Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 27 Four Paintings (9)
See "Newly Revised Materia Medica" for black berry.It is the whole grass or root of the perennial vine herbaceous plant Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagn.Distributed in East China, Central South and Southwest China.

[Synonym] Five-clawed dragon grass, red kudzu, sow vine, five-leaf squid, blood five armor, Guoshanlong, ground mouse, five-handed grass, wild grape vine, hemostatic vine.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, sour, cold.GUIXIN, liver, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: for sores and swollen toxins, mash its roots or leaves and apply to the affected area alone, or grind it into powder and mix it with petroleum jelly, or wring the juice of Hibiscus hibiscus, and take it with wine; it is used for poisonous snake bites, It can be taken with twisted juice of fresh products; for ecchymosis, it is often mixed with raw lard pounding ointment for application.Diuretic and heat-clearing: used for damp-heat betting, difficulty urinating, urethral astringent pain, blood in urine, often compatible with plantain, sage, and imperina root.

It is commonly used in modern times for purulent infection, fracture, urinary tract infection, snake bite, etc.To treat fractures, you can use 500g of fresh roots, half a bowl of glutinous rice, and pound them into ointment to apply to the affected area.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 25-50g; Grind into powder, soak in wine or pound into juice.External application: smashed for applying.

[Modern Research] The whole plant contains arabinose, sterols, amino acids, phenolic components and flavonoids; the root contains alkaloids and tannins.In vitro, it can inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic streptococcus, Shigella, Escherichia coli, and Leptospira.

See "Hunan Pharmaceutical Records" for oolong wagging tail.It is the root and leaf of Rubus tephrodes Hance, a deciduous vine shrub of Rosaceae.Distributed in East China, Central South and Guizhou.

[Synonyms] Snake Wubao, Hei Wu Pao, Dao Shui Lian, Wu Pao, Hong Pao Le.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sour, astringent, warm.Return liver, kidney, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Promoting blood circulation and dispelling stasis: for amenorrhea, low back pain, and traumatic injuries that are blocked by blood stasis, decoct it with water alone.Expelling wind and dredging collaterals: used for rheumatic arthralgia, numbness, decoction with water alone.In addition, if it is decocted with rosa japonica root and taken with sugar, it can cure dysentery.

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

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-20g.

For the root bark of Chinese tallow tree, see "Newly Revised Materia Medica".It is the root bark of Chinese tallow tree Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb. in Euphorbiaceae.

[synonym] curly root white skin, curly root.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, slightly warm.poisonous.Return lung, kidney, stomach, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】Purge water and expel water: used for edema and swelling, constipation, used alone, or decocted with japonica rice and sugared for drinking, or used together with Astragalus root and Codonopsis pilosula.Detoxification and detumescence: used for furunculosis and carbuncle, venomous snake bite, usually fresh split skin is mashed, or dried and ground into powder, add a little borneol, and egg white for dressing.Killing insects and relieving itching: For eczema and scabies, use thick decoction to wash the affected area externally.

Modern commonly used for schistosomiasis ascites, liver cirrhosis ascites, eczema, scabies, urticaria, sores, snake bites and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-12g; or into pills or powder.External application: appropriate amount, decocted for washing; or powdered for applying.

[Modern research] Contains white artemisia coumarin, scopolamine, pepper oil, etc.

For impatiens, see "Materia Medica for Rescuing Famines".It is the flower of Impatiens balsamina L., a plant of the family Impatiens.It is cultivated in most parts of our country.

[Synonyms] Buttercup, Erigeron, Henna, Good Girl Flower, Sea Lotus, Nail Peach Blossom, Golden Boy Flower, Bamboo Flower.

[Sexual ignorance meridian distribution] sweet, slightly bitter, warm.It is slightly poisonous.Return liver, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and application】Promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation: Used for irregular menstruation.For abdominal pain during menstruation, pain in the lower abdomen due to postpartum blood stasis, traumatic injuries, it can be used in the same way as Angelica and Danshen.Expelling wind and relieving pain: used for rheumatic arthralgia and partial use of limbs, can be used for bathing with decoction of Baiziren, Pu Nitrate, and papaya; for waist and hypochondriac pain, often dried in the sun, ground into powder, and taken with wine.Detoxification and detumescence: used for furunculosis, carbuncle, onychomycosis, and fungal infection, usually pounded with a single herb for application, or rubbed externally.

