Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 20 Four Paintings (2)
【Efficacy and application】clearing damp-heat: used for jaundice, stranguria, edema, dysentery, etc. caused by damp-heat accumulation.Treat jaundice.It can be used alone, or with Yinchen, Tianjihuang, and Desmodium; for stranguria, it can be used alone, or with Qumai, Plantain, and Haijinsha; for dysentery, it can be used with Rosa roxburghii root and pomegranate peel Use equivalently.Detoxification and swelling: used for carbuncle sores, snake bites, shingles, sore throat, can be used alone as a decoction.To treat sores and carbuncles, it can also be smashed with dandelion, Senecio, etc. for external application; to treat herpes zoster, fresh products can be smashed.Add wine to soak, dip in wine and rub on the affected area; treat snake bites, take 60g each with Lianmoyao fresh product, mash and wring the juice, and apply the wounded area with medicine residue.

It is commonly used in modern times for viral hepatitis, cholecystitis, urinary stones, herpes zoster, carbuncle furuncle, acute tonsillitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (fresh product 30-60g); or pounded into juice.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for external application; or pounded juice for application.

[Modern Research] Contains coumarin, flavonoid glycosides, phenols, amino acids, and volatile oil.The decoction has a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus in test tubes, and also has different degrees of inhibitory effects on Mycobacterium proteus, Shigella, and Salmonella typhi.

See "Supplements to Materia Medica" for Tiannanxing.It is the tuber of Arisaelna consanguineum Schott, Arisaema amurense Maxim., or Arisaema heterophyllure Bl., which is a perennial herb of the family Araceae.Mainly produced in Sichuan, Henan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

[Synonyms] Tiger palm, Nanxing, snake taro, raw southern star, three sticks, big flat old crow taro, spotted stick, snake six grains, Zhinanxing.

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

【Efficacy and application】Drying dampness and eliminating phlegm: used for cough with persistent phlegm, excessive damp phlegm, distended chest and diaphragm, and excessive and thin phlegm.It is often used with pinellia, poria, tangerine peel, etc., such as Daotan Decoction ("Jisheng Fang").If lung-heat cough, expectoration of yellow thick phlegm, it can also be compatible with Scutellaria baicalensis, Gualou, pinellia, etc.Dispelling wind and relieving spasm: used for stubborn numbness of the hands and feet, hemiplegia, slanted mouth and eyes caused by wind-phlegm stagnation in the meridian, often used together with pinellia, aconite, and Aconitum, such as Qingzhou Baiwanzi ("Taiping Huimin Heji Bureau Prescription") "); used for tetanus limb convulsions and mouth shutting, strong neck, can be taken orally with Fangfeng as the end, that is, Duomingsan ("Shengji Zonglu"); it can also be compatible with Angelica dahurica, Baifuzi, Gastrodia elata, etc., such as Yuzhen San ("Surgery Authentic"); Compatibility with Scorpio, Bombyx mori, Pinellia, and Aconite, etc., and treat epilepsy, such as Dingxian Pills ("Syndrome and Treatment Guidelines").Detoxification and treatment of sores: used for sores, boils, carbuncles, scrofula, tuberculosis, snake bites and stubborn tinea, single herb is ground into powder and applied.

In modern times, it is often used for hemiplegia, facial paralysis, febrile convulsions in children, tetanus, cervical cancer, and neurodermatitis caused by cerebrovascular accidents.

【Usage and Dosage】Decoction: make Nanxing 3~9g; or make into pills or powder.External application: appropriate amount, powdered and sprinkled; or adjusted for applying.

[Cautions for use] It is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and dry cough, and it is contraindicated for pregnant women.Raw use is highly toxic, and it is mostly used for external use; Dannanxing is bitter and cool in nature, good at clearing away heat, reducing phlegm, calming convulsions, and suitable for hot phlegm convulsions.

【Modern Research】Contains triterpenoid saponins, benzoic acid, amino acids, d-mannitol, etc.It can improve the electric convulsion threshold of rabbits, and has sedative and analgesic effects on experimental animals.The fresh water extract has a strong inhibitory rate on Hela cells, and has an inhibitory effect on tumors in mice.Water decoction animal experiments have obvious expectorant effect.

For the incense burner, see "Preparation for Herb Properties".It is the rooted whole plant or root of the perennial herb or subshrub Osbeckia chinensis L. of Melastaceae.Distributed in various places south of the Yangtze River.

