Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 55 Seven Paintings (3)
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-30g.

[Modern Research] Contains β-sitosterol, palmitic acid, myristic acid, etc.It can shorten the coagulation time of hemophilia patients to normal, shorten the plasma recalcification time, and enhance the activity of plasma thromboplastin.

See "Jiaweizhan Supplementary Notes on Shennong's Materia Medica" for stamens.Blocks of the metamorphic rock group Serpentinite Ophicalcite.Produced in Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei and other places.

[synonym] flower milk stone, dolomite.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sour, astringent, flat.Return liver channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding: used for hemoptysis with blood stasis, vomiting blood, epistaxis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, often used with Panax notoginseng, madder, blood remaining charcoal; used for golden sore bleeding, can be used alone as the end Sprinkle on the affected area; it can also be grinded together with sulfur and mixed with wounds, such as huaruishi powder ("Taiping Huimin Heji Bureau Prescription").

Modern commonly used in a variety of internal and external bleeding.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-15g (including decoction); or grind into powder and swallow, 1-1.5g each time.External application: Appropriate amount, powdered for external mixing or applying.

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated for those without stasis and pregnant women.

[Modern Research] Mainly contains calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate and a small amount of iron salt, aluminum salt, etc.After oral administration, it can increase the concentration of calcium ions in the blood, make the walls of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels dense, prevent plasma leakage and promote blood coagulation.The fine powder of this product can stop bleeding quickly when sprinkled on the spleen and femoral artery incision of dogs.

For mustard seeds, see "Bielu of Famous Doctors".It is the seed of Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.etCoss., a 1-year or 2-year-old herbaceous plant of the Brassicaceae family.Produced all over the country.

[synonym] mustard seeds, green mustard seeds, yellow mustard seeds.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Promoting qi and dispelling phlegm: It is used for coughing and asthma with excessive phlegm and cough due to lung cold.Warming the middle and dispelling cold: used for stomach cold and vomiting, pain in trusted subordinates, single use as the end, taken on an empty stomach; also can be taken after soaking in wine.To dredge collaterals and relieve pain: For bruises and joint pain, use powdered vinegar alone for dressing; for amenorrhea abdominal pain, use powdered powder alone, mixed with hot wine, such as mustard powder ("Ren Cun Fang").In addition, pound it into powder and apply it with vinegar or honey to treat carbuncle and scrofula; mix it with pinellia as the powder, and apply it with ginger juice to cure eyebrows.

Modern commonly used in acute and chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, acute gastritis, bruises, rheumatoid arthritis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g; or into pills or powder.External application: appropriate amount, powdered for applying.

[Caution for use] Do not take too much orally, otherwise it may cause vomiting.Contraindicated for cough due to lung deficiency and hyperactivity of fire due to deficiency of yin.

[Modern Research] Contains siniginin, myrosinase, sinapinic acid, sinapinine, fatty oil, etc.

Cangzhu see "Shen Nong's Herbal Classic".It is the rhizome of Atractylodes lances (Thunb.) DC. or Atractylodes chinensisKoidz., a perennial herb of Compositae.The former is mainly produced in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang and other places; the latter is mainly produced in Northeast China and North China.

[Synonym] Maoshu, Mao Cangzhu, Zhi Cangzhu, Beijing Cangzhu, Fried Cangzhu, Southern Cangzhu, Chizhu.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Expelling wind and dampness: used for various arthralgia.Treat joint and limb pain caused by rheumatism or cold dampness, can be used with Fangfeng, Qianghuo, Guizhi, and Gentiana; treat heat numbness, or damp-heat injection, swelling and pain of feet and knees, flaccidity and weakness, and leukorrhea, often combined with Phellodendron Phellodendri Equivalently used, such as Ermiao San ("Danxi Xinfa"), Sanmiao Pills ("The True Story of Medicine"), and Simiao Pills ("Cheng Convenience Reading"); Gypsum and Anemarrhena are equally used, such as Baihu plus Cangzhu Decoction ("Lei Zheng Huan Ren Shu").Drying dampness and invigorating the spleen: used for dampness in the spleen, abdominal distension, reluctance to eat, vomiting, or diarrhea. It is often used together with magnolia officinalis and tangerine peel, such as Pingwei powder ("Taiping Huimin Hejiju Prescription").If spleen deficiency and damp accumulation, phlegm retention caused by water dampness, or edema due to water overflow, it can be used in the same way as Poria, Polyporus, and Alisma, such as Weiling Decoction ("Syndrome and Treatment Guidelines").Dispelling cold and resolving the exterior: used for exogenous wind-cold, headache without sweating, can be used with Ligusticum edulis, Asarum, Notopterygium, Angelica dahurica, etc., such as Shenshu San ("Taiping Huimin Heji Ju Fang").Removing obstacles and improving eyesight: used for internal and external nebula, blue blindness, night blindness, often used with black sesame or pig liver.

