From a TCM perspective, snake grape is cool in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, and itself has excellent effects in dispelling wind and dampness, clearing heat and detoxifying toxins, and softening hardness and dispersing knots. This medicine can be taken internally as well as externally. It is mainly used internally to dispel wind and dampness, such as red, swollen and painful joints caused by wind and dampness on the muscular surface, or even numbness. If the wind and dampness is in the lungs, it is manifested as pulmonary carbuncle, which is a common lobar pneumonia, where patients show coughing and coughing with more and more yellow sputum, and some patients also show blood in the sputum, and have fever and high fever. It also treats intestinal canker sores, which are infectious intestinal diseases, where patients present with stools several times a day with pus and blood in the stool, which may also be accompanied by elevated body temperature. In addition to internal use, snake grape can be used externally to treat all kinds of joint pain, joint redness and swelling caused by bruises; besides, it is also used to treat some diseases of the skin, such as skin itching or skin flaking, which can be treated with snake grape externally.