[Synonym] Golden Incense Burner, Lotus with Seven Holes, Yangtian Cup, Tianhang Incense, Honeycomb Grass, Mountain Peony, Purple Admiralty Bell, Cucurbit Grass.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing damp-heat: used for damp-heat diarrhea, used alone, or used together with Dilu and Hemeng, or with Gerbera gerbera each 9-15g, decocted in water.Eliminates phlegm and relieves cough: It is used for cough and asthma due to lung heat, and it can be stewed with lean pork.Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: used for dysmenorrhea due to blood stasis, amenorrhea, postpartum stagnant abdominal pain, traumatic pain, and can be used with angelica and motherwort.

Modern commonly used in gastroenteritis, dysentery, irregular menstruation, liver abscess, children with bronchial asthma, pneumonia and so on.To treat amebic liver abscess, you can decoct 30g of this product, 15g of Atractylodes macrocephala, and 5 pieces of red dates in water.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-30g; or pounded into juice, soaked in wine; or ground into powder.External application: appropriate amount, grind into powder, adjust for applying; decoct for washing; or gargle.

[Modern Research] Contains golden licorice acid, ursolic acid, succinic acid, carrotin, quercetin, amino acids, etc.The decoction can inhibit the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium proteus, Salmonella typhi, Shigella and Staphylococcus aureus in test tube.

Geranium Seed "Classification of Herbal Medicine".It is the root tuber of the perennial herbaceous plant of Ranunculaceae Semiaquilegia adoxoides (DC.) Mak.Mainly produced in Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei and other places.

[Synonym] Zibei Tiankuizi, Millennium Mouse Shit, Golden Mouse Shit, Didingzi, Tianquzi, Wild Aconitum, Tiankui Root.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, pungent, bitter, cold.It is slightly poisonous.Return spleen, small intestine, urinary bladder channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: for furuncle, carbuncle sore furuncle, breast carbuncle, pounded and applied alone, or used together with dandelion and wild chrysanthemum, such as Wumei disinfection drink ("Yizong Jinjian"); For scrofula with phlegm and heat, it is often compatible with Zhebei, Scrophulariaceae, oysters, etc.Inducing diuresis to relieve stranguria: used for stranguria syndrome, difficulty urinating, can be used in the same way as Weizhu and Plantaginaceae.

It is commonly used in modern times for carbuncle furuncle, acute mastitis, urinary tract infection, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g; or powdered, 1.5-3g; or steeped in wine.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

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

[Modern Research] Contains alkaloids, lactones, coumarins, phenolic components, amino acids, etc.The decoction can inhibit Staphylococcus aureus in test tube.

For canopy grass, see "Plant and Facts of Plant Names".It is the whole plant of Stellaria alsine Grimm., a perennial herbaceous plant of Caryophyllaceae.Distributed in Northeast China, East China, Central China, Southwest China and Gansu, Shaanxi, Qinghai and other places.

[synonym] snow lily flower, golden thread hanging gourd, snow lily flower, goose intestine, cucumber grass.

[Sexual ignorance meridian distribution] Xin, Ping.Return lung, spleen channel.

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and relieving exterior: For colds and colds, it can be decocted with brown sugar and taken, and covered with quilt after taking medicine to make slight sweating.Dispelling dampness and antidiarrheal: used for diarrhea and dysentery caused by dampness, used alone, or decocted with purslane and other water.Promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling: used for bruises, rheumatic arthralgia, single use, decocted in water and wine.Hemostasis and detoxification: used for hematemesis, epistaxis, traumatic bleeding, carbuncle, furunculosis, poisonous snake bites, can be smashed for application, and can be decocted for oral administration.

Modern commonly used in enteritis, bacillary dysentery, bruises, boils and so on.

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

Antweed Tianshui see "Plant Names and Facts".It is the whole plant of Gnaphalium hypoleucum DC., an annual herbaceous plant of Compositae.It is distributed in most parts of the country.

[synonym] autumn sage grass, white squirrel grass, stone song mushroom, yellow flower grass, broken antelope, big leaf blue flower, Lei Gongqing.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, pungent, sweet, slightly cold.Return lung, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Shufeng and heat-clearing: used for cold, fever, cough, decocted with ginger or rock sugar.Detoxification and dampness: for damp-heat diarrhea, it can be decocted and taken in water; for eczema and lower extremity ulcers, fresh products can be smashed for external application, or decocted for fumigation.

It is commonly used in modern times for colds, enteritis, bacillary dysentery, chronic ulcers of lower extremities, etc.

