Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 51 Six Paintings (10)
【Efficacy and Application】Dispersing Wind and Dispelling Exterior: Used for exogenous syndrome, fever, aversion to cold, headache, body pain, often used together with Schizonepeta.For wind-cold or rheumatic syndrome, it is often combined with Qianghuo, Duhuo, Ligusticum edulis, Peucedanum, etc., such as Jingfangbaidu San ("Health-preserving Zhongmiaofang"), Jiuwei Qianghuo Decoction ("This is Difficult to Know"); Syndrome, fever, aversion to wind, sore throat and thirst, it is often compatible with peppermint, silver flower, forsythia, etc.If used together with Radix Astragali and Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodes Rhizome together, it can strengthen the vital energy and expel pathogenic factors, and it can be used to treat the deficiency of Wei Qi, weak muscle surface, and relapse of wind evil, such as Yupingfeng San ("Danxi Xinfa").Expelling wind and relieving itching, used for a variety of skin pruritus caused by wind evil, and those caused by wind and cold, compatible with ephedra, angelica, cocklebur, etc., such as Xiaofeng San ("Taiping Huimin Heji Bureau Prescription"); For those caused by dampness and heat, mix with mint, cicada slough, white silkworm, etc.;Eliminating dampness and relieving pain: used for arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness, spasms of tendons and arteries, often used in conjunction with Qianghuo, Gentiana chinensis, and Rhizoma Chuanxiong, such as Juanbi Decoction ("Bai Yi Xuan Fang").Dispelling wind and relieving convulsions: used for tetanus, trismus, convulsions and convulsions, often used together with Araceae, Aconite, Gastrodia elata, such as Yuzhensan ("Ben Shifang").In addition, it also has antidiarrheal and hemostatic effects, such as Tongxie Yaofang ("Jingyue Quanshu") to treat abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by liver hyperactivity and spleen deficiency; Huaijiao Pills ("Danxi Xinfa") to treat hemorrhoids and blood in the stool, etc. .

It is commonly used in modern times for colds, urticaria, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-10g.

[Cautions for use] Raw Fangfeng is used for dispelling wind; stir-fried Fangfeng is used for antidiarrheal; Fangfeng charcoal is used for hemostasis.It is contraindicated for those with warm properties, deficiency of yin and blood, febrile disease and agitated wind.

[Modern Research] Contains volatile oil, mannitol, picrosides, phenols, polysaccharides and organic acids.The decoction has antipyretic effect and can relieve vasospasm pain.Ethanol leaching solution can significantly increase the pain threshold in mice.In vitro tests can inhibit Shigella, Bacillus subtilis and some skin fungi.Chicken embryo vaccination suppresses influenza virus.

For parsnip, see "Nanning Drug Records".It is the whole plant of the 1- to 2-year-old erect herbaceous plant Parsnip Anisomeles indica (L.) O.Ktze. of Lamiaceae.Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[Synonyms] Dirty Grass, Luo Ma Yi, Derma Grass, False Perilla, Stinky Su, Stinky Grass, Expelling Wind Grass, and Da Mie Grass.

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

【Efficacy and application】Dispelling wind and dredging collaterals: used for arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness, pain in muscles and bones, oblique eyes due to apoplexy, paralysis of hands and feet.For the treatment of rheumatic arthralgia, it can be soaked in wine alone, or taken as a pill with honey; for apoplexy, it can be decocted with brown sugar, mashed with leaves and castor seed kernels, and pasted on the affected side.Detoxification and detumescence: used for sores, carbuncles, swollen toxins, damp sores, hemorrhoids, poisonous snake bites, and bee and scorpion stings.To treat sores and carbuncles, fresh products can be smashed and twisted, mixed with rice wine and stewed for consumption, and the dregs can be applied externally; to treat damp sores and hemorrhoids, fresh products can be decocted in water, mixed with salt or vinegar to wash the affected area; to treat insect bites, fresh products can be used Serve with fresh scallops and stew, add a little salt and a little rice each with the dregs, mash and apply to the affected area.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure, facial paralysis, eczema and so on.

[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 alkaloids, flavonoid glycosides, phenols, reducing sugars, tannins, etc.

For red yeast rice, see "Drinking Meals Are About".Monascus purpuveus Went, a fungus of the Aspergillus family, is parasitic on japonica rice.Mainly produced in Fujian, Guangdong and other places.

[synonym] red rice, Fuqu, Chiqu.

