Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 3 Second Painting (1)
For eighteen symptoms, see the "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines" by the Guangzhou Army.It is the whole plant of Piper boehmeriae folium Wall.var.tonkinense C.DC., an erect subshrub of the family Piperaceae.Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan, Guizhou and other places.

[synonym] small hemp lump, large intestine wind, stone strip flower, ramie leaf wilt.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, warm.Return liver, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dispelling cold: For rheumatic arthralgia syndrome, it can be soaked in wine and rubbed with medicinal wine; it can also be decocted for washing and taken with pig bone soup.Activating blood circulation and regulating menstruation: used for irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea and bruises.For irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea, it can be decocted with water alone, or used with Eupatorium, safflower, etc.; for bruises, it can be soaked in wine or rubbed on the affected area with medicinal wine.Detoxification and pain relief: for poisonous snake bites, you can take it with powdered wine alone, and rub the wound around the wound with medicine powder mixed with wine; for toothache, you can soak in wine and apply to the gums.In addition, the single use of ground powder can also cure stomach cold and pain.

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

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-15g; ground powder, 1-5g.External application: Appropriate amount, powdered for application, or fresh product pounded for application.

[Cautions for use] Pregnant women should take it with caution.

Top ten credits Ye Jian "Materia Medica Renew".It is the leaves of the evergreen shrubs of the Berberidaceae family Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr. The fine leaves Mahonia fortunei (Lindl.) Fedde or Mahonia japonica (Thunb.) DC.Produced in various places south of the Yangtze River in my country.

[synonym] credit leaves.

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

【Efficacy and application】Nourishing yin and reducing fever: used for tuberculosis hemoptysis, bone steaming hot flashes, can be used with Ophiopogon japonicus, Anemarrhena, Adenophora, Chuanbei, Baiji, and Eclipta.Invigorate the liver and kidney, strengthen the waist and knees: used for soreness of the waist and knees, dizziness, and tinnitus caused by insufficient liver and kidney.Purging fire and detoxification: for cold and fever, take it alone with decoction, or use with Vitex chrysanthemum leaves; for red eyes and swelling, boil and filter, and use high-pressure disinfection eye drops; for carbuncles and sores, often grind into powder and apply .Dampness and anti-discharge: for red and white vaginal discharge, it can be decocted with Bai Ying and Agrimony 30g each.

It is commonly used in modern times for tuberculosis, cold and fever, acute conjunctivitis, leukorrhea, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-9g.External application: appropriate amount, powdered for applying.

[Modern research] Contains berberine, jatrorrhizine, palmate tetrandrine, etc.It has antibacterial and anticancer effects.

See "Plant Names and Facts of Plants" for the top ten credits.It is the root of the Berberidaceae plant Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr. or M.japonica (Thunb.) DC.

[Synonym] Scutellaria chinensis, Phellodendron chinensis, Phellodendron japonica, Scutellaria thorns, Coptis thorns, Cercis chinensis.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and dampness: used for damp-heat diarrhea, damp-heat jaundice, hypochondriac pain.For the treatment of damp-heat diarrhea, it can be used alone as a powder, or decocted with Dijin in equal amounts, and decocted with water; for damp-heat jaundice, it can be decocted with Desmodium, Gardenia, and Yinchen.Purging fire and detoxification: for cold and fever, it can be used with Vitex chrysanthemum and Vitex japonica; for sores, water and fire burns, it can be ground into powder alone, and tea oil can be used to apply to the affected area; for sore throat, it can be used with Shegan Equal amount, decocted in water containing pharynx.In addition, it is used together with Zizhu, Baibu, Baiji, Longgu, Oyster and other medicines to treat tuberculosis cough and bloody sputum.

In modern times, it is often used for acute bacillary dysentery, enteritis, boils, carbuncles, burns, eczema, cold and fever, acute pharyngitis, tuberculosis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-15g (30-60g for fresh products).External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying, or powdered for applying.

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

【Modern research】contains berberine, tetrandrine, etc.

For clove, see "Thunder's Cannonball Theory".It is the flower bud of Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr.et Perry, an evergreen tree plant of Myrtaceae.It is mainly produced in Malaysia, Indonesia and the coastal countries of East Africa. It is also cultivated in Hainan and Guangdong in my country.

