Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 21 Four Paintings (3)
【Caution】If the dosage of this product is too large, symptoms such as nausea and vomiting may occur.

[Modern research] Contains a variety of Sapindus saponins, and the aglycone is hedera saponin; the fruit still contains rutin, vitamin C, and tannins.Total saponins can lower blood pressure in rabbits; lower blood cholesterol in rabbits with experimental atherosclerosis.Hedera saponin has antibacterial effect.

See "Materia Medica Congxin" for Yuan Baocao.It is the whole plant of Hypericum sampsonii Hance, a perennial herb of Garciniaceae.Distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and Taiwan.

[Synonym] Duyuelian, Xiaohuangxincao, Chuanxincao, Jiaojiao, Paicao, Red Eclipta, Buddhaheart Grass, Piercing Arrow, Duilian, Snake Opening, Snake Opening, Yehuozhi.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Cooling blood to stop bleeding: It is used for bleeding syndrome caused by blood heat.To treat hematemesis and epistaxis, it is often used together with Imperata Rhizoma Imperatae and Honeysuckle; to treat bloody stranguria and hematuria, it is often used together with Imperata Rhizoma Rhizoma Imperatae, Small Thistle; to treat traumatic bleeding, it can be used alone for external application as ground powder, or fresh products pounded for application.Heat-clearing and detoxifying: used for various heat-toxin syndromes.To treat carbuncle, swollen and furuncle, commonly use fresh ingot grass, fresh pear head grass, and distiller's grains for external application; for snake bites, fresh grass can be smashed for external application around the wound, and 15g each of ingot grass, lobelia, and distiller's grass, decocted in water Take it; treat sore throat, hoarse voice, use powdered powder to blow throat alone, or decoct it in water, or decoct it together with kusu, stachys glabra, scrophulariaceae, and scrophulariae; treat water and fire burns, grind powder, Sesame oil, or egg white tune apply.Activating blood circulation and regulating menstruation: used for amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, often decocted with peach kernel, safflower, Yuanhu water and wine; used for bruises, often used together with frankincense, myrrh, blood dried blood, and sumac; used for rheumatic arthralgia , can be used alone, decocted in water and wine, or combined with Qianghuo, Clematis, Achyranthes bidentata, etc.

In modern times, it is often used for vomiting blood, epistaxis, tuberculosis hemoptysis, pharyngitis, hoarseness, carbuncle furuncle, burns, irregular menstruation, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (30-60g for fresh products).External application: Appropriate amount, fresh products smashed for applying; or dried products ground into powder for applying.

[Cautions for use] It is contraindicated for those without stasis and pregnant women.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for mica.It is a flaky crystal of the silicate mineral muscovite.Mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Liaoning, Jilin, Yunnan, Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi and other places.

[Synonym] Yunzhu, yunying, cloud powder stone, thousand-layer glass, muscovite, silver fine stone, mica powder.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, warm.GUIXIN, liver, spleen channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Suppressing Convulsions and Tranquility: Used for palpitations, insomnia, epilepsy, and dizziness, often used together with cinnabar, bezoar, and gallbladder, such as Anshen Pills ("Materia Medica Huiyan").Astringent and astringent: used for chronic diarrhea, chronic dysentery, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, single powder powder for oral administration.To treat chronic dysentery, it can also be used together with Fuzi, Longgu, Poria, and Chishi Zhi, such as mica powder ("Shengji Zonglu").Hemostasis and astringent sores: For bleeding from golden sores, use powdered powder alone for application; for vomiting blood and having blood in the stool, powdered powder alone for oral administration; for carbuncle sores, powdered powder alone for external application.

In modern times, it is often used for insomnia, epilepsy, bacillary dysentery, traumatic bleeding, boils, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-12g; or into pills or powder.External application: powdered for applying or sprinkled.

[Cautions for use] Use with caution in patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire.

[Modern Research] Contains silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, sodium oxide, potassium oxide, etc.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" in Yunshi.It is the seed of Caesalpinia sepiaria Roxb., a climbing shrub of the leguminous family.Distributed in various places south of the Yangtze River.

