Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 15 Three Paintings (10)
And have seen "Book of Materia Medica".It is the rhizome and root of the perennial herbaceous plant Chloranthus serratus (Thunb.) Roem. et Schult.It is mainly distributed in various places in the south of the Yangtze River.

[Synonyms] Asarum chinensis, Asarum four leaves, Asarum oxen, Laojunxu.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Promoting blood circulation and dispelling blood stasis: For bruises, blood stasis, swelling and pain, the fresh roots are mashed with a little salt, heated and applied to the affected area, and decocted in water and brewed with wine; for amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, decocted with water alone as rice wine Take it, or mix it with motherwort, safflower, and rose flower.Expelling wind and relieving pain: used for rheumatic arthralgia, decocted or decocted for washing.Detoxification and killing insects: used for skin itching and scabies boils, decocted for washing, or powdered and applied to the affected area.

Modern commonly used in trauma, tumors, rheumatoid arthritis, women's amenorrhea, urticaria, rubella and so on.

【Usage and Dosage】External application: Appropriate amount, smashed for applying; or decocted for fumigation and washing; or powdered for applying.Oral administration: decoction, 1.5-3g; or soaked in wine; or into pills or powder.

[Caution for use] This product is poisonous and should be taken with caution when taken internally. Excessive oral administration can lead to poisoning and even death.Do not apply external application to open fractures to prevent massive absorption and poisoning.Pregnant women should not take it.

[Modern Research] The root contains dihydropyroponcurenone, pyroponcurenone, etc.The decoction has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus in vitro.

See "Lingnan Herbal Medicine" for Guangdong money grass.It is the whole plant of Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr., a leguminous herbaceous plant.Mainly produced in Guangdong.

[synonym] money grass, money grass, horseshoe grass, ground money, copper money grass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, light, cool.Return liver, gallbladder, kidney, urinary bladder channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Reducing dampness and reducing jaundice: used for hypochondriac pain and jaundice caused by accumulation of damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder.Diuretic to treat stranguria: It is used for hot shower, sand shower, and stone shower with damp-heat accumulation in the lower body, and dysuria. It is often combined with Haijinsha, Qumai, Gallinarum, Poria, corn silk, talc, mallow seed, amber, etc.; and hematuria Among them, Jiashengdi, Xiaoji, Puhuang, Imperata rhizome, Shiwei, etc.In addition, the fresh products are smashed and applied, and they can also treat sores and carbuncles.

It is commonly used in modern times for urinary tract infection, urinary calculi, viral jaundice hepatitis, cholecystitis, gallstones, nephritis and edema, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g (30-60g for fresh products).External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

[Modern Research] Contains flavonoids, alkaloids, phenols, and tannins.The decoction has obvious diuretic effect and increases liver bile outflow to anesthetized dogs.The extract can increase coronary artery flow, reduce coronary artery resistance index, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption, lower common carotid artery blood pressure, and resist the reduction of coronary artery flow and blood pressure caused by pituitary hormone, and there is still a slight reduction in anesthetized dogs. The role of slow heart rate.

For women, see Li Dangzhi's "Medicine Record".It is the stem and root of Clematisapiifolia DC., a deciduous climbing vine of Ranunculaceae.Distributed in East China, South China and other places.

【Synonym】Shan Mutong, Mu Tong Cao, Bai Mu Tong, Sumu Tong, Hua Mu Tong.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, warm.It is slightly poisonous.Return liver, spleen, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness: For rheumatism and arthralgia, use wilt root alone to decoct in water, or use wilt wilt root in combination with vine jack, roadside vetch, and old uncaria.Tongru: used for persistent milk, often stewed pig's trotters with Tongcao.In addition, betel leaves are smashed with salt and applied to the affected area, or the stems and leaves are decocted and washed for fumigation, which can cure lacquer sores.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, milk barrier and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g.External application: appropriate amount, fresh products smashed for applying; or decocted for fumigation.

【Caution】Overdose can cause stomach discomfort, vomiting and diarrhea, and weakness of limbs.

[Modern Research] The root contains acetyl oleanolic acid, oleanolic acid, hedera saponin, stigmasterol, quercetin, etc.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for female Wan.It is the whole plant or root of Aster fastigiatus Fisch., a perennial herb of Compositae.Distributed in Northeast China and Shandong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei and other places.

