Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 48 Six Paintings (7)
【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and promoting dampness: used for damp-heat jaundice, dysentery, stranguria syndrome, fresh products can be smashed and wrung juice, or decocted in water.Detoxification and elimination of carbuncle: For carbuncle furuncle swollen poison, breast carbuncle, decocted in a single flavor, or powdered rice wine mixed with water, and applied to the affected area.Expelling wind and relieving itching: for rubella itching, vulvar itching, decocted in water and washed outside.To treat itching, it can also be decocted with Fructus Cnidii, Fructus Kochia, and Sophora flavescens to fumigate and wash the affected area.Hemostasis: used for traumatic bleeding, fresh product smashed for external application.In addition, cooking seeds or whole plants with pork liver (or sheep liver) can cure cataracts in finches; use it with neem root bark to drive away pinworms and roundworms.

Modern commonly used for jaundice hepatitis, enteritis, dysentery, urinary tract infection, urticaria, dermatitis, eczema, night blindness, conjunctivitis, etc.

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

【Modern Research】Contains saponins, tannins, etc.The decoction has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus in vitro.

See "Supplements to Materia Medica" for the bark of Albizia julibrissin.It is the bark of Albizzia julibrissin Durazz.Produced in most parts of the country.

[Synonym] Hehunpi, Yehepi, Albizia veneer, Velvet flower bark.

[Sexual ignorance returns to the classics] sweet, flat.GUIXIN, Liver Channel.

【Efficacy and application】Relieve depression and calm the nerves: used for anger and depression caused by excessive thinking and emotional discomfort, restlessness, forgetfulness and insomnia, can be used alone; it can also be used with turmeric, Polygalaceae, Yajiaoteng, Baiziren, Longan Teeth are equivalent.Promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling: used for traumatic fractures and internal and external carbuncles.For the treatment of bruises and fractures, it is often used together with frankincense, myrrh, musk, angelica, chuanxiong, red peony, etc., or mixed with white mustard seed, mixed with rice wine, and applied externally; for pulmonary abscess, it can be used alone, or it can be used in combination with white pomegranate, That is Hehuanyin ("Jingyue Quanshu"), or compatible with Houttuynia cordata, wax gourd kernels, and peach kernels; it is often used with dandelion and wild chrysanthemum to treat carbuncles and sores.

Modern commonly used in neurosis, perimenopausal (menopausal) syndrome, lung abscess, bruises, chronic strain pain of joints and muscles, etc.

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

[Modern Research] Contains 5-hydroxytryptamine, norepinephrine, tannins, saponins, etc.Has an analgesic effect.Can deworming, and diuretic effect.It has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus in vitro.

Albizia julibrissin see "Materia Medica Yanyi".It is the flower or flower bud of Albizzia julibrissin Durazz.

[synonym] nocturnal flower, velvet flower, black velvet.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, flat.GUIXIN, Spleen Channel.

【Efficacy and application】Relieve depression and calm the nerves: It is used for depression, insomnia and heart-kidney disharmony insomnia. It can be used alone or in combination with other tranquilizers.To treat depression and insomnia, it is often compatible with Longchi, Yejiateng, etc.; for heart-kidney insomnia, it can be used with Coptis chinensis and cinnamon.Regulating qi and neutralizing: used for chest tightness and hypochondriac pain caused by liver stagnation invading the stomach, nausea and poor appetite, and can be compatible with turmeric, Cyperus cyperi, etc.Improving eyesight: used for wind-fire eye disease, blurred vision, can be steamed with chicken liver (or sheep liver, pig liver), or used with Yindi fern, soaked in wine.Promoting blood circulation and relieving pain: used for bruises and injuries, single herb is ground into powder, mixed with alcohol and taken.

Modern commonly used in neurosis, schizophrenia, bruises, perimenopausal syndrome, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 5-10g.

See "Plant Names and Facts of Plants" for clasping palms together.The root or whole plant of Cynanchum amplexicanle Hereal.Distributed in Northeast, Hebei, Xinjiang, Shandong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places.