It is commonly used in modern times for indigestion, gastritis, gastric ulcer, hyperacidity, rheumatoid arthritis, corneal softening after measles, and night blindness.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 4.5-9g; decoction or into pills or powder.

[Cautions for use] This product is bitter, warm and dry, so it is contraindicated for those with yin deficiency and internal heat, qi deficiency and hyperhidrosis.

[Modern Research] Contains volatile oil, the main components of which are atractyl alcohol, β-eucalyptol and atractylone.It also contains a large amount of vitamin A and vitamin D.The decoction has the effect of lowering blood sugar on rabbits with experimental diabetes; it has the effect of obviously excreting sodium, potassium and chlorine on rats.But no diuretic effect.

Xanthium see "Emergency Qianjin Prescription · Food Treatment".It is the fruit with involucre of Xanthium sibiricum Patr.ex Widd.

[Synonym] Fructus cocklebur, cocklebur, cangkezi, cow louse, fried cocklebur.

[Sexual ignorance meridians] sweet, bitter, warm.Return lung, Liver Channel.

【Efficacy and application】Scattering wind and clearing the orifices: For wind-cold headache, nasal sinusitis and runny nose, it can be used alone orally for stir-frying; or it can be used together with magnolia, angelica, and mint, that is, cocklebur powder ("Jisheng Fang").Dehumidification and pain relief: for rheumatic arthralgia and muscle numbness, it can be used in the same way as Qianghuo, Fangfeng, Angelica, and Achyranthes bidentata, such as Shi Guogong medicinal wine.In addition, it can be taken orally or washed externally with Kochia chinensis, white fresh skin, white tribulus, etc., to cure rubella, itching, scabies and eczema; it can be used alone to cure toothache.

Modern commonly used for colds, chronic sinusitis, paranasal sinusitis, malaria, rheumatoid arthritis, urticaria, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g; or into pills or powder.External application: appropriate amount, decocted in water for fumigation and washing.

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated for blood deficiency, headache, and arthralgia.

【Modern Research】This product contains xanthin, resin, fatty oil, alkaloid, vitamin C and pigment.The decoction has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, etc. in vitro.Alcoholic extract has inhibitory effect on Trichophyton rubrum.

For cocklebur, see "Essential Prescriptions for Emergencies · Food Treatment".It is the stem and leaf of Xanthium sibiricum Patr.ex Widd., an annual herbaceous plant of Compositae.It is distributed all over the country.

[Synonym] Hu Gao, Gao Er, wild eggplant, sticky sunflower, scabies grass, cubeb tree, dog's ear grass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, pungent, cold.It is slightly poisonous.Return bladder, Liver Channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Dispelling wind and dehumidification: used for head wind and headache, rheumatic arthralgia, spasm of limbs, used alone, or used with fermented soy beans and Schisandra chinensis, such as cocklebur leaf soup ("Taiping Shenghui Fang").Heat-clearing and detoxifying: For furuncles and swollen toxins, breast abscess, boiled into a black paste and applied to the affected area alone, or smashed with Xanthium for external application; used for hemorrhoids, dysentery, powdered alone, or boiled ointment for oral administration.Killing insects and relieving itching: used for scabies, eczema, and pruritus, can be used to decoct and wash the affected area with Kochia chinensis, Dictatorium radix, dry alum, motherwort, duckweed, and mint.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, acute mastitis, carbuncle furuncle, urticaria, scabies, eczema, contact dermatitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-12g (large dose 30-60g); or pounded into juice; or boiled into paste; or into pills or powder.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying; or decocted for washing; or decocted for applying.

【Caution】Do not take too much orally.People with qi deficiency and blood deficiency should take it with caution.

[Modern Research] The leaves contain xanthiolide, cryptoxantholide, xanthol, isoxanthol, choline, phytosterols and terpene alcohols.The infusion of the leaves can enhance the motility of the isolated rabbit intestine, dilate the blood vessels of the isolated rabbit ear, and inhibit the impulse conduction of the frog heart.

Cocklebur root see "Diet Therapy Materia Medica".The root of Xanthium sibiricum Patr.ex Widd.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, flat.It is slightly poisonous.Return lung, small intestine, large intestine, urinary bladder channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxifying: for furunculosis and gangrene, boil ointment alone and apply to the affected area; or use leaf decoction to fumigate and wash red and swollen areas; for intestinal abscess, decoct with 60g water alone for oral administration; for sore throat , loss of sound, can be ground with ginger and filtered juice, mixed with wine, or decocted with water alone, with appropriate amount of salt, seasoned instead of tea.Clearing away heat and promoting dampness: for dysuria, heat and stranguria pain, can be used together with plantain and imperina root; for dysentery, can be used together with purslane and geranium.

In modern times, it is often used for sores, boils, swelling, pain, appendicitis, nephritis, edema, and high blood pressure.For treating high blood pressure, 15-30g can be used alone, decocted in water.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g, or pounded into juice, or boiled into paste.External application: Appropriate amount, decocted for fumigation and washing or boiled for ointment.