[Synonyms] Baiwan, Nvchang, Yangxiongcao.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, warm.Return lung, spleen, stomach, urinary bladder channel.

【Efficacy and application】Warming the lungs and resolving phlegm: It is used for cough and asthma caused by cold phlegm obstructing the lungs.Harmonizing and stopping diarrhea: used for spleen-stomach disharmony, large intestine conduction failure, borborygmus and diarrhea, red and white diarrhea, can be compatible with tangerine peel, calamus, Atractylodes macrocephala, coptis, woody and so on.Tongli urination: It is used for short and astringent urination due to dampness and lower coke, and can be used together with plantain.

Modern commonly used in chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, chronic enteritis, chronic bacillary dysentery, urinary tract infection, etc.

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

[Modern Research] The whole plant contains quercetin, and the root contains volatile oil, coumarin, etc.

Ligustrum lucidum see "Shen Nong's Herbal Classic".It is the fruit of Ligustrum lucidum Ait., a large evergreen shrub or small tree of Oleaceae.It is mainly produced in the Yangtze River Basin of my country and various places in the south of the Yangtze River.

[synonym] privet fruit, holly, ash tree, privet.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Replenishing liver and kidney: used for bone evaporative heat due to liver and kidney yin deficiency, dizziness, soreness of waist and knees, limb fatigue, premature graying of beard and hair, often compatible with mulberry, Polygonum multiflorum, Shengdi, Eucommia, yam, medlar, etc. ; Or used together with Eclipta, that is, Erzhi Pills ("Syndrome and Treatment Guidelines").Nourish liver and improve eyesight: It is used for dim eyesight and vision loss caused by deficiency of liver and kidney yin.If it is bottled with ointment, buried in the ground for 7 days, and eye drops every day, it can cure wind-heat and conjunctival congestion.

Modern commonly used in neurasthenia, hypertension, leukopenia, chronic pharyngitis, chronic bronchitis, acute and chronic hepatitis, central retinitis, early cataract, etc.For the treatment of neurasthenia, 15 to 30 g of privet lucidum, eclipta, and mulberry can be decocted in water.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g; decoction or into pills.External application: make ointment for eyes.

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated in patients with spleen and stomach deficiency, diarrhea and yang deficiency.

[Modern Research] Contains oleanolic acid, acetyl oleanolic acid, betulin, etc.Ligustrum lucidum has an increasing effect on leukopenia caused by chemotherapy or radiotherapy.It has the effect of promoting the transformation of lymphocyte blast cells in healthy people, and can increase the number of hemolytic plaque-forming cells, and has the effect of enhancing humoral immunity.Decoction in alcohol can increase the coronary blood flow of the isolated rabbit heart, but at the same time inhibit the contractility of the myocardium, and the effect on the heart rate is not obvious.Water infusion has a certain inhibitory effect on cervical cancer in mice.The decoction has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus, Shigella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and so on in vitro.Saludroside has the effect of eliminating fatigue.Ligustrum lucidum and Baiziren mixture decoction has the effect of lowering blood fat.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica" for privet leaves.It is the leaf of Ligustrum lucidumAit., a plant of Oleaceae.

[synonym] holly leaves.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: for dizziness and pain in the head, sores and ulcers, decoct with water alone, stick to the affected area while it is hot, and change it frequently; for erosion of the mouth and tongue, swollen and painful gums, fresh privet leaf juice can be used for gargle; For burns caused by water and fire, it can be boiled with jujube bark and rosa jujube bark with sesame oil for external application, or privet leaves alone and fried in sesame oil, after drying, remove the leaves and add yellow wax to melt to collect the ointment, and apply to the affected area.Expelling wind and improving eyesight: For wind-heat and conjunctival congestion, use pounded juice alone or decoct together with Coptis chinensis, and take juice for eye drops.

Modern commonly used in chronic bronchitis, acute pneumonia in children, bacillary dysentery, tonsillitis, conjunctivitis, skin ulcers, etc.For the treatment of bacillary dysentery, fresh privet leaves can be used alone to make 200% thick decoction, and 20-30mL can be taken orally each time.2 times a day, the course of treatment is 1 week.

【Usage and Dosage】Decoction: 9~15g.External application: pound juice for gargle; boil ointment for application or eye drops.

[Cautions for use] Take it with caution for people with spleen and stomach deficiency.