【Usage and Dosage】Decoction: 9~15g.External application: appropriate amount, fresh products smashed for applying.

See "Questioning Materia Medica" in vain.It is the whole plant of Gnaphalium japonicum Thunb., a perennial herb of Compositae.Distributed in East China and Southwest China.

[Synonyms] Hairy daughter grass, Qingming grass, sage grass, father and son grass, small fire grass, wild Qingming grass, hairy water ant, Yexiabai.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, light, slightly cold.Return lung, small intestine, bladder, liver, gallbladder meridian.

【Efficacy and Application】Relieve exterior syndrome and reduce fever: It is used for wind-heat exterior syndrome, fever and cough, used alone, or used together with Artemisia annua and mint.Clearing dampness and heat: for damp-heat jaundice, use twisted juice alone, stewed with rock sugar, or use it with capillary, gardenia, etc.; for edema, dysuria, can be used together with rushes and red dates; for astringent urine Pain, used alone, or compatible with plantain, Pianzhu, etc.; used for women's leukorrhagia, can be decocted with plantain, chicken intestines, and Gujingcao.Detoxification and swelling: for sore throat, can be used together with honeysuckle and motherwort; for sore furuncle, mastitis, use fresh grass alone, or pound and apply with fresh S.In addition, decoction alone can treat bruises.

Modern commonly used for colds, acute bronchitis, viral jaundice hepatitis, urinary tract stones, pyelonephritis, acute pharyngitis, acute mastitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-30g.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

Wuye Tengjian "Lingnan Herb Collection".It is the whole plant of the rootless vine Cassytha filiformis L. which is twining herbaceous rootless vine of Lauraceae.Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Fujian and other places.

[Synonym] Guotian vine, rootless grass, wandering net, trap vine, rootless vine, centipede vine, half-sky cloud, headless vine, motherless vine.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, slightly bitter, cool.It is slightly poisonous.Return liver, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: for sores and swollen toxins, fresh products can be smashed for application, or powdered for application; for red eyes and sore throat, decocted with water alone.Clearing away heat and promoting dampness: used for hot drench and stone drench, often used in the same way as Mutong, Juncao, and Digupi; used for damp-heat jaundice, often used in the same way as Desmodium chinensis and Di ear grass.If it is used in the same way as Phyllanthus phylloxera, it can also treat damp-heat diarrhea.Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for hemoptysis caused by blood heat, epistaxis and other bleeding syndromes, can be used in the same way as Rhizoma Imperatae.

It is commonly used in modern times for sores, urinary calculi, bacillary dysentery, acute viral jaundice hepatitis, bronchiectasis, and habitual epistaxis.If it is decocted with Chixiaodou and Shanxue, it can also cure diabetes.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-15g (15-30g for fresh products).External application: appropriate amount, crushed for applying; or powdered for applying.

Anonymous Dissenting Opinion "Theory of Lei Gong's Cannonball".It is the ore of the oxide mineral pyrolusite Pyrolusite.Produced in Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Shanxi, Hubei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Qinghai and other places.

[Synonym] Tuzi, dry son, bald son, iron sand.

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

【Application】Promote blood circulation and heal wounds: used for bruises, blood stasis, swelling and pain, can be ground with frankincense, myrrh, melon seeds, mixed with hot wine; used for broken tendons and fractures, often used with natural copper and musk, Such as Yilidan ("Secret Purpose of Rescuing the Wounded").Removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding: it can be ground into powder for external application when used for bleeding from golden sores.Reducing swelling and promoting granulation: For carbuncle and sores, it can be ground into powder with Angelica dahurica, rhubarb, etc., and mixed with honey water; for water and fire burns, often mixed with light powder, powdered in appropriate amount, dry mixed, or mixed with sesame oil.

It is commonly used in modern times for soft tissue contusions, fractures, furuncles, burns, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: powdered, 2-3g, mixed with water or wine.External application: appropriate amount, powdered for applying.

【Caution】Do not take for a long time.Those without stasis should take it with caution.

[Modern Research] Contains manganese dioxide, iron, cobalt, nickel, etc.

See "Materia Medica for Rescuing Famines" for figs.It is the aggregate flower fruit of deciduous shrubs or small trees of Moraceae, Ficuscarica L.It is cultivated all over our country.

