Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 46 Six Paintings (5)
Modern commonly used in influenza, Japanese encephalitis, upper respiratory tract infection, urinary tract infection, acute nephritis, oral ulcers and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-12g.

[Modern Research] Contains alkaloids, amino acids, organic acids, phenolic compounds, tannins, saponins, proteins, polysaccharides, glycosides, anthraquinones and 18 trace elements.

See "Bielu of Famous Doctors" for Zhuli.It is the sap flowing out of the stems of the perennial evergreen trees or shrubs Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd.) Munro var.henonis (Mitf.) Stapf exRendle. of Gramineae.

[synonym] bamboo oil, light bamboo leek, bamboo juice.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, cold.GUIXIN, Lung, Liver Channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and smoothing phlegm: used for phlegm heat blocking the lungs, coughing and wheezing with yellow and thick phlegm, used alone or with pinellia, scutellaria baicalensis, rhubarb, orange peel, etc., such as Zhulidatan Wan ("Shen Shi Zunsheng") Book").Stabilize convulsions and resuscitate: It is used for apoplexy, convulsions and mania caused by phlegm-heat blinding orifices, used alone, or used in combination with Dannanxing and Calculus Bezoar.In addition, applying this product to the eyes can cure conjunctival congestion in children; rubbing the tongue with cork stains can cure heavy tongue in children.

It is commonly used in modern times for acute upper respiratory inflammation, acute bronchitis, pneumonia, epidemic meningitis, and Japanese encephalitis.

[Usage and Dosage] Take after mixing: 30-60g.

[Cautions for use] This product is cold and slippery in nature, so it is contraindicated for those with cold cough and spleen deficiency with loose stools.

[Modern Research] Contains more than 10 kinds of amino acids, glucose, fructose, sucrose and cresol, phenol, formic acid, acetic acid, benzoic acid, etc.Has antitussive and expectorant effects.

For Zhuru, see "Bielu of Famous Doctors".It is the middle layer scraped off after removing the outer bark of the stem of the perennial evergreen tree or shrub Phyllostachys nigra (I.odd.) Munro var. henmomis (Mitf.) Stapf. exRendle. of Gramineae.It is mainly produced in the Yangtze River Basin and southern provinces.

[Synonym] Danzhuru, Zhuerqing.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, slightly cold.Return lung, stomach, gallbladder meridian.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and resolving phlegm: used for cough and asthma caused by phlegm heat invading the lungs, coughing up yellow and thick phlegm, often used together with Scutellaria baicalensis, Gualou, etc. , palpitations, often combined with Citrus aurantium, Pinellia, Poria, etc., such as Wendan Decoction ("Three Yin Prescriptions"); Phlegm soup ("Jisheng Fang").Clearing the stomach and relieving vomiting: used for stomach heat and vomiting, often used together with Coptis chinensis and ginger; for those with intertwined phlegm and heat, depression and vomiting, it is often combined with tangerine peel and pinellia, such as Coptis tangerine peel Zhuru Pinellia Decoction ("Wen "Heat Jingwei"); stomach deficiency with heat, vomiting and nausea, often compatible with ginseng, tangerine peel, etc., such as Orange Peel Zhuru Decoction ("Golden Chamber Synopses");In addition, it can also cool blood to stop bleeding, treat hematemesis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, etc., used alone or mixed with other hemostatic prescriptions.

Modern commonly used in chronic bronchitis, acute and chronic gastritis, neurosis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-10g.

【Cautions for use】Use it for expectoration, and stir-fry with ginger juice for anti-vomiting.

【Modern research】Bamboo powder has a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus albus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli and so on.

For bamboo joints, see "Baicao Mirror".It is the bamboo whip-shaped rhizome of Panaxpseudo-ginseng Wall.vat.japonicus (CAMey.) Hoo.&Tseng., a perennial herb of Araliaceae.It is mainly produced in Southwest China, South China, East China, Gansu, Shaanxi and other places.