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

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 1.5-3g (3-9g for fresh products).External application: appropriate amount, fresh products smashed for applying; or decocted for washing.

【Caution】Not suitable for pregnant women.

[Modern Research] Contains various anthocyanins, kaempferol, quercetin, etc.Water extract can inhibit the growth of some pathogenic fungi in vitro.The decoction can inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic streptococcus, Salmonella typhi, Shigella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

For Pteris vulgaris, see "Plant Name and Reality Map Research".It is the whole plant or root of Pteris multifida Poir., a perennial herb of Pteridaceae.Distributed in East China, Central South and Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

[Synonym] Wellhead side grass, iron foot chicken, phoenix grass, fern fern, golden cocktail, golden chicken feet, well bar Qian, small phoenix tail, shady grass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, light, slightly bitter, cool.Return liver, kidney, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and promoting dampness: used for damp-heat jaundice, diarrhea, dysentery, leukorrhea, turbid stranguria, eczema, decocted with water alone, or pounded into juice for oral administration.For treating jaundice, it can be combined with Polygonum cuspidatum and Chinese cabbage; for treating diarrhea, it can be combined with purslane, Dijincao, etc.;Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for epistaxis, hematemesis, hematuria, hematochezia, metrorrhagia caused by blood heat, decocted alone, or combined with large thistle, small thistle, rhizoma rhizoma rhizome, and arborvitae leaves.Detoxification and swelling: It is used for sore throat, cough, thick yellow phlegm, swollen gums, carbuncle sores, skin urticaria, single use, or combined with dandelion, Radix Radix, etc., decocted or pounded for application.If smashed with young leaves of sorrel and applied externally, it can cure snake bites.In addition, it can be used together with Lobelia, Scutellaria barbata, and Hedyotis diffusa to treat heat-toxic malignant tumors.

Modern commonly used for dysentery, viral jaundice hepatitis, cholecystitis, gallstones, urinary tract infection, acute enteritis, lung infection, tonsillitis, mumps, scabies, eczema, urticaria, facial paralysis, phosphorus poisoning, rabies, fever burns etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-18g (50-100g for fresh products); grind into powder or pound into juice for drinking.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying or decocted for washing.

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated for deficiency-cold syndrome.Pregnant women should not take it.

[Modern Research] Contains fernin B, C, F, and fernin, etc.It has inhibitory effects on Leptospira, Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella, Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, etc.It also has anti-tumor effect.

For water hyacinth, see "The Essentials of Materia Medica Collection".It is the samara of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle.Produced in most parts of the country.

[Synonyms] Toon pod, Ailanthus pod, Water hyacinth seed, Ailanthus bulge, Ailanthus chinensis, Ailanthus chinensis, Chunlingzi.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, astringent, cold.Return large intestine, Liver Channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and dampness: used for damp-heat diarrhea, often compatible with Chinese tallow tree, Pulsatilla oleracea, purslane, Sophora oleracea, etc.If it is used for dysuria, it can be decocted alone, or it can be used in the same way as Plantago Seed.Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for blood heat in urine, blood in stool, metrorrhagia, decoction or formula alone.In addition, taking the honeyed pills made of ground powder alone has the effect of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, and can cure cough with thick phlegm.

Modern commonly used in bacillary dysentery, enteritis, leukorrhea, urethritis, chronic bronchitis, high blood pressure.To treat high blood pressure, it can be taken with decoction and brown sugar alone.

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

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

【Modern Research】Contains fatty oil, bitter ingredients, etc.It has bactericidal effect on Shigella and Salmonella typhi, and also has the effect of killing Trichomonas vaginalis.

For Phoenix clothes, see "Medical People - Materia Medica".It is the egg shell membrane of Gailus gallus doraesticus Brisson, a pheasant family chicken.

[Synonym] Chicken white skin, phoenix back, egg film coating, egg coating.