[Modern Research] Contains syringin, p-hydroxyacrylic acid, tannic acid, amygdalinase, etc.The water immersion concentrate has obvious antitussive effect.It has antibacterial effect on certain pathogenic bacteria.

Wheat see "Compendium of Materia Medica".It is the seed or flour of 1-year or 2-year herbaceous wheat Triticumaetivum L. of Poaceae.It is cultivated all over the country.

[Sexual ignorance returns to the meridian] sweet, cool.Guixin, spleen, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and application】Nursing the heart and nourishing the kidney: it is used for heart-kidney disharmony, water and fire deficiency, sorrowful crying, physical weakness and fatigue. Summary").Removing heat and quenching thirst: It is used for dysphoria and thirst caused by heat evil, and it can be taken only by cooking porridge.Spleen-invigorating and anti-diarrheal: It is used for diarrhea caused by infirmity of the spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, sallow complexion, fried white flour yellow, mixed with warm water and taken on an empty stomach.In addition, for carbuncle sores, milk carbuncles and erysipelas, you can also use white flour to fry yellow, add some vinegar, paste it and apply it externally; for golden sores that bleed continuously, you can use raw noodles for dry application.

Modern commonly used in neurasthenia, neurosis, chronic enteritis, chronic bacillary dysentery, mastitis.

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: Wheat decoction, porridge, 50-100g; or wheat noodles mixed with cold water or fried yellow with warm water.External application: Appropriate amount of wheat, stir-fried black and ground into powder for applying; dry wheat noodles or fried yellow for applying.

[Modern Research] Contains starch, protein, sugar, dextrin, fat, crude fiber and a small amount of sitosterol, lecithin, allantoin, arginine, amylase, maltase, protease, trace vitamin B, etc.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica" for thistle.It is the whole plant or root of Cephalanoplossegetum (Bge.) Kitam., a perennial herb of Compositae.Produced all over the country.

[Synonym] Qianzhencao, thorn thistle, thorn vegetable, thorn carnation, small thistle charcoal.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, slightly bitter, cool.Return liver, spleen channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for hematemesis, hemoptysis, hematuria, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, etc. caused by blood heat, often used together with Daji, Shanzhi, orientalis leaves, such as Shihuisan ("Shiyaoshen" "Book"); it is especially suitable for bloody urine and hematuria, and is often compatible with rehmannia glutinosa, talc, akebia, etc., such as Xiaoji Yinzi ("Jisheng Fang").Heat-clearing and swelling-reducing: It is used for the initial onset of heat-toxin sores. It can be decocted and taken, or fresh products can be mashed and applied externally.

Modern commonly used in bronchiectasis bleeding, tuberculosis hemoptysis, peptic ulcer bleeding, hemorrhoids bleeding, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, acute glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, acute urinary tract infection, urinary stones, cellulitis, trauma infection, viral Hepatitis, essential hypertension, etc.For acute nephritis and urinary tract infection, it can be used together with Rehmannia glutinosa and Chine root; for viral hepatitis, 30g of dry root or 60g of fresh root can be used alone, decocted and filtered, added sugar, and taken before going to bed; for essential hypertension , with 15g each of Prunella vulgaris, decocted in water instead of tea.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 5-10g (fresh product 30-60g); or pounded into juice.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.Hemostasis should be fried with charcoal.

[Cautions for use] Do not take it for bleeding due to deficiency and coldness of the spleen and stomach.

【Modern Research】Contains alkaloids, saponins, etc.Rabbit ear blood vessels and rat lower limb perfusion tests have proved that it has a significant effect of contracting blood vessels.The infusion was used to measure the bleeding time by tail-cutting method in mice, which proved to have a hemostatic effect.It has anti-inflammatory effect on the swelling caused by formaldehyde experimental arthritis in rats.In vitro, it has inhibitory effect on beta-hemolytic streptococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Escherichia coli, Shigella, etc.

See "Newly Revised Materia Medica" for barberry.It is the roots and stems of Berberis amuvensis Rupr., Berberispoiretii Schneid., or Berberis thunbergii DC., a deciduous shrub of the family Berberidaceae.Distributed in Shaanxi, Gansu, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Hunan, Hubei and other places.