[Synonym] Bamboo joint three ginseng, bamboo notoginseng, bamboo joint seven, wild field seven, white notoginseng, radish seven, centipede seven, bamboo ginseng, soil ginseng, big leaf notoginseng.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Replenishing qi and blood: It is used for loss of appetite, fatigue and fatigue caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach after a serious illness and prolonged illness.Removing blood stasis and hemostasis: used for hemoptysis, hematemesis, metrorrhagia, bruises, and traumatic bleeding, decocted in water or powdered, or mixed with other prescriptions for removing blood stasis and hemostasis, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain.For traumatic bleeding, it can be ground into powder and taken orally; for pulmonary tuberculosis and hemoptysis, it can be compatible with Baibu, Baiji, Fritillaria, etc.Promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals: for amenorrhea addiction, postpartum stasis abdominal pain, used alone, or with angelica, safflower, peach kernel, and worms; for bruises, used alone, or with Chuanxiong, angelica, bone broken Supplement and other compatibility.In addition, if it is used with Qianghuo, Duhuo, Clematis, Asarum, Xu Changqing, etc., it can also treat rheumatic arthralgia.

In modern times, it is often used in the recovery period of physical weakness after illness, tuberculosis hemoptysis, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, bruises, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-10g; or powdered, 1.5-3g.External application: appropriate amount, powdered and sprinkled.

【Caution】Not suitable for pregnant women.

【Modern Research】Contains a variety of bamboo saponins and volatile oils.It has anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, hypoglycemic and other effects.

Polygonum bamboo see "Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine".It is the whole plant of Homalocladium platycladum (F.Muell.) Bailey., a perennial erect herb of Polygonaceae.Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian and other places.

[Synonyms] Guanyin bamboo, flying centipede, centipede bamboo, flat bamboo flower, chicken claw centipede, flat bamboo, antipyrus.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: used for carbuncle and swollen poison, insect bites, fresh grass smashed and applied to the affected area.Removing blood stasis and reducing swelling: used for bruises, decocted in water and taken with wine, and applied to the affected area with medicinal residues.

In modern times, it is mostly used for carbuncles, furuncles, centipedes, snake bites, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g (60-120g for fresh products).External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

Bamboo leaf pepper is shown in "Ben Cao Tu Jing".It is the fruit of Rutaceae shrub or small tree plant Zanthoxylum planispinum Sieb.etZucc.Distributed in the southeast to southwest of China.

[Synonym] Mountain pepper, soil pepper, wild pepper, rock pepper, dog pepper, pepper, mountain pepper, Wanhua needle.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, warm.It is slightly poisonous.Return stomach meridian.

【Efficacy and Application】Dispelling cold and relieving pain: used for stomach cold, abdominal cold pain, vomiting, diarrhea, used alone, or combined with dried ginger, evodia, etc.Analgesia and Pain Relief: For ascariasis and abdominal pain, it can be decocted with neem bark and taken in appropriate amount with vinegar.Killing insects and relieving itching: used for eczema, scabies, fresh products pounded for application.In addition, decocting water for gargling, or grinding powder and stuffing it in caries cavities can cure dental caries and toothache; smash it together with realgar, angelica dahurica, and aescin to treat snake bites.

Modern commonly used in gastrointestinal disorders, biliary ascariasis, eczema and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-9g; or powdered, 1-3g.External application: Appropriate amount, decocted for washing or gargling, or soaked in ethanol for external application, or fresh product pounded for application.

Bamboo-leaf roll heart see "Health of Raw Herbs".It is the young leaves of the perennial evergreen trees or shrubs Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd.) Mu-nro var.henonis (Mitf.) Stapf ex Rendle in the family Gramineae.It is mainly produced in the Yangtze River Basin and southern provinces.

[synonym] bamboo needle, bamboo heart.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, bitter, cold.GUIXIN, Liver Channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Cleansing the heart and eliminating troubles: It is used for scorching body, coma and delirium, tongue convulsion and limbs caused by warm evils inversely transmitted to the pericardium. It is often compatible with rhino horn tip, lotus seed heart, forsythia heart, etc. Diagnosis of Disease Conditions").Diuretic to treat stranguria: used for short urine, hot heart and dysphoria, can be taken alone in large doses decocted in water; or compatible with Akebia, Shengdi, etc.

It is commonly used in modern times for influenza, meningitis, and Japanese encephalitis.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-12g.

Bamboo leaf pepper leaves see "Hunan medicine records".It is the leaf of Rutaceae Zanthoxylumplanispi num Sieb.et Zucca.

[synonym] wild pepper leaves.

