharmacy generally provides 1/3 of the skin of Trichosanthes kirilowii and 2/3 of the kernel of Trichosanthes kirilowii. In addition to taking into account the functions of both the skin and the kernel, the whole Trichosanthes can also reduce swelling and resolve lumps, and can be used to treat mastitis and swelling.

Step 2: Trichosanthes peel

That is, the outer peel of Trichosanthes kirilowii without the pulp and seeds, which has the effects of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, regulating qi and relieving chest tightness. It is used to treat abdominal distension, chest tightness, wind-heat cough, and thick phlegm that is difficult to cough up. In recent years, it is also commonly used to treat angina pectoris caused by coronary heart disease.

Step 3 Trichosanthes root (Trichosanthes root)

It can lower blood lipids, prevent arteriosclerosis, promote cell growth, prevent anemia, and protect against radiation. Regular consumption can enhance the body's immunity (Have a Good Use of High-Tech 2003, Issue 10, page). In clinical medical application, Trichosanthes injection has good effect in inducing abortion for mid-term pregnancy, fetal death and missed abortion and can be trusted.

Step 4: Trichosanthes

That is the seeds of Trichosanthes kirilowii, which have a smooth taste, promote milk production, nourish health, beautify the skin, strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, moisten the lungs and relieve cough, promote digestion, relieve blood pressure, relieve chest tightness, soothe the mind and calm the nerves, inhibit bacteria and strengthen the body, and have a significant inhibitory effect on the proliferation of paraffin-section choriocarcinoma cells and HIV.

Modern medical scientific research has confirmed that Trichosanthes kirilowii contains 16.8% unsaturated fat, 5.46% protein, 17 kinds of carbohydrates, tripterygosaccharin, a variety of nutrients and 16 nutrients such as calcium, iron, zinc and selenium. Taking Trichosanthes seeds can dilate the coronary arteries and increase the total coronary flow; it has a significant protective effect on acute myocardial ischemia; it has a significant inhibitory effect on the proliferation of paraffin-sectioned choriocarcinoma cells and HIV virus; it has a certain therapeutic effect on diabetes; it has an auxiliary effect on hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and high cholesterol; it can enhance the body's immune function; and it has the effect of slimming and beauty.

(II) Effects of Trichosanthes kirilowii

Clears away heat and resolves phlegm

Used for cough with phlegm and heat. This product can produce body fluids and relieve heat, and has the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is used for wind-heat cough and thick phlegm that is difficult to cough up. It can be used alone, and in clinical medicine it is often used together with Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Fritillaria thunbergii. If phlegm and heat are accumulated inside the body, the patient has cough with yellow and thick phlegm, chest tightness, shortness of breath and constipation, it can be combined with Bupleurum, Arisaema, Citrus aurantium, etc., such as Qingqi Huatan Pills.

In clinical care, it is very effective to use it to boil water to treat cough, especially for paroxysmal cough with phlegm in the throat.

Benefit Qi and relieve chest tightness

Used for chest pain and chest congestion. This product can not only clear away cough, resolve phlegm and heat, but also relieve chest congestion and eliminate chest congestion. Therefore, it can relieve chest congestion and is an important medicine for treating chest obstruction and chest congestion. For the treatment of chest pain caused by phlegm and turbidity, and blockage of chest yang, it can be used together with Allium macrostemon and Pinellia ternata, such as Trichosanthes kirilowii, Allium macrostemon and pure grain wine soup, and Trichosanthes kirilowii, Allium macrostemon and Pinellia ternata soup. For treating phlegm-heat in the chest, fullness in the chest and pain when pressed, use Scutellaria baicalensis and Pinellia ternata, such as Xiao Xianxiong Decoction.

Eliminate carbuncle and knot

Used for lung abscess, intestinal abscess, breast abscess, etc. This product can reduce swelling and resolve lumps. It is used to treat lung abscess and cough with spitting of thick blood, and is equivalent to being used with Houttuynia cordata root and Phragmites australis root. For treating intestinal abscess, it can be used with Patrinia salsa and Smilax glabra. For the initial stage of mastitis, swelling, heat and pain, it can be used with dandelion flowers, honeysuckle, burdock seeds, etc.

Improves digestion

Used for dry intestines and constipation. The texture of Trichosanthes kirilowii is moist and oily, and it promotes digestion. It is used to treat gastrointestinal heat, dry intestines and constipation, and is often used in combination with hemp seed and Prunus mume seed.