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

【Efficacy and application】Promoting blood circulation and relieving pain: used for postpartum lochia, stagnant abdominal pain and bruises.For the treatment of abdominal pain with persistent lochia, this product can be drunk with wine, or with Cyperus cyperi, frankincense, etc., and taken with wine; for bruises, it can be combined with amaranth, Dipsacus, Corydalis, Achyranthes bidentata, etc.To invigorate the spleen and eliminate food: used for abdominal fullness caused by dietary stagnation, not thinking about eating, can be ground into powder alone, or decocted in water, or combined with hawthorn, malt, gallinaceous gold, etc.; for red and white dysentery, it can be combined with coptis and white Lentils, peonies, etc.In addition, this product and children's casual clothes can treat anger wounds and vomit blood.

In modern times, it is often used for indigestion, bruises, dysentery, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-12g; or into pills or powder.

[Cautions for use] Use with caution in patients with spleen yin deficiency and stagnation of food stasis.Pregnant women should not use it.

For safflower, see "Kaibao Zhongding Materia Medica".It is a simple corolla of Carthamustinctorius L., an annual herbaceous plant of Compositae.Mainly produced in Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang and other places.

[synonym] grass safflower, red blue flower, thorn safflower.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, warm.GUIXIN, Liver Channel.

【Efficacy and application】Promoting blood circulation and dredging menstrual flow: used for blood stasis amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis abdominal pain, lochia, often used with peach kernel, angelica, Chuanxiong, such as Taohong Siwu Decoction ("Yi Lei Yuan Rong").Removing blood stasis and relieving pain: used for various blood stasis pains.To treat chest obstruction, chest tightness, and chest pain, it is often used together with Danshen, Chuanxiong, and Chishao, such as Guanxin No. [-] prescription of Beijing Regional Cooperation Fang; for blood stasis and tingling pain in the chest and hypochondrium, it is often combined with Bupleurum, Angelica, peach kernel, etc.; sore carbuncle swelling and pain It is often compatible with red peony root, raw land, forsythia, silver flower, etc.; for traumatic pain, safflower oil or safflower wine (safflower tincture soaked in alcohol, or preparation decocted in rice wine) can be used externally wipe.In addition, it also has the function of promoting blood circulation and penetrating macules. It can treat rashes caused by heat stagnation and blood stagnation. ").

In modern times, it is often used for menstrual disorders, postpartum placental residual uterus, coronary heart disease, acute and chronic muscle strain, traumatic subcutaneous congestion, swelling, acute joint sprain, subacute tenosynovitis, bedsore, thromboangiitis obliterans, cerebral thrombosis, cerebral embolism, etc. .

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-10g.

[Cautions for use] This product is used to harmonize blood in a small amount and remove blood stasis in a large amount.Menorrhagia and pregnant women hanged.

[Modern Research] Contains dihydroflavone derivatives (safflower glycosides, safflower quinone glycosides and neosafflower glycosides), xylans, fatty oils, etc.The decoction can excite the uterus of test animals in vivo and in vitro, causing the uterus to undergo tonic or rhythmic contraction. The effect is rapid and lasting, and it is more obvious for the pregnant uterus.The water extract can increase coronary flow and improve coronary circulation in dogs.The alcohol extract can reduce myocardial oxygen consumption, significantly improve the hypoxia tolerance of mice, and have a protective effect on ischemic encephalopathy.It has obvious inhibitory effect on rat thrombus formation in vitro.Small doses have a mild excitatory effect on the heart, while large doses inhibit it.It has the effect of lowering blood pressure and can maintain it for a long time. It also has an exciting effect on intestinal tube, blood vessel, and bronchial smooth muscle.

See "Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine" for red notoginseng.It is the rhizome of Polygonum suffultum Maxim., a perennial herb of the Polygonaceae family.Distributed in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places.

[Synonyms] Jiu Niu Zao, Pillar Polygonum, Polygonum Seven, Mountain Whip, Screw Notoginseng, Blood Notoginseng, Twist Seven, Nine-section Plow.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, astringent, cool.Return liver channel.

【Efficacy and application】Promoting blood circulation and relieving pain: used for bruises, stasis and pain, can be ground into powdered wine for oral administration; it can also be ground into powder, fried with rice wine and applied to the wound.Convergence and hemostasis: used for hematemesis due to fatigue, blood in the stool, uterine bleeding and traumatic bleeding, sores that persist for a long time, can be decocted in water or powdered, and can also be combined with agrimony, palm charcoal, blood residue charcoal, etc.; traumatic bleeding, If the sore does not close up for a long time, it can be ground into powder and sprinkled.Cooling blood and stopping dysentery: used for dysentery Chibai, can be compatible with cinnabar seven, plantain seed, etc.In addition, fresh products decocted in water can treat crane knee wind.

