August melon is also known as August fried (Akebia Akebia), the fruit of Akebia Akebia and Akebia trifoliata, and wild fruit. It is named after the fruit ripens and cracks in August. The fruit is banana-shaped, and it is rich in sugar, vitamin C and 12 amino acids, as well as valeric acid, methionine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, lysine and so on, which cannot be synthesized by human body. Sweet fruit, pollution-free green food, known as "native banana". Most of them are Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area. There are abundant wild resources in the foothills and forests, such as Suoxiyu and Yang Jiajie. As a superior wild fruit, it is now listed as a key development project by relevant departments.

name of medicine

August melon

another name

Cow kidney fruit, June melon, small eight melon, which melon, yellow dog kidney, wood king melon, August fruit, savage melon, thorn vine fruit, cow lazy bag fruit.

Bopomofo

ba yue gua

Latin plant, animal and mineral names

1.HolboelliafargesiiReaub.

2.Holboellia latifolia Wall.

3.Holboellia parviflora(Hemsl.)Gagnep.

Meridian tropism

Bladder; Heart; Liver meridian

Classification of families and genera

Akebiaceae ecological environment

1. Born on slopes, roadsides, rivers, forest margins and broad-leaved forests.

2. Born in mountainous mixed forests or bushes.

3. Born on the edge of rocky mountain at an altitude of1500-1900 m..

Harvesting and storage

Picking and drying the fruit when it is ripe in autumn.

Resource distribution

1. Distributed in Shaanxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

2. Distributed in Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet and other places.

3. Distributed in the southeast of Yunnan.

Efficacy classification

Heat-clearing and diuretic drugs; Blood-activating and pulse-dredging drugs; Promoting qi circulation and relieving pain

Sexual taste

Bitter; cool

Medicinal material source

It is the fruit of Akebiaceae plants, such as Acanthopanax quinquefolius, Cucurbita latifolia and Cucurbita microphylla.

dosage

Oral administration: decoction, 3-9g.

Indications and efficacy

cure

Short and red urine; Leaching turbidity; Edema; Rheumatalgia; Injury from falls; The milk is blocked; Hernia pain; Uterine prolapse; testitis

efficacy

Clearing heat and promoting diuresis; Promoting blood circulation and dredging veins; Promoting qi circulation and relieving pain

Animal and plant morphology

Five-wind vine

Evergreen vines, 3-8m long. The bark is yellow-brown, the branches are cylindrical, and the stems and branches are hairless. Palmately compound leaves; Petiole length1.5-8 cm; Leaflets 5(3)-7(9), petiole is slender, 0.5-2 cm long; Leaflets are oblong, obovate-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, with a length of 2-7cm and a width of 0.6-2cm, which vary greatly in size. The apex is mucronate, the base is wedge-shaped, the lower leaves are grayish white, the lateral veins are not obvious, the whole side is smooth and hairless. Flowers are unisexual, monoecious, and are corymbose inflorescences with clustered leaf axils, with 1-3 flowers per stalk; Bracteoles small, almost inconspicuous; Male flowers are few, green and white, large, about 1.5-2cm long, sepals 6, unequal in length, nearly fleshy, oblong spoon-shaped, blunt and thickened at the apex, petals (nectaries) scaly, nearly round or triangular, and about 0.5mm； wide; The degenerated pistil is anther-like 0.75mm, carpels are 3, and ovules are numerous, arranged in 5 rows. Fruit purple, oblong, apex obtuse, 7-9cm long. The flowering period is April-May and the fruiting period is June 6- 10/October.

Broad-leaved August melon

Evergreen vine shrub, 5m long, the whole plant is hairless. Palmately compound leaves; Leaflets 3-7, glabrous, thickly leathery; Petiole length is 5-11cm; Petioles are unequal in length, 0.6-3 cm long; Leaflets are ovoid or obovate oblong to oval, 5-7cm long and 2.5-4.5cm wide, 5- 15cm long on the main stem, tapering at the apex or caudally, broadly wedge-shaped or round at the base, with dark green on the top and light green on the bottom. Flowers are corymbose inflorescences with clustered leaf axils, which are extremely fragrant, monoecious; Male calyx segments are 6 or 2 rows, long 1.5- 1.7cm, green and white, long and narrow; Petals 6, tiny, stamens 1.2cm long, anthers shorter than filaments, anthers 5mm long, filaments 7 mm long; Female flower is larger, sepals are 2.2cm long, purple, petals are 6, small, with 6 pseudostamens, 3 pistils and 3 locules. Fruit is usually 2-3 in a bunch, irregularly oblong, sausage-shaped, 5- 16cm long, about 3cm in diameter, purplish red when ripe, containing most seeds. The flowering period is from May to July, and the fruit ripening period is from August to September.

Small flower August melon

Climbing shrubs. Each part is hairless and the branches are striped. Leaves are pinnately 3-lobulated, thin leathery; Petiole 7-9cm long, cylindrical and slender; The petiole is 0.5-2.5 cm long; Leaflets are lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 6- 1 1cm long and 2-5.5cm wide. The apex is long or caudally acuminate, the base is blunt or round, the upper surface is smooth, and the lower veins are obvious. Flowers (only male flowers) are small, fleshy, and many flowers form short-stalked corymbose inflorescences with clustered leaf axils; The pedicel is slender, 0.5-1.5 cm long; Bracts suborbicular, large, about 5 mm wide; Three outer sepals are thick, oval, concave, about 5mm long and blunt, and three inner sepals are thin, lanceolate, about 3mm long and acute; Petals (nectaries) are long lmm；; Stamens 6, inward as long as sepals, alternate slightly shorter, filaments separated, fleshy, cylindrical, anthers short, anthers adjacent, connective not protruding. The fruit is berrylike, oval and purplish red.