[Synonym] Yuanshi, grass mica, stinky grass, tiger thorn, fir thorn, water soap horn, horse bean, Hades thorn, cat's claw thorn.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Drying dampness and relieving diarrhea: used for damp-heat diarrhea, stir-fried alone, decocted with brown sugar, or used together with aconite and keel.Eliminating malnutrition and killing insects: for infantile malaria, malaria, decocted or powdered.Eliminating phlegm and relieving cough: used for cough with phlegm, used alone or with pinellia and orange peel.

It is commonly used in modern times for dysentery, malaria, chronic bronchitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g; or into pills or powder.

【Modern Research】Contains fatty oil, golden in color.Oral or intraperitoneal injection of water decoction to mice has the effects of relieving cough, eliminating phlegm and relieving asthma.The water decoction has the effect of inhibiting Staphylococcus aureus.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica" for Yunshigen.It is the root or root bark of the leguminous plant Caesalpinia sepiaria Roxb.

[Synonym] Cattle King Cigen, Yama Wang Cigen.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and relieving exterior: used for cold, fever, sore throat, and headache.Detoxification and swelling: for sore throat, often used together with lychee grass or rhubarb; for poisonous snake bites, soaked in wine with bamboo leaves and vine roots, and fresh root bark and fresh plow grass , fresh lobelia, smashed together for external application; you can also use 30g of yunshi root and 60g of coriander, decoct, and use the same amount of realgar and angelica, grind into powder, boil ointment with pig bile and mix thoroughly to apply around the wound and swollen place; for milk For carbuncle and mumps, take 1g of Yunshi root and [-] egg, cook them together and take it together, apply this product with ground shochu for external use, or pound fresh leaves and brown sugar to apply to the affected area.Dehumidification and treatment of numbness: for rheumatic arthralgia, it can be taken with Daxueteng, or Toguxiang and Mujiangzi root in wine.

In modern times, it is commonly used for cold and fever, pharyngitis, rheumatoid arthritis, bruises, mastitis, snake bites, etc.If it is taken with white horse bone root, Polygonum cuspidatum root, and plantain mixed with water and mixed with sugar, it can also treat acute hepatitis; if it is used together with Sanbaicao and Centella asiatica, it can cure urinary tract infection.

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

【Modern Research】Contains tannins, etc.

For papaya, see "Lei Gong Pao Shao Lun".It is the fruit of the Rosaceae shrub Chaenomeles lagenaria (Loisel.) Koidz.Mainly produced in Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Sichuan and other places.

[Synonyms] Papaya, Xuan Papaya, Wrinkled Papaya, Sticking Begonia.

【Nature and flavor return to meridian】Sour, warm.Return to the liver and spleen meridians.

【Efficacy and application】Soothing tendons and activating collaterals: For rheumatism arthralgia, soreness and pain in limbs and joints, soak in wine alone or take it with Qianghuo, Duhuo, Wujiapi; if arthralgia syndrome also has kidney deficiency, low back pain and knee weakness, Compatible with Achyranthes bidentata, Gouji, and Sangjisi; if you are in a hurry and cannot turn your side, you can be compatible with frankincense, myrrh, and raw ground, such as papaya decoction ("Puji Benshi Fang").For beriberi edema, it is often used with Evodia rutaecarpa, betel nut, perilla leaf, etc., such as Jimingsan ("Zhu's Collection of Proof Prescriptions").Dispelling dampness and harmonizing the stomach: used for vomiting and diarrhea caused by dampness and turbidity.For those who are colder, it is often combined with Evodia rutaecarpa, fennel, perilla, etc., such as papaya soup ("Three Yin Prescriptions"); ).

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, acute gastroenteritis, gastrocnemius spasm and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 5-10g; or into pills or powder.External application: appropriate amount, decocted in water for fumigation and washing.

[Cautions for use] It is not suitable for people with deficiency of essence and blood and deficiency of true yin.

[Modern Research] Contains saponins, flavonoids, tannins, vitamin C, malic acid, tartaric acid, and citron.The decoction has the effect of eliminating the swelling of mouse egg white arthritis.There are liver protection, antibacterial and other effects.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for fungus.It is the fruiting body of Auricularia auricula (L.ex Hook.) Underw.It is distributed and artificially cultivated in most parts of my country.

[synonym] tree chicken, black fungus, woody fungus, wood, cloud ear, ear.

