Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 2 A Painting

For an arrow, see "Caomu Convenience Recipe".It is the rooted whole plant of Ophioglossum pedunculosum Desv.Distributed in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Anhui, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places.

[Synonym] Ivy, little Ivy, an arrow.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: used for carbuncle, sore and mastitis.To treat sores and carbuncles, you can use appropriate amount of fresh grass and fresh five-clawed dragon, mash them for external application, or decoct them with cooked rhubarb, etc.; for mastitis, mash them with dandelion for external application.Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: used for bruises, blood stasis, swelling and pain, can be taken with Esseng, Daxueteng, and Achyranthes bidentata in equal amounts, soaked in wine.In addition, it can cure malnutrition in children when it is compatible with Shijunzi and Ji Neijin.

In modern times, it is often used for boils, carbuncles, mastitis, bruises, etc.

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

[Modern Research] Contains cysteine, alanine, arginine, etc.

See "Zhejiang Folk Herbs Commonly Used" in one year.It is the whole grass and roots of the 2-year-old herbaceous plant Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. of Compositae.Distributed in Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei and other places.

[Synonym] Wild Artemisia, Yazhongxiao, Yagenxiao, Zhimalaria, Qianzhangcao, Nuwan, Baimalan.

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

[Function and application] Digestion and antidiarrheal: used for indigestion and diarrhea.To treat indigestion, it can be used alone, or with hawthorn, malt, etc.; to treat diarrhea, it can be used in combination with Coptis chinensis, woody fragrance, etc.Purging fire and detoxifying: for swollen and painful gums caused by inflammation of stomach fire, you can use decocted water alone to gargle, or you can take fresh products mashed and wrung juice and apply to the affected area; for poisonous snake bites, you can mash fresh grass and mix with realgar Mix thoroughly and apply externally.Cut malaria: For malaria, it can be used as a thick decoction alone, 4 hours before the attack, and once every 2 hours, for 1 to 5 days, or with water centipede, motherwort 7g each, 30 egg, decocted in water Clothes.

Modern commonly used in indigestion, acute gastroenteritis, gingivitis, malaria.In addition, using 90-120g of this product alone, adding 30-60g of rice wine, decocting in water, can also treat lymphadenitis.

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

【Modern Research】Contains pyromaic acid, quercetin, apigenin-7-glucuronide, and rubber.Stems and leaves also contain water-soluble hypoglycemic ingredients.The water extract after washing with petroleum ether, ether, and chloroform has hypoglycemic effect.

See "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine" for a stick of incense.It is the whole plant of Veronica spuria L., a perennial herb of Scrophulariaceae.Distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shandong and other places.

[Synonyms] Shuimancao, Zhanlongjian, Reinmahui, Tracheitis Grass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, cold.Return lung meridian.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and resolving phlegm: used for cough with hot phlegm and lung abscess.To treat cough due to hot phlegm, it can be decocted with water alone, or used together with Sijiqing and Alfalfa; to treat lung abscess, it can be combined with Houttuynia cordata and Platycodon grandiflorum.Heat-clearing and detoxifying: used for carbuncle sores, skin eczema, rubella and itching, can be decocted and washed externally.

Modern commonly used in chronic bronchitis, lung abscess, skin eczema.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-15g.External application: Appropriate amount, decocted in water and washed outside.

【Modern Research】The whole plant contains mannitol and flavonoid glycosides.In animal experiments, it has obvious antitussive effect.The decoction of this product has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Shigella in vitro.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica Supplements" for Artemisia argyi.It is the whole plant of Achillea alpina L., a perennial herb of Compositae.Mainly distributed in Northeast, North and Southwest China.

[Synonym] Yarrow, Artemisia centipede, Artemisia annua, Flying centipede, Yarrow, Achillea thousand leaves, Artemisia annua.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Expelling wind and relieving pain: For cold, fever, headache, decoct with water alone, or use with chrysanthemum; for wind-fire toothache, use pounding alone, rub the temples on both sides, or take leaves and stuff them on painful teeth place; for rheumatic arthralgia, fumigate and wash the affected part with decocted water alone.Promoting blood circulation and removing stasis: for blood stasis, menstrual cramps and abdominal pain, decocted with water alone; for bruises, rubbed with soaked wine alone, or mixed with Spiced Sagevine, Jianxuefei, Black Bone, Paifengteng, and Achyranthes bidentata Soak in wine.Detoxification and detumescence: for carbuncle sores, can be decocted with water or smashed and applied to the affected area; for hemorrhoid bleeding, can be decocted with Patrinia; for poisonous snake bites, decocted with water alone, or Take fresh grass and mash it with juice.