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

【Efficacy and application】Regulating qi and relieving pain: It is used for abdominal fullness and pain caused by stagnation of qi stagnation due to coldness in the middle Jiao.Activating blood and healing wounds: For bruises, it is desirable to mash fresh leaves, add a little wine, stir-fry for external application, or rub the affected area.Detoxification and detumescence: For carbuncle sores, breast carbuncle, decocted and washed alone, or fresh leaves smashed, mixed with wine and applied to the affected area; for poisonous snake bites, fresh leaves smashed and applied, or chewed and applied to the affected area.In addition, if it is washed with eucalyptus leaves decoction, it can also treat skin itching.

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

【Usage and Dosage】Decoction: 9~15g.External application: appropriate amount, decocted for washing; or powdered for application; or fresh products pounded for application.

Bamboo leaf pepper root see "Guizhou Folk Medicine".Root bark or root of Zanthozylure planispinum Sieb. et Zucc.

[Synonym] See Xuefei, Sanxuefei, Wild Zanthoxylum bungeanum root.

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and cold: used for rheumatic arthralgia, often soaked in wine with Touguxiang, Heifengteng, Daxueteng, etc., or decocted in water to mix wine.Activating blood to heal wounds: For bruises, rub the affected area with soaked wine alone.Warming the middle and regulating qi: used for deficiency and cold in the middle Jiao, cold pain in the abdomen, diarrhea, dysentery, decocted with water alone, or powdered and taken after mixing; it can also be compatible with the root bark of Schisandra chinensis and Asarum, etc.

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

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-30g (60-90g for fresh products); or ground into powder; or soaked in wine.External application: appropriate amount, decocted for washing; or gargle; or soaked in wine and applied; or powdered for application; or fresh products pounded for application.

[Modern Research] Contains alkaloids, triterpenoids, etc.It has the functions of inhibiting Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for cinnabar.Ore for natural cinnabar Cinnabar.Mainly produced in Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[synonym] cinnabar, cinnabar, dansu, red dan, mercury sand, zhubaosha.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, cold.poisonous.Heart Sutra.

【Efficacy and application】 Calming the heart and calming the nerves: used for hyperactivity of heart fire, palpitations caused by burnt Yin and blood, upset and insomnia, often compatible with Coptis chinensis, Shengdi, angelica, licorice, etc., such as cinnabar tranquilizing pills ("Yi Zong Jin Jian"); For those with high fever, convulsions, coma and delirium, it is often compatible with bezoar, musk, etc., such as Angong Niuhuang Wan ("Waitai Secret Yao"), Zixue ("Waitai Secret Yao"), Zhibaodan ("Taiping Huihe Heji" "Prescription"); blood deficiency, heart palpitations, insomnia, often used with angelica, salvia, jujube seed, baiziren, etc.; palpitations and convulsions caused by panic or guilty conscience, this product can be stewed in the heart of pigs; epilepsy or heart-kidney disharmony For those with palpitations and insomnia, it is often combined with magnetite, divine comedy, etc., such as Cizhu Wan ("Skillful Prescription").Heat-clearing and detoxifying: used for epidemic poisonous miasma and malaria, sore throat, red and swollen eyes, sore tongue and poisonous snake bites, often compatible with musk, realgar, borneol, borax, etc., for internal or external use, such as Zijin Tablets "Fang"), Jade Key ("Jin Jian of Medicine"), Bing Bo San ("Surgery Authentic").In addition, as a pill coat, it can be antiseptic and detoxifying.

Modern commonly used in neurasthenia, tachycardia, epilepsy, acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, oral ulcers, convulsions, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Take after mixing: 0.3-1g; or into pills, doses, or mixed with other medicines (Poria cocos, Fushen, rushes, etc.).External application: Appropriate amount, grind into powder and sprinkle or blow throat.

[Caution for use] This product is poisonous, and it should not be taken in excess or continued to be taken internally.Pregnant women should not use it.Avoid fire forging.

[Modern research] The main component is mercury sulfide, mixed with a small amount of clay, iron oxide, magnesium oxide, etc.Cinnabar administered to rabbits has the effect of resisting ventricular arrhythmia caused by chloroform-adrenaline and aconitine.It can reduce the excitability of the central nervous system of the brain and has a sedative effect.External use can kill bacteria, skin fungi and parasites.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica" for cinnabar root.It is the root of Ardisia crenata Sims, an evergreen shrub plant of the purple gold bovine family.Mainly produced in Fujian, Hunan, Guangxi and other places.