[Synonyms] Tudan grass, gasshang grass, immortal opposite sitting grass, hard fur grass, contract nitrate.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness: used for wind-cold-damp arthralgia, waist and leg pain, can be stewed with jack root and lean pork with half and half wine and water, meat and soup.Heat-clearing and toxic substances removing: used for dysentery, hypochondriac pain, carbuncle furuncle, swollen toxin, eczema.For dysentery and hypochondriac pain, mash the fresh root and take the juice or decoct it in water; for carbuncle furuncle, swollen poison, eczema, take the root and grind it into powder for applying.Promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling: for bruises, take the root and grind it into powder, and take it with wine.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, acute gastroenteritis, acute hepatitis, mastitis, eczema and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15~30g.External application: appropriate amount, crushed for applying; or powdered for applying.

See "Newly Revised Materia Medica" by Liu Jinu.It is the whole plant of Artemisia anomala S.Moore, a perennial erect herb of Compositae.It is produced all over the country, especially in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places.

[Synonyms] Huashidan, Liuyuexue, Jinjinu, Thousand Grain Rice, Baihuawei, Kulianpo.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: used for bruises, blood stasis, swelling and pain, decocted in water alone, or mixed with Drynaria rhizome and Corydalis Corydalis in equal parts, decocted together with wine or taken in urine, such as Liushang Drink ("" Traumatology Secret Recipe"); can also be used with frankincense, myrrh, safflower, etc.For blood stagnation amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, can be compatible with angelica, Chuanxiong, peach kernel, safflower, etc.For postpartum stasis abdominal pain, persistent lochia, it can be made into equal parts with licorice, decocted in water and wine.Removing blood stasis and hemostasis: used for hemorrhage of golden sores, smashed for external application alone;Digestion and accumulation: for food accumulation diarrhea and dysentery, abdominal distension and pain, decocted in single flavor; or used with Hawthorn, Divine Comedy, Citrus aurantium, Atractylodes macrocephala, and woody fragrance.

Modern commonly used for bruises, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, traumatic bleeding and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-10g.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying; or ground into powder and sprinkled.

[Cautions for use] This product should not be taken too much, as it will make people feel sick.Stir-fry with wine is suitable for blood circulation; stir-fry with vinegar is suitable for hemostasis.People with weak Qi and blood and pregnant women should not use it.

[Modern Research] Contains volatile oil, flavonoid glycosides, etc.It can accelerate blood circulation, relieve smooth muscle spasm, promote blood coagulation and inhibit Shigella.

Ask Jing, see "Supplements to Materia Medica".It is the whole plant of Equisetum arvense L., a perennial herb of Equisetaceae.It is mainly produced in Northeast China, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Anhui and other places.

[Synonyms] Festival grass, continuation grass, pen head vegetable, hollow grass, hornet grass, male and female grass, yellow cat grass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, cool.Return liver, lung, urinary bladder channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Diuresis and Tonglin: For edema, difficulty urinating, phlegm and astringent pain, fresh products are decocted in water, and taken with rock sugar;Cooling blood and hemostasis: used for hematemesis, epistaxis, blood in stool, hemorrhoids, menorrhagia caused by excessive blood heat, decocted in water alone, or combined with other cooling blood and hemostatic drugs; for epistaxis, it can be combined with Eclipta chinensis; To treat metrorrhagia, it can be combined with purslane.Relieving cough and relieving asthma: For cough and asthma, it can be decocted in water or made into tablets.Clearing the liver and improving eyesight: used for conjunctival congestion, swelling and pain, and nebula to cover the eyes. It is often used with mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums, cicada sloughs, and plantain.

It is commonly used in modern times for urinary tract infection, nephritis, edema, various hemorrhagic diseases, acute and chronic bronchitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-10g (30-60g for fresh products).External application: appropriate amount, crushed for applying; or powdered for applying.

[Modern research] Contains vitexin and other hemolytic substances, equisetin, isoquercetin, nicotine, vitamine, and β-sitosterol, various amino acids, etc.The alcohol-soluble components of fresh whole herb have mild diuretic effect.Intravenous injection of water decoction in rabbits and dogs can cause a drop in blood pressure and reflex respiratory excitement.