[Synonym] Tianshengzi, Miguo, Wenxianguo, Milkberry, Yingriguo, Pinxianguo.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing lung and relieving throat: used for sore throat, hoarseness due to lung heat, dry cough and chronic cough.For sore throat, it can be combined with honeysuckle, decocted in water; for hoarseness, it can be decocted with water alone, mixed with rock sugar; for dry cough and chronic cough, it can be used together with raisins and licorice.Stomach invigorating and antidiarrheal: used for indigestion, constipation, and diarrhea.For indigestion, it can be used with hawthorn, fried chicken, magnolia, etc.; for constipation, chew it alone, or decoct it, add some honey, and take it warm on an empty stomach; for long-term diarrhea, it can be fried with pomegranate peel Clothes.Detoxification and treatment of hemorrhoids: used for bleeding hemorrhoids, decocted with water alone, or fumigated and washed the anus.

It is commonly used in modern times for acute and chronic bronchitis, enteritis, bacillary dysentery, gastric and duodenal ulcers, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, bladder cancer, intestinal cancer, etc.

【用法用量】煎服：9～15g（大剂量30～60g）；或生食鲜果1～2枚。外用：适量，煎水外洗；研末调敷或吹喉。

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

[Modern Research] Contains organic acids, such as citric acid, fumaric acid, succinic acid, quinic acid, etc.Also contains B vitamins, a variety of amino acids and so on.It has significant anti-tumor, improving cellular immune function, analgesic and laxative effects.

For Wu Ligen, see "Selected Materials of the National Exhibition of New Medical Treatment of Chinese Herbal Medicine: Internal Medicine".It is the root of Ampelopsis cantoniensis (Hook.et Arn.) Planch., a woody vine of the grape family.Distributed in Anhui, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

[Synonyms] Red Blood Dragon, Mountain Sweet Tea, Spicy Pear Tea, Lion Vine, Mountain Dragon, Strap Vine, Cantonese Snake Grape.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Published to relieve summer heat: used for summer colds, sore throat, single use, decoction and gargle.Dispelling dampness and dredging collaterals: for rheumatic arthralgia, decocted with water alone.Heat-clearing and toxic substances removing: used for carbuncle sores, decocted with water alone, or powdered for application, or fresh products smashed for application; used for conjunctival redness, embarrassment and tearing.Single use, decocting and fumigation.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, sciatica, cellulitis, boils, eczema, etc.

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

[Modern Research] Contains myricetin, dihydromyricetin, etc.It has obvious inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Sapindus see "Supplements to Materia Medica".It is the seed of Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn., deciduous or evergreen tree Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.Distributed in various places south of the Yangtze River, Taiwan, and western Hubei.

[Synonyms] Sapinberry, Fat Pearl, Oil Bead, Washing Fruit, Oil Sapin Fruit, Oil Sapin Fruit.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, pungent, cold.It is slightly poisonous.Return lung, spleen, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and resolving phlegm: used for coughing due to lung heat, yellow and thick phlegm, sore throat, decocted with water alone, or ground into powder and mixed with water; for sore throat, it can also be ground into fine powder with Xuanming powder and plum slices Powder, blow throat.Dispelling stagnation and stagnant stagnation: It is used for indigestion and malnutrition in children. It is only used to simmer cooked food, or grind powder and steam pork liver food.Killing insects and relieving itching: used for pruritus vulvae, ringworm, decocted for fumigation and washing, or boiled ointment for external application.

Modern commonly used in tonsillitis, pneumonia, indigestion, trichomonal vaginitis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-6g; or powdered.External application: appropriate amount, grind into powder and blow throat.

[Modern Research] Contains vitamins, fat, protein, etc.

See "Rihuazi Zhujia Materia Medica" for the skin of Sapindus.It is the pulp of the Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.Pick when the fruit is ripe in autumn, and peel off the pulp.

[synonym] zizi meat skin, sapindus pod.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] slightly bitter, slightly cold.It is slightly poisonous.Return lung, stomach, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and resolving phlegm: used for wind-heat sore throat, phlegm-heat cough, decocted soup, pounded juice or powdered for oral administration.It can also be soaked in honey and swallowed.Promoting qi and eliminating stagnation: For heart and stomach qi pain, worm stagnation, and abdominal pain due to food stagnation, take 7 fruits with a little salt and a little calcined charcoal, soak in boiled water and take.Detoxification and detumescence: for venomous snake bites, nameless swollen poison, smashed and applied with a single herb.

Modern commonly used in acute gastroenteritis, influenza, snake bites, acute tonsillitis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-9g; or pounded into juice.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

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