Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 52 Six Paintings (11)
For safflower, see "Plant Name and Fact Test".It is the whole herb of the annual herbaceous milk vetch Astragalus sinicus L. of the leguminous family.Distributed in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

[Synonyms] Milk vetch, rice umbrella flower, rice cloth bag, lotus flower, lotus grass, tilting, rice sieve flower, rolling dragon ball, crab flower.

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

[Application] Dispelling wind and clearing heat: For cough due to wind-heat stagnation in the lung, it can be combined with white horse bone, thorn spinach, etc., decocted with sugar and taken; to treat red eyes, swelling and pain caused by wind-heat in the liver meridian, fresh products can be mashed and applied externally.Detoxification and swelling: used for throat swelling caused by heat and toxin, furunculosis and carbuncle, waist-wrapping fire pill and hemorrhoids.For sore throat, it can be ground together with ginkgo leaves, add a little borneol and blow throat; for furunculosis and hemorrhoids, it can be pounded and applied to the affected area alone, and decocted for oral administration.Hemostasis: used for gingival bleeding and traumatic bleeding, it can be taken fresh and mashed into juice, or the leaves can be mashed and applied externally.

It is commonly used in modern times for acute conjunctivitis, acute bronchitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, carbuncle, gingival bleeding, traumatic bleeding, etc.

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

[Modern Research] Contains trigonelline, astragalin, choline, adenine, fat, protein, starch, multivitamins and histidine, arginine, malonic acid, canavanine, etc.

Red Eclipta see "Jiangsu Province Botanical Medicinal Records".It is the whole herb of the Garciniaceae plant Hypericum ascuron L. from Hunan.There are many distributions in the north and south of my country.

[Synonyms] golden butterfly, big gorse, beef heart tea, beef cabbage, atrial heart grass, hypericum peach, sweating grass.

[Sexual Ignorance Meridian Return] Bitter, cold.Return liver, gallbladder channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, hematochezia, hematuria, uterine bleeding and traumatic bleeding caused by blood heat, can be decocted in water or smashed for external application; Compatible with big thistle, small thistle, coriander root, dijincao, etc.Activating blood and regulating menstruation: used for irregular menstruation caused by stagnation of blood heat, it can be compatible with angelica, salvia miltiorrhiza, motherwort, etc.Heat-clearing and detoxifying: for heat-toxin sores, wet toxin sores, and yellow water sores, it can be smashed for external application alone, and it can be taken orally with dandelion, diding, Erhua, etc.Clearing away dampness and heat: for damp-heat jaundice, hypochondriac pain, can be used together with Rhizoma Cyperi, Gardenia, and Plantain; for diarrhea, dysentery, can be used together with Dijin, Yexiazhu, Amaranthus, Purslane, etc. Compatibility.

In modern times, it is often used for upper gastrointestinal bleeding, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, traumatic bleeding, irregular menstruation, jaundice, hepatitis, dysentery, enteritis, eczema, etc.

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

[Modern Research] Contains volatile oil, quercetin, hyperin, kaempferol, rutin, etc.

Red Yaozi see "Bencao Tujing".It is the root tuber of Polygonum ciliinerve (Nakai.) Ohwi., a perennial herbaceous plant of Polygonum ciliinerve.Mainly produced in Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan and other places.

[Synonyms] Cinnabar seven, cinnabar lotus, red medicine, red medicine, yellow medicine son, monkey blood seven, blood notoginseng.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, slightly astringent, cool.It is slightly poisonous.Return liver, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and detoxifying: used for sore throat and dysentery caused by excessive heat and toxin, it can be ground into raw product and taken after brewing or made into tablets; for sores and carbuncles, it can be ground into powder for application.Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, accumulation of lumps in the abdomen and postpartum hemorrhage caused by blood stasis, decocted in water alone, or combined with safflower, Chuanxiong, Achyranthes bidentata, etc.Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, and metrorrhagia caused by blood-heat. It can be decocted with red medicine made of vinegar and taken in water, or it can be decocted with Digupi, Rhizoma Imperatae, etc., and rice wine.

Modern commonly used for pneumonia, bronchitis, tonsillitis, bacillary dysentery, enteritis, gastritis, gastric ulcer, biliary ascariasis, urinary tract infection, cellulitis, pus scab rash, trauma infection, trauma bleeding, blood in the stool, gynecological disease bleeding, etc. .