[Synonym] Daluo Umbrella, Big Parasol, Pearl Umbrella, Open Throat Arrow, Parasol Covering Pearl, Phoenix Sausage, Shandougen, Tall Golden Rooster, Golden Rooster Parasol, Sanxue Pill, Three Liang Gold.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and detoxifying: used for sore throat, diphtheria, and swollen gums caused by heat and toxin in the lung and stomach, decocted in a single flavor, or grind the juice and swallow, or grind the powder and blow the throat, and can also be used with Shegan and Scrophulariaceae and licorice are equally used; for snakebite, it can be pounded and applied fresh, and it can be taken orally.Dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain: used for bruises, blood stasis, swelling and pain, dysmenorrhea, rheumatic arthralgia, waist and leg pain, decocted in water or soaked in wine.To treat swelling and pain in tumbling puddles, it can also be combined with Spathiphyllum japonica, elderberry, etc. to mash, stir-fried in wine and applied externally; to treat rheumatic arthralgia, it can be combined with Banfenghe, Yaozhuxiao, etc.

Modern commonly used in acute tonsillitis, bronchitis, lymphadenitis, rheumatoid arthritis, trauma swelling and pain, fractures and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-15g.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

【Caution】Not suitable for pregnant women.

【Modern Research】Contains a small amount of densiflora quinone (acid taurine quinone).The decoction has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, etc. in test tubes.

For Fulonggan, see "Bielu of Famous Doctors".It is the scorched loess lump in the center of the bottom of the earthen stove that has been smoked for a long time.

[Synonym] Soil in the heart of the stove, loess in the stove, soil under the kettle, soil under the moon.

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

【Efficacy and application】Warming the middle to stop bleeding: used for hematemesis, blood in the stool, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, etc. caused by spleen deficiency and coldness, inability to control the blood, used alone, or used in combination with donkey-hide gelatin, Atractylodes macrocephala, and aconite, such as Huangtu Decoction ("Golden Chamber") Summary").Harmonizing Stomach and Stopping Vomiting: Used for nausea and vomiting caused by deficiency and cold in the middle energizer, loss of harmony in the stomach, can be ground into powder and taken directly or decocted, or used in the same way as Pinellia and Ginger; it is often used in combination with Amomum japonicus and Ginger Su stem, ginger and so on.Warming the spleen and stopping diarrhea: used for chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, often used together with aconite, dried ginger, and Atractylodes macrocephala.In addition, this product can be used for carbuncles, sores, etc. when it is ground into powder and applied with oil.

Modern commonly used in acute and chronic gastritis, chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, chronic enteritis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g (wrapped in cloth, decocted first); or 60-120g, decocted in soup instead of water.Mixed with water, 3 ~ 10g.External application: appropriate amount, powdered for applying.

[Cautions for use] It is not suitable for people with heat syndrome and vomiting, and those who vomit blood due to yin deficiency.

[Modern Research] Mainly contains silicic acid, alumina, ferric oxide, etc.After oral administration, it has sedative and anesthetic effects on gastrointestinal peripheral nerves, can reduce stimulation to gastrointestinal mucosa, and achieve antiemetic effect.It can promote blood coagulation and has hemostatic effect.

See "Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine" for Huashan alum.It is the branches and leaves of the deciduous shrub plant Huashan alum Symplicos ch inensis (I.our.) Druce.Distributed in various places south of the Yangtze River.

[Synonyms] Huahui wood, hemostatic tree, dog shit wood, hair wood, yellow wood, blister wood.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and dampness: for damp-heat dysentery and diarrhea, take fresh products and mash the juice, or mash the young leaves with wild pumpkin leaves, maple leaves, and phoenix leaves to obtain juice, add honey or sugar to take .Hemostasis and muscle growth: For wound bleeding, water and fire burns, sores and ulcers, you can mash fresh leaves (dried leaves into powder) and apply to the affected area.In addition, the fresh leaves are smashed and applied to the affected area, which can also treat mastitis and unknown swelling.

It is commonly used in modern times for acute enteritis, dysentery, traumatic bleeding, acute mastitis, boils, carbuncles, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: pound fresh products into juice, 15-30g.External application: smashed for applying or powdered for applying.

Huashan see "Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine".It is the root of Physochlaina infundibularis Kuang., a perennial herb of Solanaceae.Distributed in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places.

[Synonyms] Hot ginseng, Dachai ginseng, Qin ginseng, white hair ginseng, mountain tobacco.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, slightly bitter, warm.poisonous.Return lung, spleen, heart channel.

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