[Synonym] Male clove, male clove, clove.

[nature and flavor return to the meridian] pungent, warm.Return to the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians.

【Efficacy and application】Warming the middle and lowering the negative: used for stomach cold, vomiting and hiccups.To treat vomiting, it is often used together with pinellia in equal amounts; to treat hiccups, it is often used together with persimmon stalks and ginger, such as clove persimmon stalk soup ("Syndrome Causes and Pulse Treatment"); for spleen and stomach deficiency cold, vomiting and diarrhea, it is often combined with Atractylodes macrocephala and amomum , white cardamom, etc.Warming the kidney and supporting yang: used for soreness of the waist and knees, coldness, and impotence caused by insufficient kidney yang, often used together with aconite, cinnamon, and Morinda officinalis.In addition, this product soaked in 70% ethanol and applied externally can also treat tinea corporis and tinea pedis, etc.

It is commonly used in modern times for chronic gastritis, gastrointestinal neurosis, indigestion, tinea corporis, tinea manus and pedis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 2-5g; or into pills or powder.External application: appropriate amount, ground into powder, soaked in wine and rubbed externally.

[Modern Research] Contains clove oil (mainly eugenol, acetyleugenol, β-caryophyllene, etc.), oleanolic acid, tannin, fatty oil, etc.It can promote the secretion of gastric juice, stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, relieve abdominal flatulence, and reduce nausea and vomiting.Its ethanol infusion, clove oil, and eugenol are effective against Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio cholerae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Shigella, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and Bacillus anthracis in vitro. , Yersinia pestis, influenza virus and a variety of skin pathogenic fungi have inhibitory effect.

See "Chinese Medicinal Flora" for Polygonum cloves.It is the whole herb of Ludwigia prostrata Roxb., an annual herbaceous plant of Willowleafaceae.Distributed in Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and other places.

[Synonym] Water lilac, Polygonum syringae, Trumpet grass, Water willow.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: used for lung-heat cough, often compatible with Scutellaria baicalensis, Morus alba, etc.; used for sore throat, can be decocted with water and rock sugar orally, or mixed with vinegar for gargling; used for carbuncle swelling and pain, take Mix fresh herbs with a little salt, mash and apply to the affected area.Clearing dampness and heat: for damp-heat diarrhea, alone, or decocted with ground hornet root and brown sugar; for damp-heat jaundice, it can be used with Gardenia, Tianjihuang, and Desmodium; used for stranguria, edema, It can be used alone, or it can be used in the same way as plantain; it can be used to bring down yellow and foul smell, and it can be used in combination with celosia, etc.Removal of blood stasis and hemostasis: It is used for hematemesis, hematuria, hematochezia, traumatic hemorrhage and other bleeding syndromes combined with blood stasis and bruises, swelling and pain. It can be used alone or in combination.For bruises and wound bleeding, it can be decocted with sumac and safflower in water, and taken with rice wine.

In modern times, it is often used for boils, carbuncles, cellulitis, acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, enteritis, bacillary dysentery, urinary tract infections, women's vaginal discharge, traumatic bleeding, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g; or steeped in wine.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

[Modern Research] Contains gallic acid, etc.It has good antibacterial effect on Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, etc.

For the syringa, see "Preparation for Herb Properties".It is the whole plant of perennial or annual dwarf and bald herb Zornia diphylla Pers.Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan, South, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places.

[Synonyms] Herringbone grass, two-leaf herringbone grass, Dinggui grass, fly wing, paving brocade, black fly wing grass, oolong grass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, cool.Return lung, liver, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and detoxifying: used for wind-heat cold, sore throat, sore carbuncle, poisonous snake bite, mastitis, hemorrhoids, etc.For colds, it can be combined with willow chrysanthemum, silver flower vine, etc.; for sore throat, it can be used alone to rub the throat with mixed vinegar; for sores and snake bites, it can be taken with fresh twisted juice and applied externally with residue; for mastitis At the beginning, you can decoct 30-60g of dry product with 1 piece of dace in water and take it daily; for hemorrhoids, you can decoct it with silver flower, neem bark, etc. for fumigation and washing, and take a sitz bath for 30 minutes.Clearing damp-heat: used for damp-heat diarrhea, jaundice, stranguria syndrome, decocted in water alone or in combination.To treat diarrhea, it can be combined with Abacus root, Ten Great Merits, Agrimony, etc.; to treat jaundice, it can be combined with plantain, Capsicum chinensis, Polygonum cuspidatum, etc.;Eliminate accumulation and eliminate malnutrition: for infantile malnutrition, it can be taken with lean pork as a ton.

