What are the benefits and effects of Rangoon creeper? This article will give you an understanding

Rangoon creeper, also known as Liu Qiu Zi, Shi Jun Zi, Wu Suo Zi, Jun Zi Ren, etc., is the dried mature fruit of the climbing shrub plant Rangoon creeper (Quisqualis indica) of the Combretaceae family, Quisqualis genus. When used as medicine, it has the effects of killing parasites and resolving food stagnation, and is mainly used to treat ascariasis, enterobiasis, abdominal pain due to parasitic infestation, and infantile malnutrition. Let us now take a look at the benefits and effects of Rangoon creeper!

The Medicinal Effects of Rangoon Creeper

[Nature and Flavor]Sweet in taste, warm in nature.

[Meridian Entry]Spleen and Stomach meridians.

[Effects]Kills parasites and resolves food stagnation; mainly treats ascariasis, enterobiasis, abdominal pain due to parasitic infestation, and infantile malnutrition.

Medicinal Discourses on Rangoon Creeper

1. "Kai Bao Ben Cao": For the five types of infantile malnutrition, white turbid urine, kills parasites, and treats diarrhea and dysentery.

2. "Compendium of Materia Medica": It astringes deficiency heat and stops diarrhea and dysentery, and is an essential medicine for various childhood diseases. The common saying among ordinary physicians that it kills all parasites leaving nothing to aid digestion is a vulgar and ignorant statement.

Medicinal Contraindications of Rangoon Creeper

1. Overdosing on Rangoon creeper can cause reactions such as hiccups, dizziness, vomiting, and diarrhea.

2. Taking Rangoon creeper together with hot tea can also cause hiccups and diarrhea, so strong tea should be avoided when taking it.

Pharmacological Effects of Rangoon Creeper

1. Anthelmintic effect: In in vitro tests, Rangoon creeper showed strong inhibitory effects on earthworms, leeches, pig roundworms, etc. Experimental results on mice naturally infected with mouse pinworms showed that Rangoon creeper powder and the combination of Rangoon creeper and Stemona root powder both had a certain anthelmintic effect against pinworms. For larvae, Rangoon creeper powder alone was ineffective, but the combination of Rangoon creeper powder and Stemona root powder showed slight effectiveness.

2. Antibacterial effect: Rangoon creeper water infusion showed varying degrees of inhibitory effects in vitro on dermatophytes such as Trichophyton violaceum, Trichophyton concentricum, Trichophyton schoenleinii, Microsporum audouinii, Microsporum ferrugineum, Microsporum lanosum, Epidermophyton inguinale, and Nocardia asteroides.

Medicinal Formulations of Rangoon Creeper

1. To treat worm-bite pain in children with clear foamy saliva: Grind Rangoon creeper (shelled) into an extremely fine powder, mix with rice water, and take on an empty stomach at the fifth watch (early dawn).

2. To treat infantile malnutrition with roundworms: Ten Rangoon creeper fruits (roasted on a tile and ground into powder), licorice (soaked in bile overnight), and white bitter cardamom each one fen, five chinaberry seeds (roasted, pits removed). Grind the above into powder. Take one qian per dose, decocted in water.

3. To treat the five types of infantile malnutrition with disharmony of the spleen and stomach, abdominal distension, recurrent cramping pain, inability to eat, and progressive emaciation: Officinal magnolia bark (peeled, roasted with ginger juice), dried tangerine peel (white inner layer removed), and Sichuan lovage rhizome each one fen, Rangoon creeper kernels (soaked, black skin removed) one liang. Grind the above into fine powder. Form into honey pills the size of a soapberry. For children over three years old, one pill; for those under three, half a pill; dissolve in aged rice water and administer.

4. To treat abdominal masses in children with enlarged abdomen, emaciated muscles, sallow complexion, gradually developing into malnutrition: Rangoon creeper kernels three qian, Momordica cochinchinensis kernels five qian. Grind into powder, form water pills the size of longan. Take one pill each time, break open the top of one egg, place the medicine inside, steam over rice until cooked, and eat on an empty stomach.

5. To treat yellow disease with craving for raw rice, tea leaves, charred wood, soil, tile fragments, etc.: Rangoon creeper kernels two liang (chopped, slightly roasted), areca nut two liang, Arisaema rhizome three liang (both stir-fried with ginger juice). Grind all into powder, make a paste with red yeast and form into pills the size of parasol tree seeds. Take over a hundred pills per dose, administered with dark plum and Sichuan pepper decoction.

6. To treat head sores and facial sores: Take Rangoon creeper kernels, soak three to five in a little sesame oil, chew finely at bedtime, swallow with sesame oil, and it will heal over time.

7. To treat infantile spleen malnutrition: Use Rangoon creeper and aloe in equal parts, grind into powder. Take one qian per dose, administered with rice water.

8. To treat abdominal masses in children (enlarged abdomen, emaciated and sallow, gradually developing into malnutrition): Use Rangoon creeper kernels three qian and Momordica cochinchinensis kernels five qian, grind together into powder, add drops of water to make pills the size of longan. Take one pill each time, place into an egg with the top broken open, steam over rice until cooked, and take on an empty stomach.

9. To treat deficiency edema in children (swelling of the head, face, and scrotum): Use Rangoon creeper one liang, shelled, add honey five qian to roast the medicine, grind finely. Take one qian per dose, after meals, administered with rice water.