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 1.5-6g; or soaked in wine, ground into powder and taken after mixing.External application: appropriate amount, powdered for applying.

[Cautions for use] This product is slightly toxic, and adverse reactions such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, limb numbness and dizziness may occur when taken orally.Pregnant women take it with caution.

[Modern Research] Contains emodin, emodin methyl ether, chrysophanol, rhein and edible chrysanthemum glycosides, etc.The contained emodin and emodin methyl ether have inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella and Escherichia coli.The water extract has inhibitory effect on various respiratory and enteroviruses.

For the red lady, see "Bencao Tujing".It is the dried whole worm of the cicada tadpole insect Huechys sanguine De Geed.Mainly produced in Hunan, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui, Hebei and other places.

[Synonyms] Hongniangchong, Hongnv, Hongniang, Jiji, Moguchong.

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

【Efficacy and application】Bashing poison and dispelling stagnation: used for scrofula tuberculosis, scabies, leprosy and stubborn tinea.To treat scrofula, it can be combined with arsenic, scorpion, huangdan, frankincense, etc., and it is used as the powder, glutinous rice porridge and made into cake paste; to treat scabies, it can be used with mylabris, Dafengzi, Baibu, Baixianpi, etc., dipped in In wine, apply outside.Dispelling blood stasis and removing accumulation: used for amenorrhea and lumps in the abdomen caused by stagnation of blood stasis. It can be ground into pills or powder after being fried and broiled.In addition, it can be taken in loose doses with mylabris, green lady, hippocampus, caper, etc., and can be used for rabies bites.

Modern commonly used in lymph node tuberculosis, neurodermatitis, mange, amenorrhea.

【Usage and Dosage】Powder and take: 0.03-0.06g, or into pills.External application: Appropriate amount, powdered for application, vesicle or blending.

[Caution for use] This product is highly toxic and should be taken with caution when taken orally; it should not be used by the weak and pregnant women.

[Modern Research] Contains cantharidin, fatty oil, wax, and red and black pigments.

See "Four Medical Codes" for Rhodiola.It is the rhizome of Rhodiola rosea Limn. or Rhodiola rosea (Frod.) SHFu., a perennial herbaceous plant of Crassulaceae.Distributed in Tibet, Sichuan, Jilin and other places.

[Synonym] Sedum sedum.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Invigorating the spleen and replenishing qi: It is used for qi deficiency and weakness, shortness of breath and fatigue, leukorrhea due to spleen deficiency, and deficiency of both qi and blood. It can be decocted and taken alone.For those with excessive leukorrhea, it can be combined with Chinese yam, Atractylodes macrocephala, Gorgon fruit, etc.; for those with deficiency of Qi and blood, it can be combined with Astragalus, Codonopsis, Angelica, etc.Nourishing yin and clearing the lung: for cough due to lung heat, it can be combined with Scutellaria baicalensis, Morus alba, etc.In addition, if it is used with peach kernel, safflower, sumac, frankincense, etc., it can also promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and treat bruises.

In modern times, it is often used for chronic illness, physical weakness, women's leukorrhagia, acute and chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, bruises, etc.

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

[Modern Research] Contains salidroside, salidroside, etc.It has the effects of anti-fatigue, anti-hypoxia, anti-cold, anti-microwave radiation, improving work efficiency, regulating the central nervous system, increasing the number of hemoglobin and red blood cells in the blood, and inhibiting sarcoma cells.

Red aralia see (Jinhua "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine unilateral prescription selection").It is the root bark of Araliaceae small tree Aralia echinocaulis Hand-Mazz.Distributed in Southwest, East China, Central South.

