Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 10 Three Paintings (5)
【Modern Research】The root contains triterpene saponins and alkaloids.Saponins have anticancer effects in mice.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica" for Osmanthus.It is the whole herb of Vicia sntiara L., an annual herbaceous plant of leguminous family.It is distributed all over the country.

【Synonym】Wei Cai, Wild Hemp Pea, Spring Nest Vegetable, Wild Bean, Huangtengzi, Fat Field Grass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, pungent, cold.Return liver, gallbladder, small intestine, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and application】Replenishing liver and kidney: used for backache and nocturnal emission caused by deficiency of kidney yin, often stewed with sealwort, asparagus, curculigo, eucommia, cinnabar and pig's trotters.Dispelling dampness and diuresis: used for edema, jaundice, can be compatible with Desmodium, Polygonum cuspidatum, etc.Eliminating phlegm and relieving cough: For cough with thick phlegm, decoct it with water alone, or use it with Scutellaria baicalensis, Morus alba, and Dannanxing.In addition, it can be decocted and taken and smashed for application, or decocted to wash the affected area, and it can also treat carbuncle, gangrene, back, hemorrhoids, etc.

In modern times, it is often used for lumbar muscle strain, spermatorrhea, viral hepatitis A, nephritis, edema, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g; or stewed meat.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying; or decocted for washing.

[Modern research] Contains vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, flavonoids, steroids, coumarins, amino acids, carotene, minerals, trace elements, and trace amounts of hydrocyanic acid.

See "Kaibao Materia Medica" for the big belly skin.It is the peel of Areca catechu L., a palm plant.Mainly produced in Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan, Taiwan and other places.

[Synonym] Betel nut skin, big belly hair, betel nut clothing, big belly down.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, slightly warm.Return spleen, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and application】Xingqi Kuanzhong: It is used for abdominal fullness due to dampness and stagnation of qi, and abdominal distension, belching, acid regurgitation, and abnormal stool caused by food accumulation and stagnation of qi.For treating dampness and qi stagnation, it is often compatible with Huoxiang, orange peel, etc.; for treating food accumulation and qi stagnation, it is often compatible with hawthorn, divine comedy, malt, and citrus aurantium.Diuresis and swelling: used for skin edema caused by stagnant water and dampness, and difficulty in urinating. It is often used with Poria skin, ginger skin, and Wujia skin, such as Wupi Yin ("Ma Ke Huan Ren Quan Shu"); used for beriberi edema, often It is compatible with betel nut, akebia, and morning glory.

In modern times, it is often used for acute gastroenteritis, gastrointestinal cold, simple dyspepsia in children, chronic viral hepatitis, nephritis edema, urinary tract infection, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-9g; or into pills.External application: appropriate amount, decocted for washing; or powdered for applying.

[Cautions for use] This product is pungent and warms the lower qi, so those with qi deficiency and physical deficiency should take it with caution.

【Modern Research】Contains tannin, α-catechin, arecoline, etc.The decoction can increase the tension of isolated rabbit intestine, reduce the contraction range, and promote the vigorous secretion of digestive juice.

See "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" for a large arrow.It is the bulb of Lycoris aurea Herb., a perennial herb of Amaryllidaceae.Distributed in central and southern China.

[Synonyms] Iron-colored arrow, sudden smile, ancestor flower, rock garlic, one-legged garlic.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, sweet, flat.poisonous.Return lung meridian.

【Efficacy and Application】Moisturizing the lung and relieving cough: used for dry cough due to lung heat, tuberculosis cough, or bloody sputum. , Scutellaria baicalensis, Platycodon grandiflora, etc.Detoxification and detumescence: for carbuncle sores, furunculosis and tuberculosis, it can be applied externally with wild chrysanthemum and Sanpifeng pounded juice; for water and fire burns, pounded juice and egg white to apply to the wound.In addition, smashing the juice and applying it to the affected area can cure redness and swelling under the ears.

Modern commonly used in chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, skin ulcers, burns and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-10g fresh product; or powder.External application: appropriate amount, pounded for applying; or pounded for application.

[Caution for use] Contains alkaloids such as lycorine, galanthine, and lycorine.Liquid extract has emetic effect, can increase respiratory secretion, and has significant expectorant effect.