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

【Efficacy and application】Replenishing qi and nourishing blood: for qi deficiency and blood loss, it can be steamed with brown sugar and honey, or stewed with lean meat.Moisturizing the lungs and relieving cough: For chronic cough due to lung deficiency and hemoptysis, it can be taken with some rock sugar and steamed.Suppressing liver yang: For hyperactivity of liver yang and fundus hemorrhage, it can be stewed with rock sugar and water, or stewed with 1 preserved egg.Convergence and hemostasis: used for hemoptysis, vomiting blood, epistaxis, bloody dysentery, metrorrhagia, decocted in single flavor, or fried charcoal into powder for adjustment and administration.

In modern times, it is often used for postpartum weakness, high blood pressure, various hemorrhages, and constipation.In addition, equal parts with Nepeta, decoction and gargle, can also cure all toothaches.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-30g; or fried charcoal powder, 3-10g.

[Cautions for use] Use with caution in patients with deficiency cold and loose stools.

[Modern research] Contains amino acids, proteins, lipids, sugars, cellulose, carotene, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and various inorganic elements potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, Phosphorus etc.Anti-coagulant, anti-platelet aggregation, anti-thrombosis, anti-leukopenia caused by cyclophosphamide, promote immune function, lower blood fat, anti-atherosclerosis, anti-aging, anti-radiation, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, hypoglycemic, Anti-cancer, anti-mutagenic effect.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for woody fragrance.It is the root of Saussurealappa Clarke, Vladimiria denticulata Ling, and Vladimiria souliei (Franch.) Ling, perennial herbaceous plants of Compositae.Yunmuxiang is native to India, and it is also planted in Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guangxi in my country.Yuexi Muxiang and Chuanmuxiang are mainly produced in western Sichuan.

[Synonym] Yunmuxiang, Nanmuxiang, Guangmuxiang.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Promoting qi and relieving pain: used for abdominal distension and pain due to stagnation of spleen and stomach qi, used alone, or used with Amomum seed, Huoxiang, clove, etc., such as Muxiangtiaoqi powder ("Zhang's Yitong"); Gastrointestinal qi stagnation, severe after diarrhea, can be used together with Coptis chinensis, such as Xianglian pills ("Taiping Huimin Heji Bureau Prescription").Invigorate the spleen and eliminate food: for spleen deficiency and qi stagnation, fullness in the abdomen, and loose stools due to lack of food, it can be used with Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala, such as Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction ("Shifang Gekuo"); For abdominal fullness, constipation or diarrhea, it can be combined with rhubarb, betel nut, etc., such as Muxiang betel nut pills ("Ru Men Shi Qin").Soothe the liver and promote the gallbladder: for abdominal distension and hypochondriac pain, jaundice, can be used together with rhubarb, turmeric, and capillary; for hernia pain, often used together with cumin and toosendan, such as Daoqi Decoction ("Medical Prescription Brief" ).In addition, it can be used equally with red peony root, turmeric, clove, etc., and it can also treat chest pain and heartache caused by cold and qi stagnation, such as Erxiang San ("Experienced Prescription").

Modern commonly used in acute gastroenteritis, bacillary dysentery, peptic ulcer, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, viral jaundice hepatitis, coronary heart disease, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 1.5-6g; grind into juice or into pills or powder.

[Cautions for use] Use with caution in patients with deficiency of yin and body fluid.It should not be fried for a long time.It should be used raw for promoting qi and relieving pain, and it should be used for simmering for antidiarrheal.

【Modern Research】Contains volatile oil, amino acid, organic acid, alkaloid, etc.It has two-way effects of excitation and inhibition on the gastrointestinal tract, can promote the secretion of digestive juice, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis, antagonize gastric mucosal damage, promote gallbladder, relax tracheal smooth muscle, inhibit the growth of streptococcus and staphylococcus aureus, and Diuretic effect.

For horsetail, see "Jia Shi Zhan Subsidized Materia Medica".It is the aerial part of Epuisetum hiemale L., a perennial herbaceous plant of Equisetaceae.Distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai and other places.

[Synonyms] Horsetail grass, festival grass, joint grass, heartless grass.