[Synonym] Red Flower Tiger Thorn, Niaobuta, Red Niaobusu, Red Toris, Red Leaf Big Cat Thorn, Red Thorn Party.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness: for rheumatic arthralgia, can be stewed with 1 pig's front hoof; it can also be used with Wujiapi and Polygonum cuspidatum root.Activating blood and promoting qi: for bruises, blood stasis pain, and fractures, fresh root bark can be pounded with a little salt and applied, or soaked with red fennel root, Polygonum cuspidatum root, and Acanthopanax root in wine; used for epigastric pain, It can be used with mahogany, black medicine, citrus aurantium, licorice, etc.Detoxification and detumescence: used for carbuncle sores, snake bites, fresh root bark smashed, and applied to the affected area.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, sciatica, bruises, gastric ulcer and so on.To treat sciatica, it can be taken with Lingxiao root, yam, and Shi Doulan each 30g, and 15g of shici root, decocted in water.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g; or steeped in wine.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

See "Guizhou Folk Medicine Collection" for red spicy Polygonum.It is the whole plant of PolygOnum flaccidum Meissn., an annual herb of Polygonaceae.Distributed in most parts of the country.

【Synonym】Spicy Polygonum, Spicy Willow Grass, Polygonum Grass, Banana Grass, Green Polygonum, Pepper Grass, Spicy Horse Polygonum.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, warm.Return stomach, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】Drying dampness and stopping diarrhea: For dampness and dysentery, the root is decocted in water alone; or combined with wild pumpkin leaves, burnt japonica rice, etc.Detoxification and detumescence: used for boils, swollen toxins, poisonous snake bites and milk moths.For boils, swollen toxins and poisonous snake bites, fresh leaves can be smashed and applied to the affected area; for milk moths, stems and leaves can be smashed for juice, and warm boiled water is used for gargling.Promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals: For bruises, take fresh leaves and equal parts of fresh leeks, mash, add sweet wine, mash and apply to the affected area; for rheumatic arthralgia, soak the leaves in blisters, rub or apply heat to the affected area.

In modern times, it is often used for dysentery, enteritis, rheumatoid arthritis, carbuncle and furuncle.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-30g.External application: Appropriate amount, smashed for applying or decocted for gargle.

[Modern Research] The whole plant and roots contain volatile oil, tannins, flavonoids, phenolic components, sterols, etc.The leaves contain hyperoside, anthraquinone, polygonate, etc.Liquid extract and its extracts have strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, beta-hemolytic streptococcus and so on.The decoction has inhibitory effect on Shigella, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Proteus, Escherichia coli and so on.

See "Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine" for red calla grass.It is the whole plant of the perennial herb of Umbelliferae Hydrocotyle nepalensis Hook.Distributed in the south and southwest of the Yangtze River Basin.

[Synonym] Horseshoe lung grass, elderberry, red stone coriander, tripterygium vine, a bunch of money, copper money grass.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and dampness: used for stranguria syndrome, dysuria, can be used with Akebia, plantain, etc.Clearing lung-heat: for cough due to lung-heat, with blood in sputum, can be used with auspicious grass, bristle grass, scutellaria baicalensis, and privet leaves; for wind-heat cold, cough, can be used with mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums, almonds, and cicadas Wait for compatibility.Promoting blood circulation and stimulating menstruation: For irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea, it can be used in combination with Motherwort, Prunus lunata, etc.; for bruises, it can be used equally with oxtail seven and ground pepper.Detoxification and detumescence: used for carbuncle sores, skin erysipelas, herpes zoster, can be mashed with fresh grass for external application.

In modern times, it is often used for colds, urinary tract infections, irregular menstruation, bruises, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-15g; or steeped in wine.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying; or decocted for washing.

Red bud Euphorbia see "Shen Nong's Herbal Classic".It is the root of Rubiaceae plant Knozcia vaierianoides Thotel et Pitard.Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Fujian and other places.

[synonym] red euphorbia, broad halberd.

[Sexual Ignorance Meridian Return] Bitter, cold.Return lung, spleen, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Reducing swelling and dissipating stagnation: used for carbuncle sore, phlegm nucleus scrofula, sore throat, taken internally or externally.To treat sores and carbuncles, fresh products can be smashed and applied to the affected area; to treat sore throat, decoction can be used alone.Purging and dispelling water: used for edema, bloating, cessation of drinking in the chest and hypochondrium, and constipation. It can be taken with ground powder alone or in capsules; it can also be taken with ground powder such as jujube, or decocted in water.

Modern commonly used in acute and chronic nephritis edema, liver cirrhosis and advanced schistosomiasis ascites, tonsillitis, lymph node tuberculosis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 1.5-5g; or powdered, 0.5-1g.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying; or decocted for fumigation and washing.

[Modern Research] Contains free anthraquinones and combined anthraquinones.

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