See "Lingnan Herb Collection" for Dafeiyangcao.It is the whole plant of Euphorbia hirta L., an annual herbaceous plant of Euphorbiaceae.Mainly produced in Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian and other places.

[Synonym] Dafeiyang, Feiyang, Jiejiehua, white milk grass, Tianpao grass, big milk grass, milk mother grass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, sour, cool.Return large intestine, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and dampness: used for damp-heat diarrhea, stranguria, hematuria, urinary obstruction, decocted with water alone.Detoxification and elimination of carbuncle: for boils and carbuncles caused by toxin-heat stasis, breast abscess, decocted and taken with fresh grass pounded for compress; for lung abscess, fresh grass smashed and squeezed juice, boiled water for oral administration.Killing insects and relieving itching: used for skin itching, eczema, scabies, decoction and blister washing.Breast milk: for postpartum little milk or milk barrier, decocted in single flavor, or compatible with pangolin, Passepartout, etc.In addition, the fresh grass is smashed to get the juice, and the realgar powder is added to mix thoroughly and applied externally, which can cure herpes zoster.

Modern commonly used in bronchitis, lung abscess, acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery, indigestion, urinary tract infection, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6~9g (fresh product 30~60g).External application: appropriate amount, decocted for washing; or crushed for applying.

[Modern Research] Contains terpenes, -beta balsamol, beta-sitosterol, etc.It has central analgesic effect, antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, anti-inflammatory, excitatory uterus, antidiarrheal and other effects.

See "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine formulas" for fenugreek.It is the whole herb of Lamiaceae 1-year herb Mosla dianthera (Ham.) Maxim.Distributed in south-central my country.

[Synonym] Prickly heat grass, fake fish fragrance, small fish fairy grass, prickly heat grass, cholera grass, fragrant flower grass, Nepeta nepeta.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, bitter, slightly warm.Return lung, spleen, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and application】Expelling cold: used for exogenous wind-cold, aversion to cold and fever, often used together with perilla and ginger.Relieve summer heat and dampness: used for exogenous heat dampness, cold and heat, chest tightness, vomiting and nausea, can be decocted with white lentils, Magnolia officinalis officinalis officinalis officinalis officinalis officinalis officinalis officinalis officinalis officinalis officinalis root and leaf of Shi Gonggong.Expelling wind and relieving itching: used for skin itching, eczema, prickly heat, urticaria, soaking with decocted water alone, or rubbing the affected area with mashed fresh grass juice.In addition, smashed and applied externally, it can also treat traumatic bleeding and poisonous snake bites.

It is commonly used in modern times for colds, heatstroke, trichomonal vaginitis, skin eczema, etc.To treat pruritus vulvae, take 60g each of eucalyptus leaf and decoct water to rinse the vagina.

【Usage and Dosage】Decoction: 9~15g.External application: appropriate amount, pounded for applying; or decocted for washing.

【Modern Research】Contains volatile oil, etc.

Eucalyptus eucalyptus leaves see "Illustrated Handbook of Chinese Medicinal Plants".It is the leaf of Eucalyptus robusta Sm., an evergreen tree of Myrtaceae.It is cultivated in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

[Synonym] Mosquito leaves, eucalyptus leaves.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, pungent, cool.Return lung, spleen, stomach, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】Diverging wind-heat: used for wind-heat cold, febrile disease at the beginning, only use decocted water for taking, or decocted water for fumigation bath.Eliminates phlegm and relieves cough: It is used for cough and asthma due to lung heat, often in combination with Vitex Radix and Cortex Morus alba.Dampness and antidiarrheal: for damp-heat diarrhea: decocted with water alone, or used together with Pteris vulgaris, pomegranate peel, Polygonum vulgaris, and Bandi brocade.Heat-clearing and detoxifying: It is used for carbuncle sores caused by excessive heat and toxins, breast abscess swelling and pain, water and fire burns, etc. It can be decocted for oral administration, decocted for external application, or smashed for external application.Killing insects and relieving itching: used for scabies, eczema, wind itching, can be decocted and washed with water, or powdered for application.

Modern commonly used in influenza, meningitis, otitis media, cellulitis, erysipelas, acute mastitis, urticaria, eczema, burns, neurodermatitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-9g (fresh product 15-30g).External application: Appropriate amount, decocted for washing; or ground into powder for external application.