See "Kaibao Materia Medica" for rushes.It is the stem marrow of Juncus effusus L.var.decipiensBuchen., a perennial herb of the family Juncus effusus.It is distributed all over the country, mainly produced in Jiangsu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

[synonym] lamp heart, lamp grass, asparagus grass, water lamp heart, tiger beard.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, light, slightly cold.Guixin, lung, small intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】Reducing water and treating stranguria: It is used for short red urination caused by heart heat moving down the small intestine, and it is often used together with plantago seed, gardenia, akebia, etc., such as Bazheng powder, ("Taiping Huimin" And agent bureau").Clearing the heart and eliminating annoyance: It is used for upset and insomnia caused by excessive fire in the heart meridian, night crying in children, and epilepsy. It can be decocted in water alone instead of tea; or it can be combined with bamboo leaves, cicada slough, cinnabar, etc.For babies who cry at night, you can also use rushes calcined charcoal to grind it into powder, and apply it on the breast to feed it.Dehumidification and anti-jaundice: For damp-heat jaundice, it can be decocted with Baiying 30g each, or mixed with fresh Digupi and Yinxingcao, etc.In addition, the calcined charcoal of this product and borneol are ground and blown at the same time, which can treat milk moths.

Modern commonly used in cystitis, urethritis, nephritis, acute pharyngitis, excitatory neurosis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 2-5g.External application: appropriate amount, grind into powder and sprinkle; or blow throat.

【Modern Research】Fiber, fatty oil, protein, etc.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for cassia seed.It is the mature seed of Cassia tora L., an annual herbaceous plant of leguminous family.Mainly produced in Anhui, Guangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places.

[Synonym] Cassia cassia, cassia horseshoe, false mung bean, horseshoe, croissant, pupil, dog urine bean, Senecio, pig bone bright.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing the liver and improving eyesight: It is used for conjunctival congestion, swelling and pain caused by inflammation of the liver fire or wind-heat of the liver meridian.For those with liver fire, it is often combined with Prunella vulgaris, Shicai Ming, Gardenia, etc.; for wind-heat patients, it is often combined with mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums, horsetail, etc.; Use equivalently.Moistening bowel and laxative: for intestinal dryness and constipation, it can be ground into powder alone or decocted in water, and can also be combined with hemp seed and Yu Liren.In addition, this product can be used with Scutellaria baicalensis, chrysanthemum, Uncaria, etc. to treat dizziness and headache caused by hyperactivity of liver yang.

Modern commonly used in acute conjunctivitis, corneal ulcer, habitual constipation, high blood pressure, hypercholesterolemia, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-15g; or powdered, 5-10g.External application: appropriate amount, powdered for applying.

[Cautions for use] This product can smooth the intestines, so it is contraindicated for those with spleen deficiency and loose stools.

[Modern Research] Contains free and combined anthraquinones such as rhein, emodin, and chrysophanol.Animal experiments have antihypertensive effect.Inhibitory effect on isolated toad heart.Constricts blood vessels.Containing emodin has a laxative effect.Alcohol extracts have a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, etc.The water infusion has a certain inhibitory effect on some skin fungi.

See "Newly Revised Materia Medica" for borneol.There are 3 types of borneol borneol, machine-made borneol and moxa.Borneol is a processed product of the evergreen arbor plant of Dipterocarpaceae, Dryobalanops aromatica Gaertra f., and is mainly produced in Southeast Asia; machine-made borneol is synthesized by chemical methods using turpentine, camphor, etc. as raw materials, and is mainly produced in Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing, Guangzhou and other places; Ai Pian is made by distilling the leaves of the perennial herb of Asteraceae Blumeabalsamifira DC. It is mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

[Synonym] plum slice, borneol, slice brain, brain, plum blossom brain, plum blossom brain, plum blossom slice brain, ice slice brain, machine slice, moxa slice.

[Sexual ignorance meridians] pungent, bitter, slightly cold.aromatic.GUIXIN, Spleen, Lung, Liver Channel.

【Efficacy and application】Resuscitating the mind: used for febrile diseases, coma, epilepsy, stroke, phlegm, qi, heat stroke, etc., often compatible with musk, bezoar, realgar, etc., such as Angong Niuhuang Pills ("Wenbing Tiaobian" ), Zhibaodan ("Taiping Huimin Heji Bureau Prescription").Detoxification and swelling: used for furuncle carbuncle, sore throat, aphtha of the mouth and tongue.For furunculosis and carbuncle, it is often researched together with realgar, and mixed with egg white to apply to the affected area; for aphtha of the mouth and tongue, it is often combined with borax, Xuanming powder, etc., such as Bingboran Powder ("Surgery Authentic").Improving eyesight and reducing nebula: For conjunctival redness and nebula, use eye drops alone; or be compatible with calamine, musk, and coptis, such as calamine powder ("Zhang's Yitong").In addition, smeared with silver vermilion and sesame oil, it can cure water and fire burns.