[Synonym] Zibo, Pomegranate, Phellodendron japonica, Three needles, Yellow reed wood, Needle sparrow.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and dampness: It is used for diarrhea caused by damp-heat stagnation, dysentery, jaundice, leucorrhea, decocted in single flavor, or compatible with Cortex Phellodendri, Scutellaria baicalensis, Sophora flavescens, woody fragrance, etc.Purging fire and detoxification: used for carbuncle, swollen sores, scrofula, phlegm nucleus, mastitis swelling and pain caused by accumulation of heat and toxin, decocted in water or mixed with wine, and used as local wet compress; used for sore throat caused by heat and toxin accumulation, Mouth sores, can be swallowed with gentian and coptis decoction.Expelling wind and dampness: for rheumatism and heat numbness, use fresh root 15-30g alone, stew with lean pork in an appropriate amount; or mix with gypsum, Anemarrhena, Guizhi, honeysuckle, clematis, forsythia, red peony root, paeonol wait.

Modern commonly used in acute and chronic enteritis, bacillary dysentery, chronic bronchitis, infantile pneumonia, epidemic meningitis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute viral icteric hepatitis, oral ulcers, pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, yellow water sores, carbuncles Sores and sores.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g; or stewed meat.External application: decocted for eye drops; ground into powder and sprinkled or decocted for hot compress.

[Cautions for use] Take it with caution for people with spleen and stomach deficiency.

[Modern research] The xylem of the rhizome of Berberis japonica contains berberine, arachnine oxide, jatrorrhizine, etc.The big-leaf berberis leaf tincture has the effects of causing uterine muscle contraction, accelerating heart rate, enhancing myocardial contractility, and lowering blood pressure in animals.Berberis eucalyptus and Berberis obliquus can reduce the tension of the gallbladder, reduce the number of contractions, relieve pain and inflammation, and improve the flow of bile.Oxidized acanthine has the effect of causing vasodilation of the lower extremity on the injection side and a significant decrease in systemic blood pressure.

See "Grass and Wood Recipe" for small blood vine.It is the root, stem, vine and leaf of Schisandra propinqua (Wall.) Baill.var.sinensis Oliv., a woody vine of Schisandraceae.Distributed in Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Hunan, Guizhou and other places.

[Synonym] Drilling bone wind, diamond wind, climbing rock incense, fragrant blood vine, fragrant Morinda officinalis, iron bone powder.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, warm.Return liver, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness: used for rheumatic arthralgia, numbness of muscles and bones, decocted with water alone, or soaked in wine.Activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis: used for bruises, decocted or soaked in wine; used for broken tendons and fractures, its roots and leaves can be smashed for external application; Stomach pain, just use grinding water or soaking in wine.Detoxification and detumescence: used for carbuncle sores, decocted or mashed for external application.

In modern times, it is often used for rheumatoid arthritis, bruises, irregular menstruation, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-15g; or steeped in wine.External application: appropriate amount, crushed for applying; or decocted in water for external washing.

[Modern Research] Roots and stems contain Enshixin, Enshixin, and iso-schisandrin, etc.It can prolong blood clotting time and inhibit platelet aggregation.

For Xiaohong, see "Kunming Folk Commonly Used Herbs".It is the root of Rubia yunnanensis (Franch.) Diels.Mainly produced in Yunnan.

[Synonym] Dian Zishen, Xiaohuoxue, Xiaohongyao.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, slightly bitter, warm.GUIXIN, liver, lung meridian.

[Applications] Enriching blood and calming the nerves: used for dizziness, insomnia, and forgetfulness caused by blood deficiency and mental disorders. It is often ground with green ginseng and daheiyao in equal parts, steamed eggs, brown sugar, and lard.Promote blood circulation and stop bleeding: for blood stasis, irregular menstruation and amenorrhea, it can be stewed with pork ribs; for bleeding syndrome with internal blood stasis, such as hemoptysis and vomiting, decocted alone; for pulmonary tuberculosis hemoptysis, it can be taken with small White and the same use.Dispelling dampness and dredging collaterals: For rheumatic arthralgia, bruises, decocted or taken alone, or soaked in wine.

Modern commonly used in neurasthenia, tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-30g; or soak in wine.

Forsythia forsythia see "Compendium of Materia Medica".It is the whole herb of Hypericum erectum Thunb., a perennial herb of Garciniaceae.Distributed in most parts of the country.

[Synonym] Xiao Qiao, Rui vanilla, milk sorrel grass, small pair of grass, small pair of moon grass, small ingot grass.

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