[Modern Research] Contains volatile oil, gallic acid, phenols, sterols, triterpenes, etc.It has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Shigella and influenza virus.

See "Guangxi Medicinal Plants Catalogue" for the large leaf purple pearl.It is the root or leaf of Verbenaceae shrub or small tree Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl., etc.Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

[Synonym] False big moi, white bone wind, big wind leaf, purple bead leaf, purple bead.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, slightly pungent, flat.Return liver, kidney, spleen, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and Application】Removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding: used for hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, hematuria, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, decoction alone, or combined with Sanqi powder, madder root, etc.; used for wound bleeding, powdered and sprinkled for external use .Dispersing blood stasis and reducing swelling: used for bruises, swelling and pain due to blood stasis, smashed for external application.Expelling wind and dampness: for rheumatic arthralgia, it can be compatible with Clematis, Xugufeng, Duhuo, Sangjisheng, Chishao, Barley, etc.

Modern commonly used in gastric and duodenal ulcer bleeding, esophageal varices bleeding, surgical incision bleeding, epistaxis, gingival bleeding, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g.External application: leaves, ground into powder and sprinkled; or pounded for applying.

[Modern Research] Contains flavonoids, sugars, tannins, phenols, etc.Hemostasis is due to vasoconstriction and mechanical compression of submucosa vessels by intestinal contracture.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for soybean yellow volume.It is made from the germinated black seeds of soybean Glycine max (L.) Merr., a leguminous plant, and dried in the sun.Produced all over the country.

[Synonym] soybean roll, yellow roll skin, bean yellow roll, bean roll, clear water bean roll.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, flat.Return spleen, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and application】Relieve heat and dampness: It is used for heat dampness and early summer heat, less fever and sweat, chest tightness, greasy moss, often compatible with Huoxiang, Peilan, talc, Tongcao, Yinhua, Magnolia officinalis, etc.Dispelling dampness and juanbi: used for dampness, spasms, and heavy limbs. It can be compatible with coix seed, silkworm excrement, and Gentiana chinensis, etc.

Modern commonly used in summer cold, acute gastroenteritis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g; pounded into juice or powder.

[Modern Research] Contains asparagine, choline, xanthine, hydrochloride, sulfate, phosphate, calcium, potassium, silicon, etc.

See "Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Annals" for Dafeijincao.It is the whole herb of Sanicula lamelligera Hance, a perennial herb of Umbelliferae.Distributed in central and southern China.

[Synonym] Lung Meridian Grass, Umbilical Wind Grass, Fanbeihong, Blood Jingcao, Black Dougrass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, pungent, flat.Return lung, liver, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and application】Dispelling wind and relieving the exterior: It is used for fever, aversion to cold, headache, floating pulse, decoction in water for exogenous wind-cold.Resolving phlegm and relieving cough: It is used for cough caused by phlegm evil blocking the lung, asthma, excessive and sticky phlegm, and unpleasant phlegm.Promoting blood circulation and dredging menstrual flow: used for amenorrhea and waist pain in women with blood stasis.

It is commonly used in modern times for colds, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, umbilical wind in children, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g.

See "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine" for big elderberry pill.It is the root, leaf and flower of Torricellia angulata Oliv.VaR.intermedia (Harms) Hu., a small tree of Cornaceae.Distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

[synonym] water wax gourd, water five plus, Qingming flower.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, pungent, flat.Return liver, lung meridian.

【Efficacy and application】Dispelling wind and dredging collaterals: For rheumatic arthralgia, used alone or in combination with Caulis Caulis, Duhuo, Gentiana chinensis, and Xianling.Activating blood and healing wounds: used for bruises, blood stasis, swelling and pain, fractures, alone, or in combination with dried blood, myrrh, frankincense, sumac, etc.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, bruises and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6~15g.External application: appropriate amount, crushed for applying; or powdered for applying.

Pulsatilla grandiflora see "Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine".It is the rooted whole plant of Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth.et Hook.f., a perennial herb of Compositae.Distributed in Sichuan, Hubei, Guizhou and other places.

