Sexual taste is sweet and flat.
Functions: benefiting qi and promoting lactation. Used for failing to stop breast milk due to physical weakness; External use for treating boils.
Usage and dosage: 0.5 ~1Liang, appropriate amount of fresh grass for external use, broken juice and external application of prickly heat.
Collecting and harvesting: collecting whole grass and fruits in summer and autumn, processing: washing and drying in the sun.
Functions: tonifying lung qi, clearing away heat and reducing fire, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain. The whole plant contains rubber 1.5% and resin 3.6%, which can be used as industrial raw materials.
The sweet potato with slender stems, low lignification and soft texture is beneficial for livestock to eat.
Camels, goats and sheep like to eat sweet potatoes when they are fresh, and these animals especially like to eat their tender pods. When they dry up, their leaves fall off and their palatability is slightly poor.
In terms of chemical composition, Cucumis melo L. has high nutritional value, its protein content is close to alfalfa, and it is equivalent to wheat bran, and it is also rich in crude fat and ash, especially the calcium content is high, which is close to the level of general leguminous forage, and the nutrient crude fiber which is difficult to digest is very few (table153-1). Sweet potato is not only rich in protein, but also good in protein. In terms of the number of nine essential amino acids (table153-2), it can be compared with alfalfa hay, and nearly half as much as wheat bran. According to the analysis, the nine elements contained in Cucumis sativus (table153-3) are all needed by animals except aluminum, and their contents are relatively high in ash, nitrogen, calcium and so on.
The sweet potato should be a medium or good forage plant. Fruits and seeds can also be used as medicine, and tender fruits are edible. The medicine name is sand milk grass, and the Mongolian medicine name is Dougenu. It is sweet and warm, and has the functions of promoting lactation, promoting blood circulation, relieving inflammation and pain, and stopping diarrhea. The whole plant contains rubber 1.5% and resin 3.6%, which can be used as industrial raw materials.