Modern commonly used for colds, laryngitis, viral hepatitis, gastroenteritis, mastitis, jaundice and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g (fresh product 60-90g); or pounded into juice.External application: appropriate amount, decocted for fumigation and washing; or fresh products pounded for applying.

[Modern Research] Contains coumarin, etc.

Aescin is seen in the Guangzhou Army's "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines".It is the stem or leaf of the evergreen rattan shrub Schefflera arboricola Hayata of Araliaceae or the evergreen small tree plant Schefflera venulosa (Wight etArn.) Harms.Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places.

[Synonym] Xiaoye Yajiao, Hantao Ye, Aescin rotten, Aescin vine, Qijiapi.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and activating collaterals: for rheumatic arthralgia, soaked in wine alone, or used together with Clematis clematis and star anise maple; it can also be mashed together with Dafeng moi and red dragon boat flower leaves, and after being heated with wine Apply to the affected area.Promoting blood circulation and relieving pain: For bruises, swelling, fractures, decocted alone, or smashed with fresh leaves, mixed with wine and heated for external application; it can also be smashed with distiller's grains, and simmered to warm the affected area.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, bruises, sciatica, trigeminal neuralgia and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g; or steeped in wine.External application: Appropriate amount, decocted for washing; or pounded fresh products for applying.

【Caution】Not suitable for pregnant women.

[Modern Research] Contains organic acids, alkaloids, glycosides (cardiac glycosides, saponins), proteins, amino acids, resins, phenolic substances, etc.The organic acids contained in it have obvious analgesic, sedative and anticonvulsant effects.Alcohol Extraction Injection and Water Decoction Alcohol Extraction Injection of this product also have the same effect, and have different degrees of resistance to isolated guinea pig ileum and tracheal contraction caused by histamine and acetylcholine.It has a cardiac glycoside-like effect on the isolated frog heart.

See "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" for Eight Immortals.It is the whole herb of Caliumaparine L. or Galiumasperifolium Wall., an annual herbaceous plant of Rubiaceae.The former is distributed in most parts of the country; the latter is mainly produced in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places.

[Synonyms] Pig scorpion, Lala vine, Saw vine, Small madder, Fine madder, Huoxue grass, Xuejianchou, Sawgrass.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: used for boils and carbuncles, dysentery, intestinal abscesses and abdominal pain, poisonous snake bites.To treat sores, furuncles and carbuncles, you can take an appropriate amount of fresh products, mash them with sweet wine and apply them externally, or use them in the same way as dandelion and diding; for dysentery and intestinal abscess, you can take them orally with single-flavored decoction, or in combination with red rattan and rhubarb; for poisonous snakes For bites, fresh products can be mashed and applied externally, and decocted for oral administration.Activating blood and relieving pain: for dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea caused by blood stasis, it can be decocted in water and taken alone; for bruises, fresh products and sorrel are mashed and applied externally, and it is compatible with Malan root, water and wine in half Decoction.Diuretic and stranguria: used for edema and stranguria syndrome, often compatible with talc, desmodium, plantain, sea jinsha, etc.

In modern times, it is often used for folliculitis, acute and chronic appendicitis, bacillary dysentery, otitis media, urinary tract infection, early mastitis, breast cancer, mandibular adenocarcinoma, thyroid tumor, cervical cancer, chronic leukemia, etc.

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

[Modern research] Contains flavonoid glycosides such as quercetin galactoside, cartilaginous glycosides, tannins, etc.Carrotin has the effect of lowering blood pressure in rabbits.