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

【Application】Nourishing yin and moistening lung, relieving cough and opening sound: for chronic cough caused by lung yin deficiency, it can be taken with ephedra; for sore throat and aphonia, it can be taken with equal parts of renzhongbai, olive stone, and baby tea, Grind finely, add a little borneol, blow and rub on the affected area, that is Fenghuang San ("Health Hongbao"); it can also be decocted with Platycodon grandiflorum and Myrobalan.Squeezing sores and promoting granulation: used for sores, swelling and pain, can be applied to the affected area with borneol, or mixed with pig bile and sesame oil, or dried with Coptis rhizome, light powder, and borneol powder, or applied with duck clearing agent, Rufeng Yisan ("Introduction to Medicine").For the non-contraction of ulcers, fresh phoenix clothes can be applied directly.In addition, take equal parts with snake slough and cicada slough, grind it into fine powder and apply it to the eyes, which can cure eye clouding; take the powder alone, or mix it with other tendons and bone-setting drugs, it can cure falls and fractures.

In modern times, it is often used for corneal ulcers, nasal mucosal ulcers, chronic pharyngitis, tuberculosis, and "delayed healing" of fractures.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g; or powder.External application: apply or grind into powder and sprinkle.

[Modern research] mainly contains keratin, which is mixed with a small amount of mucin fibers.

For fire seedlings and rice balls, see "Preparation for the Properties of Raw Herbs".It is the stem, leaf or sap of Euphorbia antiquorum L. for Euphorbia plant King Kong.Distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Fujian, Taiwan, Sichuan and other places.

[Synonyms] Overlord Whip, Ali Tree, Yangbuqian, Huohong, Yang Ya, Vajra Tree, Pure Yang Grass, Millennium Sword, Flame, Taige Thorn.

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

【Efficacy and application】Remove swelling by removing water: For edema and swelling, difficulty urinating, take the juice, mix with fried rice noodles, Baicao cream and evenly form a pill.Laxative and laxative: For constipation, take the juice alone, and take it with sweet potato powder to make pills.Insecticide and treatment of ringworm: for scabies, fresh stems are used alone, peeled and pounded to smear, or used with dried alum, camphor, and realgar.In addition, smashing it with distiller's grains and frying it for hot compress can cure carbuncle and sore; cut the heart of fire seedlings into soybeans, wrap them in longan meat, and swallow them 5 hours before the onset of malaria.

Modern commonly used in liver cirrhosis ascites, acute gastroenteritis, malaria, scabies and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-6g or into pills.External application: appropriate amount, powdered for applying.

[Caution for use] This product is poisonous, and it must be fried with rice before taking it orally.Pregnant women should not take it.

[Modern Research] Contains dandelion cylinol, dandelion cylindrone, etc.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for hemp seed.It is the seed kernel of Cannabissativa L., an annual herbaceous plant of Moraceae.It is cultivated all over the country.

[Synonym] Pockmark, pockmark kernel, hemp seed, hemp seed, white pockmark, winter pockmark, fire pockmark.

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

【Application】Effective and laxative, nourishing and invigorating deficiency: It is used for the elderly and infirm, postpartum women with intestinal dryness and constipation due to fluid deficiency and blood loss, can be used alone to mash, add rice to cook porridge, or mix with rhubarb and citrus aurantium Shi, almond, white peony root, and Magnolia officinalis are used together, that is, Maziren pill ("Treatise on Febrile Diseases").Tonglin activating blood circulation: for dripping and astringent pain in urination, it can be cooked with rice porridge, green onions and peppers and eaten on an empty stomach; for irregular menstruation, it can be used with peach kernels and safflower.In addition, if it is researched and applied together with Phellodendron Phellodendron and Gardenia, it can cure water and fire burns.

Modern commonly used in senile constipation, urinary tract infection and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g; or into pills or powder.External application: smashed for applying or pressed oil for applying.

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated for diarrhea due to insufficiency of the spleen and kidney, impotence, nocturnal emission, and leukorrhea.

[Cautions for use] Fear oyster, Bai Wei, and evil Poria cocos.Excessive ingestion can cause poisoning, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, numb limbs, crying, loss of orientation, dilated pupils, convulsions, and even coma.

[Modern Research] Contains fatty oil, protein, vitamins, lecithin, etc.Hemp seed has the effect of stimulating intestinal mucosa, increasing secretion and accelerating peristalsis.Alcohol extract has the effect of slowly and significantly reducing blood pressure in anesthetized cats and normal rats.

Fotan Motherwort see "Bencao Tujing".It is the whole plant of Polygonum chinense L., a perennial herb of Polygonaceae.Distributed in Taiwan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou.

