Trichosanthes root is the name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the root of Cucurbitaceae plant Trichosanthes kirilowii, and it is a kind of medicine for clearing heat and purging fire. Its specific effects are clearing heat and purging fire, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, expelling pus and reducing swelling. Indications: thirst, thirst quenching, jaundice, lung dryness and hemoptysis, carbuncle and swelling, hemorrhoids and flaccidity.

Medication site

This product is the dried root of Trichosanthes kirilowii or Trichosanthes kirilowii.

Sexual taste

Sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold.

efficacy

Clearing heat and purging fire, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, reducing swelling and discharging pus.

cure

Fever, polydipsia, lung heat, dry cough, internal heat to quench thirst, sore and swelling.

physiological property

Climbing vines, up to 10m long. The tuberous root is cylindrical, thick and rich in starch. The stem is thick, multi-branched, with longitudinal edges and grooves, and is white and stretched. The flowering period is May-August, and the fruiting period is August 8- 10/October. Its original plants like warm and humid, sunny environment, not drought-tolerant, afraid of waterlogging, suitable for growing in low and middle mountain areas with warm winter and cool summer. The annual average temperature is about 20℃, and the average temperature in July is below 28℃ and above 1 month 6℃, which is favorable for plant growth and development.