For octagonal lotus, see "Plant Name and Fact Test".It is the rhizome and root of Dysosma pleiantha (Hance) Woods., a perennial herb of Berberidaceae.Distributed in the south, southwest and southeast of my country.

[Synonym] Podophyllum, an umbrella, an octagonal golden plate, a hexagonal lotus, a single-leaf flower, and a single-horned lotus.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, pungent, cool.poisonous.Return lung, Liver Channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: used for carbuncle sores, poisonous snake bites, can be smashed and applied to the affected area, or ground into powder, mixed with vinegar for external use, or used in the same way as Chonglou and lobelia.Dispelling blood stasis and relieving pain: used for bruises, rheumatic arthralgia, decocted in water and taken with wine.Resolving phlegm and dispelling stagnation: for phlegm-heat cough, it can be used with Scutellaria baicalensis, Aidicha, Baibu, etc.; for goiter and scrofula, it can be compatible with seaweed and kelp.

It is commonly used in modern times for carbuncles, boils, snake bites, herpes zoster, acute tonsillitis, mumps, tumors, etc.For breast cancer, it can be combined with Augusta, Wang Buliuxing, etc.; for lymphosarcoma and nasopharyngeal cancer, it can be used with Prunella vulgaris, kelp, and xanthophyll.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-12g; or into pills or powder.External application: Appropriate amount, ground into juice and applied; or soaked in vinegar or wine for application; pounded for application; or powdered for application.

[Cautions for use] Pregnant women and the infirm take it with caution.

[Modern Research] Contains podophyllotoxin, deoxypodophyllotoxin, xanthoside, hyperin, etc.It has anticancer effect.The decoction has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus in vitro.

Balengmu see "New Participation in Decoction Pieces".It is the whole plant of Saussurea japonica (Thunb.) DC., a 2-year-old herbaceous plant of Compositae.Distributed in East China and Central South.

[Synonyms] Eight-lens hemp, green bamboo standard, eight-faced wind, three-edge grass.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness: used for rheumatic arthralgia, decocted with water alone, or used in the same way as Clematis and Duhuo.Dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain: used for bruises, taken with soaked wine alone.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, bruises, leprosy.For treating leprosy, it is often mixed with Green Bamboo Biao, Fried Rice Chai, and Mao Tong in equal amounts, decocted and washed frequently.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g; or soak in wine.External application: appropriate amount, pounded for applying; or decocted for washing.

【Caution】Not suitable for pregnant women.

[Modern Research] Contains volatile oil, kaleidone, etc.

See "Simple Herbal Medicine" for star anise maple root.It is the root, fibrous root or root bark of Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms or Alangium platanifolium Harms.The former is distributed in the Yangtze River and Pearl River basins; the latter is distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Fujian, Taiwan and the Yangtze River basin.

[Synonym] Platinum bar, white dragon beard, white tendon bar, star anise sycamore, star anise king, star anise gold plate.

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

【Application】Expelling wind and activating collaterals: used for arthralgia due to rheumatism, numbness of limbs, paralysis, taken alone with soaked wine, or used together with antirheumatic medicine.Dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain: used for low back pain due to overwork, bruises, can be combined with Achyranthes bidentata, Eucommia, Abacus root, Acanthopanax, etc., soaked in wine or taken in decoction.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, lumbar muscle strain, bruises and so on.

[Usage and dosage] Decoction: fibrous root, 1.5-3g, root, 3-6g; or soak in wine.External application, appropriate amount, smashed for applying; or decocted for washing.

【Cautions】This product is poisonous, and excessive oral administration can easily cause paralysis, flaccidity, respiratory depression, etc., so the dose must be strictly controlled, starting with a small dose, until the patient has varying degrees of weakness and fatigue.Children and the elderly and infirm should be used with caution, and pregnant women should not use it.

[Modern Research] Contains alkaloids, glycosides, phenols, amino acids, organic acids, cardiac glycosides and resins.The root alcohol extract of star anise maple can strengthen the effect of hypnotics.Both decoction or total alkaloids can stimulate respiration, but when the dose is increased, respiration stops.It can cause a drop in blood pressure in normal experimental animals.Long-term use may have certain effects on liver and kidney functions.

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