[Synonym] One side green, big fire grass, shelter grass, fire grass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, pungent, cool.Return liver, stomach, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and purging fire: used for stomach fire and toothache, decocted in water alone, or decocted in water and stewed pork belly with sugar.Dampness and antidiarrheal: used for damp-heat diarrhea, can be used with Dijin, purslane, and amaranth.Detoxification and eliminating carbuncle: for acute mastitis, it can be smashed with dandelion for wrapping; for yellow water sores and ecchymosis, it can be dried and powdered alone, sprinkled for application, or mixed with sesame oil; for scrofula, it can be applied Pound and velvet with red hosta root for external application.In addition, decoction alone can drive away roundworms.

Modern commonly used in toothache, enteritis, dysentery, mastitis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10~30g.External application: appropriate amount, crushed for applying; or powdered for applying.

[Modern Research] Contains flavonoids, etc.

See "Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Annals" for Daye Jinhuacao.It is the whole plant or rhizome of Stenoloma chusanum (L.) Ching, a perennial herbaceous plant of Lepidopteridaceae.Widely distributed in various places south of the Yangtze River, reaching Sichuan and Yunnan in the west, and Shaanxi in the north.

[Synonym] Wild Coptidis, Snow Immortal Grass, Golden Flower Grass, Black Leek, Dicypress Branch, Pheasant Tail, Thin-leaved Phoenix Tail.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, cold.Return liver, gallbladder, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and promoting dampness: used for damp-heat diarrhea, jaundice, decocted in water with single flavor, or taken with twisted juice of fresh products.Detoxification and swelling: used for cold and fever, sore throat, carbuncle, mastitis, mumps, mouth sores, burns, poisonous snakes, rabies bites, fresh products smashed for external application, or dry products powdered for external application And decoction orally.Convergence and hemostasis: for hematemesis, hematuria, and hematochezia, decocted and taken alone; for traumatic hemorrhage, fresh grass can be smashed and applied externally to the affected area, or the dried product can be ground into powder and applied to the bleeding area.

It is commonly used in modern times for acute bacillary dysentery, enteritis, hepatitis, mastitis, acute bronchitis, acute conjunctivitis, parotitis, hematemesis, hematuria, hematochezia, urethritis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g (30-60g for fresh products); or twisted juice.External application: appropriate amount, crushed for applying; or powdered for external application.

【Modern Research】The leaves contain vitexin, syringic acid, protocatechuic aldehyde and protocatechuic acid.In vitro, it has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella, Salmonella typhi, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis; it has killing effect on Leptospira.

See "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine" for the general manager of the big leaf snake.It is the whole plant of Isodon neruosus (Hemsl.) Kudo, a perennial herb of Lamiaceae.Distributed in Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[synonym] mountain mint, iron water chestnut, blue flower bupleurum.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, bitter, cold.Return liver, spleen, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and application】Resolving dampness and harmonizing the stomach: For symptoms of abdominal pain, nausea, nausea, and reluctance to eat and drink, etc., decocted in water alone, or used in combination.Detoxification and healing of sores: For impetigo, eczema, and itchy skin, fresh grass decoction can be used alone to wash the affected area; for water and fire burns, ground powder and sesame oil can be used alone for dressing; for snake bites, decoction can be used alone , and apply fresh leaves around the wound.

It is commonly used in modern times for acute infectious hepatitis, indigestion, eczema, burns, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-60g.External application: appropriate amount, fresh products smashed for applying; or decocted for washing.

For marigold, see "Plant Name and Fact Test".It is the inflorescence of Tagetes erecta L., an annual herbaceous plant of Compositae.It is cultivated all over our country.

[synonym] smelly hibiscus, golden chrysanthemum, yellow chrysanthemum, golden chrysanthemum.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, slightly pungent, cool.Return liver, lung meridian.

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: used for heat-toxin sores, mastitis, mumps, can be combined with Chonglou and honeysuckle as powder, mixed with vinegar and applied externally to the affected area; used for sore throat, mouth sores, red eyes and swelling, Can be decocted with water alone.Resolving phlegm and relieving cough: used for phlegm-heat cough, whooping cough, used alone, or used with Scutellaria baicalensis, almond, aster, etc.

In modern times, it is often used for carbuncle sores, mumps, mastitis, upper respiratory tract infection, conjunctivitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g.External application: Appropriate amount, decocted for fumigation and washing; or powdered for applying; or fresh products smashed for applying.

[Modern Research] Contains volatile oil, flavonoid glycosides, marigold glycosides, etc.Has sedative, antihypertensive, bronchodilator, antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory effects.

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