[Synonym] Fotanmao, Wutanzi, Yunyao, Mountain Buckwheat Grass, Eel Vine, Wubaifancao, Fotanxing, Chidili, Red Plum Cotyledon, Mouse Cane, Dayeshashazi, Faint Medicine.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and dampness: used for diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, leukorrhea.To treat dysentery, it can be used with the same amount of Pteris vulgaris and Buzha leaves, or decocted with Shi Gong Gong; to treat jaundice, it can be combined with the same amount of Jigucao; to treat vaginal discharge, it can be used together with 3 to 5 cockscomb flowers .Cooling blood and detoxifying: for carbuncle and eczema, it can be decocted with water for oral administration, washed externally or smashed for application; for genital itching, it can be decocted for fumigation and washing, and the powder can be sprayed locally; for sore throat, it can be decocted and taken alone .Improving eyesight and reducing nebula: used for corneal clouding, red eyes, swelling and pain, used alone, or decocted in the same amount as Shi Gonggong and dropped into the eyes.

In modern times, it is often used for dysentery, enteritis, hepatitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, boils, bruises, sprains, dermatitis, eczema, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 25-30g (50-100g for fresh products); or pounded into juice.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying or decocted for washing.

【Modern Research】Contains β-sitosterol, kaempferol, quercetin, etc.It has the function of inhibiting Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus anthracis, beta-hemolytic streptococcus, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Salmonella typhi, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.It also has anti-hepatitis B virus and antihypertensive effects.

See "Shen Nong's Herbal Classic" for croton.It is the seed of Croton tiglium L., an evergreen tree of Euphorbiaceae.Mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hubei and other places.

[Synonyms] Bashu, Gangzi, Jiangzi, Laoyangzi, Shuangyanlong, Mengziren, Baguo, Shuangyan Shrimp, Babaili, Mangzi, Dougong, Crotonshuang.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, hot.It is very poisonous.Return stomach, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】Cold accumulation under temperature: For cold accumulation and constipation, it can be taken alone with Croton Cream capsules, or taken with dried ginger and rhubarb powdered honeyed pills, such as Sanwu Beiji Pills ("Synopsis of the Golden Chamber"); It is used for stagnation of phlegm and food in children and malnutrition. It is often used in the same way as gallbladder, cinnabar, and Divine Comedy.Water-dispelling swelling: For ascites bloating, often made into pills with almond paste, and taken with boiled water; or take 3g of cream and 1.5g of light powder, and stick it on the navel with several layers of gauze.Detoxification and treatment of sores: used for sores and furunculosis, when the pus is formed but not ulcerated, it is often pounded together with frankincense to make ointment, and applied to the affected area.If it is compatible with realgar at a ratio of 10:1, grind it into a paste, wrap 3-4 layers of gauze and rub the affected area, and treat stubborn tinea.Eliminate phlegm and sore throat: For throat blockage and phlegm obstruction, dyspnea, croton cream can be used alone, blown into the throat to cause vomiting, and the phlegm will be discharged.

Modern commonly used for constipation, dysentery, diphtheria, schistosomiasis ascites, liver cirrhosis ascites, mange, laryngeal obstruction, bronchial asthma, acute and chronic enteritis, acute appendicitis, neurodermatitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: into pills and powders, 0.1-0.3g (with croton cream).External application: Appropriate amount, smashed into ointment and applied; or wrapped in silk to rub the affected area.

[Cautions for use] Croton is very poisonous, and it is often used to remove oil and get cream when taken orally, and it is called Croton cream.Contraindicated for pregnant women and the infirm without cold excess stagnation.It is not suitable to be used with petunias.

【Modern Research】Contains croton oil, protein, crotonin, amino acid, etc.Croton oil has a strong stimulating effect on the skin and mucous membranes.Oral administration of half a drop to 1 drop can produce a burning sensation of the oral mucosa and vomiting, as well as a large amount of watery diarrhea and severe abdominal pain.External use can cause skin redness and even necrosis.Croton oil emulsion has protective effect on mice infected with Japanese encephalitis virus.Decoction or water infusion can kill snails.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for Morinda officinalis.It is the root of Morinda officinalis How, a vine of Rubiaceae.Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places.

[Synonym] Morinda officinalis, chicken intestine wind, rabbit intestine, Morinda officinalis meat.

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

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