drug name
August melon
alias
Niuyaozi fruit, June melon, Xiaobagua, Nagua, Huanggoushen, Muwanggua, August fruit, Savage melon, Thorn vine fruit and Niulazy bag fruit.
hanyu pinyin
ba yue gua
Latin plant and animal mineral names
1. holboellia argesisieraub.
2. holboellia latifolia wall.
3. holboellia parviflora (hemsl.) gagnep.
Tropism
Heart; Liver meridian
classification of families and genera
Akebiaceae ecological environment
1. Born in hillside, roadside, riverside, forest edge and broad-leaved forest.
2. Born in mountainous mixed forests or bushes.
3. Born on the edge of rocky mountain forest at an altitude of 15-19m m..
harvesting and storage
picking and drying fruits when they are ripe in autumn.
resource distribution
1. It is distributed in Shaanxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.
2. It is distributed in Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet.
3. It is distributed in the southeast of Yunnan.
efficacy classification
heat-clearing and diuretic drugs; Blood-activating and pulse-dredging drugs; The analgesic for activating qi is
bitter in nature and taste
; The basic source of cool
medicinal materials
is the fruits of Akebiaceae plants, such as fiveleaf vine, broad-leaved August melon and small-flowered August melon.
usage and dosage
oral administration: decoction, 3-9g.
indications and efficacy
indications
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 and relieving pain
animal and plant morphology
fiveleaf vine
evergreen vine, 3-8m long. The bark is yellow-brown, the branches are cylindrical, and the stems and branches are hairless. Palmately compound leaves; The petiole is 1.5-8 cm long; Leaflets 5(3)-7(9), petiole is slender, .5-2 cm long; Leaflets are oblong, obovate-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, with a length of 2-7cm and a width of .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 .5mm； wide; The degenerated pistil is anther-like .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-October.
broad-leaved August melon
evergreen vine shrub, 5m long, the whole plant is hairless. Palmately compound leaves; Leaflets 3-7, glabrous, thickly leathery; The petiole is 5-11 cm long; Petioles are unequal in length, .6-3 cm long; Leaflets oval 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 caudate, broadly wedge-shaped or round at the base, 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, 1.5-1.7cm long, 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.
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 .5-2.5 cm long; Leaflets are lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 6-11cm long and 2-5.5cm wide, with long tapering or caudate tapering at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, smooth on the top and obvious veins below. Flowers (only male flowers) are small, fleshy, and many flowers form short-stalked corymbose inflorescences with clustered leaf axils; Petiole slender, .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.