Modern commonly used in Japanese encephalitis, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, cerebrovascular accident, epilepsy, surgical skin suppurative inflammation, fungal vaginitis, burns, chronic bronchitis and ear, nose, throat, stomatology Inflammation, ulcer, erosion, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: into pills, 0.15-0.3g.External application: Appropriate amount, grind into powder and sprinkle or adjust and apply on the affected area.

[Notes for use] This product cannot be used in decoction.Pregnant women use with caution.Contraindicated for those with deficiency of Qi and blood.

[Modern Research] Plum slices contain D-borneol; Ai tablets contain L-borneol; Machine tablets contain racemic borneol.It can directly excite the medullary center, enhance the heart function, increase the breathing volume, and smooth the pulmonary circulation.Excite the vagus nerve center and make the pulse slow.It has antipyretic and analgesic effects.Topical application can be antiseptic, insecticidal, and irritating to the skin.In vitro, it has inhibitory effects on Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae, and Staphylococcus aureus.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica" for rock sugar.Ice cube-like crystals made by decocting white sugar.It is mainly produced in various parts of southern my country.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Moisturizing the lung and relieving cough: It is used for cough caused by dryness and heat injury to the lung, less phlegm and difficult cough, dry nasopharynx and asthma due to lung and kidney deficiency.To treat dry cough, it can be contained alone, or it can be boiled with sand pear and jujube, mixed with honey and taken, or mixed with Chuanbei powder in Renda raw pear, sealed, and steamed in water; for lung and kidney deficiency, it can be used with walnut meat A total of smashed, washed with water.Replenishing qi and harmonizing the stomach: used for dysentery with silent mouth, can be sipped frequently with dark plum.

Modern commonly used in acute bronchitis, whooping cough, acute pharyngitis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-15g; or containing chemical.

[Cautions for use] It is not suitable for people with spleen deficiency and excessive dampness.

See "Newly Revised Materia Medica" for benzoin.It is the resin of Styrax benzoin Dryand. or Vietnamese benzoin Styrax tonkinensis (Pier.) Craib., an evergreen arbor plant of the benzoin family.The benzoin tree is produced in Sumatra, Indonesia; the Vietnamese benzoin is produced in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and other places.The resins of Styrax hypoglauca Perk., Styrax macrothyrsus Perk. and Styrax subnivea Mere.et Chun. in China can also be used as benzoin.Mainly distributed in Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan, Guangdong and other places.

[Synonym] Baihualang.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling phlegm and resuscitating: used for stroke, convulsions, epilepsy, dizziness and phlegm, often made into pills with musk, styrax, borneol, etc., and taken in powder, such as Suhexiang pills ("Su Chen Liang Fang").Promoting qi and activating blood circulation: used for pain in trusted subordinates and postpartum hemorrhage caused by stagnation of qi and blood.For confidant's pain, it can be ground into powder alone, taken in boiling soup, or decocted into a paste with wine, mixed with aloes, cloves, woody incense, etc. Stir-fry ginger soup and adjust.In addition, external application of this product has the effect of promoting muscle growth and can treat sores without closing the mouth for a long time.

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: into pills and powders, 0.3-1g.

[Notes for use] This product cannot be used in decoction.Since it is usually taken orally as a patent medicine, the dosage often depends on the formula of the patent medicine.Avoid seeing fire.

[Modern research] Sumatra benzoin contains about 90% resin.Putting benzoin tincture in hot water and inhaling its steam can directly stimulate the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract and increase its secretion, so as to promote the discharge of bronchial sputum.It can also be used topically as a topical antiseptic.

See "Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China" for Guan Mutong.It is the woody stem of the twining vine Aristolochia manshuriensis Kom. in the family Aristolochiaceae.Mainly produced in the three northeastern provinces.

[Synonyms] Akebia, Mamutong, Bitter Akebia, Ten Thousand Years Vine.

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

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