Modern commonly used in traumatic bleeding, subcutaneous congestion, swelling, Kashin-Beck disease and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-15g.Or grind it into powder and take it, 3-6g.External application: powdered and sprinkled.

[Modern Research] Contains emodin, rhein, chrysophanol and tannins.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica Supplements" for mahogany fragrance.It is the root or root bark of the evergreen twining shrub plant Kadsura longipedunculata Finet et Gan. of Magnoliaceae.Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Fujian and other places.

[Synonym] Neihongxiao, Zijinpi, Zhejiang Zijingpi, Tumuxiang, Nanshenshenzi root, Neifengxiao, Panzhunanschisandra root.

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

【Efficacy and application】Movement Qi regulation: used for epigastric distension and pain, hiccups, and diarrhea caused by qi stagnation in the middle energizer, take the root and grind it into powder, or use it in combination with black medicine, Cyperus cyperi, Cubeba, etc.Dispelling wind and dredging collaterals: for rheumatic arthralgia, it can be decocted or taken; it can also be mashed with dregs for external application.Promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling: used for bruises, broken tendons and fractures, irregular menstruation, postpartum abdominal pain, sore throat, hemorrhoids, unknown swelling, decocted or powdered for application; or fresh root pounded for application.For dysmenorrhea, it can also be used with Cyperus cyperi and safflower; for bruises, it can be decocted with Achyranthes bidentata and golden chicken feet, and the dregs of the medicine are mashed and applied externally.

Modern commonly used in gastric and duodenal ulcers, viral hepatitis, dysmenorrhea, bruises and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g; or powdered, 1-1.5g.External application: appropriate amount, decocted for washing; or ground into powder for applying.

[Modern Research] Contains pentalactone, schisandrin, β-sitosterol, etc.It has the functions of anti-gastric ulcer, sedation, analgesia, anti-inflammation, and inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella, Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

See "Compilation of Herbal Medicines Commonly Used in Folk".It is the rhizome and root of the perennial herbaceous plant Leontice robustum (Maxim.) Diels of Berberidaceae.Distributed in Northeast China, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

[Synonyms] Red hair notoginseng, golden silk seven, soushan hair, red capsicum, flame fork, sea pepper seven, black sweat leg.

[Sexual ignorance meridians] bitter, pungent, warm.poisonous.Return liver channel.

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness: used for wind-cold-damp arthralgia, muscle and bone pain, can be taken with single-flavored wine.Promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals: for epigastric pain caused by blood stasis, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain and bruises, single-flavored powdered wine for delivery, or soaked in wine; it can also be compatible with Angelica, Chuanxiong, Xiao Fennel etc.In addition, this product is mixed with Bailiangjin decoction in the throat, which can treat sore throat of throat moth.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, tonsillitis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-10g; or soaked in wine; ground into powder, 1-3g.

【Caution】Not suitable for pregnant women.

[Modern Research] Contains magnolialine, tuspinine, etc.It has the effect of contracting the uterus and blood vessels.The contained tuspinine has significant antibacterial effect, and has a significant inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

For red beans, see "On the Properties of Medicine".It is the fruit of Alpiniagalanga (L.) Swartz, a perennial herb of Zingiberaceae.Mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan and other places.

[Synonym] Hong Kou, Galangal, Red Bean.

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

【Efficacy and application】Warming the middle and drying dampness, refreshing the spleen and eliminating food: used for cold pain in the epigastric abdomen caused by stagnation of cold and dampness in the middle Jiao, indigestion, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, vomiting, powdered alone, and taken with brown sugar water; or combined with aconite and Atractylodes macrocephala , Piper longum and other medicines are used together, such as red cardamom pills ("Taiping Shenghui Fang").If the stomach is cold and vomiting, pinellia, ginger, etc. can be added.In addition, if it is used together with radish seed and perilla seed, it can also treat cough due to phlegm retention.

It is commonly used in modern times for chronic gastritis, nervous gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-6g; or powdered.

[Cautions for use] This product is pungent, hot and dry, and can easily injure yin and blood, so people with yin deficiency and heat should not take it.

【Modern Research】Contains volatile oil, etc.It has anti-ulcer, anti-gram-positive bacteria, fungi and anti-tumor effects.

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