Modern commonly used for cold and fever, headache, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, rheumatoid arthritis, bruises and acute surgical infection.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-15g; or powdered, 1-3g each time.External application: appropriate amount, decocted for washing; or smashed for applying; or powdered for applying.

【Caution】Not suitable for pregnant women.

[Modern Research] Contains yarrowin, orchid oil, D-camphor, aconitic acid, deacetylmamethrin, cineole, and alkaloids, coumarins, flavonoids, amino acids, sterols, phenols and reducing Sexual substances, etc.In vitro, it has a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, etc.

See "Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Chronicle" for a little blood.It is the rhizome of Begonia wilsonii Gagn., a perennial herb of Begoniaceae.Mainly distributed in Sichuan.

[synonym] a little red, red brick grass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, bitter, flat.Return spleen, lung, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】Strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi: It is used for physical weakness after illness, taken off, decocted alone, or stewed chicken; it can also be ground into powder with Yiduoyun, stewed meat.Nourish blood and stop bleeding: for hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia and blood deficiency, fresh or dried stewed chicken can be used; for traumatic bleeding, take fresh grass and mash it, take the juice for children's casual clothes, medicine The slag is applied externally to the affected area.Dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain: used for bruises, can be combined with Daxueteng, Sikuaiwa, Xuedanggui, and Bayanjiang, soaked in wine and taken.

In modern times, it is often used for physical weakness after illness, leukorrhagia in women, bronchiectasis, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, traumatic bleeding, bruises, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g; or minced juice, stewed meat, soaked in wine.External application: appropriate amount, fresh products smashed for applying.

[Modern Research] Contains cardiac glycosides, flavonoids, tannins, phenolic components, sterols, triterpenoids, saponins, etc.

For an arrow, see "Guangxi Folk Commonly Used Herbs".It is the whole plant of Cyperaceae perennial herb Kyllinga monocephala Rottb.Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

[Synonym] Golden button grass, three-leaf strain, water centipede, top pearl grass, water centipede.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Xuanfei Zhike: For cold, fever, cough, sore throat, decocted with water alone.Cut malaria: For malaria cold and fever, decoct it with water alone, or take fresh grass and mash it to get the juice, and drink it with wine 2 hours before the onset.Dispersing blood stasis and reducing swelling: For bruises, decoct with water and drink a little orally, or mash it, stir-fry it with wine and apply to the wound.Killing insects and relieving itching: used for skin itching, just wash with decoction.In addition, decoction alone can cure dysentery; pounding and applying externally can cure snakebite.

Modern commonly used for acute bronchitis, whooping cough, acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, bruises, malaria, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 30-60g.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying; or decocted for washing.

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated for pregnant women and those with yin deficiency and internal heat.

For goldenrod, see "Plant Name and Fact Study".It is the whole herb of Solidago virgaaurea L.var.leiocarpa (Benth.) A.Gray, a perennial herb of Compositae.It is distributed in most parts of the country.

[Synonym] Huanghua Yizhixiang, Chaotian Yizhuxiang, Wild Yellow Chrysanthemum, Manshanhuang, Red Bupleurum, Huang Bupleurum.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, bitter, cool.Return lung, spleen, gall bladder channel.

【Efficacy and application】Evacuation of wind-heat: For wind-heat cold, it can be decocted with Budiaoyucao root; for lung-heat cough and whooping cough, it can be decocted with Lung Jingcao, Tuerfeng 15g each, and Dilong 6g, decocted in water For pulmonary abscess, it can be stewed with pig lungs; for pulmonary tuberculosis and hemoptysis, it can be decocted with rock sugar in appropriate amount.Clearing dampness and heat: used for edema, dysuria and damp-heat jaundice.To treat edema and difficulty in urination, it can be decocted with Akebia, Humulus or Daji; to treat damp-heat jaundice, it can be used with Shui Lilac.Heat-clearing and detoxifying: for convulsions in children, take the juice alone; for carbuncle and sores, decoct with dandelion and Viola chinensis, and smash and apply the affected area with fresh fleas and fresh S. For breast carbuncle, it can be pounded with malan, Cyperus cyperi, and scallion and applied together; for snake bites, it can be decocted with Salmonella, or use the same amount of fresh root of this product and yam root, pounded and applied to the affected area.

Modern commonly used for colds, acute tonsillitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, whooping cough, acute nephritis, viral hepatitis A, boils, carbuncles, mastitis, bruises, snake bites, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (fresh product 20-30g).External application: appropriate amount, fresh products smashed for applying; or decocted for rubbing.

[Modern Research] Contains benzoic acid, benzyl acetate glycosides and sterols.With asthma, expectorant effect.It has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Shigella.It also has anti-tumor activity and improves immunity.

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