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

【Efficacy and application】Evacuate wind-heat, improve eyesight and relieve nebula: It is used for wind-heat, conjunctival congestion, and nebula to cover eyes. It is often used together with Gujingcao and cicada slough to dissipate like a god ("Syndrome and Treatment Guidelines").If the eyes are dizzy and tearful, it can be used together with Atractylodes atractylodes, Fangfeng, and Prunella vulgaris.Hemostasis: used for intestinal wind bleeding, bloody dysentery, metrorrhagia, menstrual dripping, used alone, or used in the same way as Burnet and Oujie.

Modern commonly used in acute and chronic conjunctivitis, keratitis, acute dacryocystitis, viral jaundice hepatitis, chronic hepatitis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g.

【Cautions】Use with caution in patients with qi and blood deficiency.

[Modern Research] Contains volatile oil, flavonoid glycosides, alkaloids, etc.It has antihypertensive, sedative, anticonvulsant, lowering cholesterol, inhibiting platelet aggregation, antimalarial, hemostatic, antibacterial and antiviral effects.

Mutong see "On the Properties of Medicine".It is the stem of Akebiatrifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz.var.australis (Diels) Rehd. or Akebiatrifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz., Akebia quinata (Thunb.) Decne., which are twining shrubs of Akebiaceae.Bai Mutong is mainly produced in Southwest China; Sanye Akebia is mainly produced in Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, and Shandong; Akebia is mainly produced in Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places.

[Synonyms] Tongcao, Ding Weng, August fried rattan.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, cool.Guixin, small intestine, bladder channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and diuresis: used for dysuria, dripping and astringent pain, often used with plantain seed, scorpion, talc, etc., such as Bazheng powder ("Taiping Huimin Heji Bureau Prescription"); used for edema, often used It is used in the same way as Poria cocos, Polyporus cocos, Morus alba, etc.; it is used in combination with bamboo leaves, raw land, and licorice, such as Daochi powder ("Children's Pediatrics") for inflammation of the heart fire, which also moves down the small intestine to cause upset, mouth sores, and red urine. Straight formula of medicine syndrome").Unblocking the menstrual flow and lowering the milk: for blood stasis and amenorrhea, often used together with peach kernel, safflower, red peony root, Achyranthes bidentata, and Corydalis; used for galactostasis, often used together with Wang Buliuxing, pangolin, and pig's trotter.In addition, if it is used with Lonicerae vine, Pittosporum bark, Fangji, Coix seed, etc., it can also treat rheumatism and heat numbness.

Modern commonly used in acute urinary tract infection, prostatitis, glomerulonephritis, postpartum urinary retention, acute mastitis, amenorrhea, postpartum oliguria, arthritis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-6g; or into pills or powder.

[Cautions for use] Use with caution in the elderly and infirm, and contraindicated in pregnant women.

[Modern Research] Akebia and Akebia clover stems contain stigmasterol, β-sitosterol and β-sitosterol glucoside.Akebia stems also contain a variety of akebia saponins, betulin, meso-inositol, etc.Akebia infusion has a diuretic effect when taken orally.In vitro, it can inhibit the growth of skin fungi such as Microsporum ferruginosa.The alcohol extract can inhibit a variety of Gram-positive bacteria, Shigella, and Salmonella typhi.

Mutong root see "On the Properties of Medicine".It is the root of Akebia quinata (Thunb.) Decne. or Akebia quinata (Thunb.) Koidz. and Akebia quinata (Thunb.) Koidz.var.australis (Diels) Rehd. .

[Synonym] August melon root.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness: used for rheumatic arthralgia, decocted with water alone and taken with rice wine, or soaked in wine with soushanhu, octopus, white dragon beard, etc.Promoting qi and activating blood circulation: used for amenorrhea, abdominal distension and hernia due to stagnation of qi and blood.To treat abdominal distension, it is often used together with mahogany; to treat hernia, it can be stewed with lean pork.Diuretic and swelling: for dysuria, decoction can be used alone.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, bruises, orchitis, hernia, amenorrhea, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g; grind juice or soak in wine.External application: Appropriate amount of fresh product, smashed and applied to affected area.

[Modern Research] Contains stigmasterol, β-sitosterol, carotene, etc.

For kapok, see "Regulations on the Properties of Herbs".It is the flower of the tall tree Kapok Gossampinus malabarica (DC.) Merr. in the family Kapokaceae.Mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[Synonym] Cotton flower, spotted branch flower, panzhi flower.

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

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