[Modern Research] Contains glycosides, etc., and has anti-cancer effects.

Cocklebur silverfish see "Compendium of Materia Medica".It is the larva of an insect that inhabits the stem of cocklebur of Compositae.

[synonym] hemp worm, cocklebur.

[Meridians of Nature and Flavor] Detoxification and detumescence: used for all furuncles, unknown swollen toxins, malignant sores, often fried yellow, mixed with white silkworm and river tea as powder, mixed with honey; or soaked in sesame oil alone, when used Take an appropriate amount and mash it for external application on the affected area.

It is commonly used in modern times for carbuncle boils.

【Usage and Dosage】External application: Appropriate amount, powdered for application, pounded for application or soaked in sesame oil for application.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica" for Gorgon.It is the seed kernel of Euryale ferox Salisb., a 1-year-old aquatic herbaceous plant of Nymphaeaceae.Distributed in various places in the north and south of my country, mainly produced in Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu and other places.

[Synonym] Gorgon rice, Southern Gorgon, Northern Gorgon, Su Gorgon, Chicken Head, Chicken Head Rice.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, astringent, flat.Return spleen, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and application】Invigorate the spleen and relieve diarrhea: It is used for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, which lasts for a long time.Tonify the kidney and strengthen the essence: it is used for insufficiency of the kidney, nocturnal spermatorrhea, involuntary urination, often taken with lotus root, keel, oyster, and tribulus terrestris, that is, Jinsuo Gujing pill ("Yi Fang Ji Jie"); , that is, the two elixir of water and land ("Rencuntang Experience Prescription").Dispelling dampness and stopping leukorrhea: It is used for leukorrhagia in the humid tropics and spleen and kidney deficiency.It is often used together with Phellodendron Phellodendron, Plantago Seed, Ginkgo, and Chinese yam, that is, Yihuangsan ("Fu's Gynecology"); for clear and thin leukorrhea, it can be used with Poria cocos, Chinese yam, Cuscuta, sea octopus, Calcined keel and other compatibility.

In modern times, it is often used for spermatorrhea, leukorrhea, chronic diarrhea, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g; or into pills or powder.

[Modern Research] It mainly contains starch, protein, carbohydrates, niacin, ascorbic acid, etc.

See "Kaibao Zhongding Materia Medica" for aloe vera.It is a finished product after concentrating the leaf juice of Aloe vera L. Aloe vera L. Aloe vera L. Var, Aloe vera L.var, chinensis (Haw.) Berger, a perennial herb of Liliaceae.Produced in Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Fujian and other places.

[Synonyms] True Aloe, Grass Aloe, Luhui, Nehui, Elephant Gall, Nuhui, Laowei.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Xiexia Qinggan: It is used for hot knot constipation, dizziness, red eyes, irritability, insomnia, and strong liver fire. It is often used together with cinnabar, that is, Changing Pills ("Xianxingzhai Medical Guangji").For dizziness, headache, deafness, tinnitus, irritability, convulsions, convulsions, and constipation caused by excess fire in the liver meridian and heat in the heart meridian, it is often used with Coptis rhizome, rhubarb, gentian, and Qingdai, such as angelica dragon Hui Wan ("Six Books of Medicine").Insecticide and treatment of malnutrition: used for infantile malnutrition with abdominal pain, chlorosis and emaciation. It is often used with ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, Shijunzi, Divine Comedy, and malt, such as Feier Wan ("Yi Zong Jin Jian").In addition, it can also kill insects and treat ringworm. It can be used for scabies, and it can be powdered and applied alone.

In modern times, it is often used for constipation, children with malnutrition, and ascariasis.

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: into pills and powders, 1.5-4.5g.External application: appropriate amount, powdered for applying.

【Caution】Not suitable for pregnant women.

[Modern Research] Contains aloe-emodin glycosides, a small amount of isoaloe-emodin glycosides, etc.Prescribe stimulant laxatives.In vitro, it has different degrees of inhibitory effect on some common skin pathogenic fungi.

Reed rhizome see "Compendium of Materia Medica".It is the rhizome of Phragmites communis Trin., a tall perennial herbaceous plant of Gramineae.It is distributed in most parts of the country.

[Synonym] Fresh reed root, dried reed root, reed root, reed stem, live reed root, reed root, reed root, reed root, sweet stem.

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

[Applications] Clearing away heat and promoting body fluid: used for febrile diseases, injuring body fluids, restlessness and thirst, often used together with trichosanthin and Radix Ophiopogon japonicus; its fresh juice can also be taken together with Radix Ophiopogon japonicus juice, pear juice, water chestnut juice, lotus root juice, such as Five Juice Drink ("Benefits of Febrile Diseases").Clearing away lung-heat: It is used for lung abscess with phlegm-heat intertwined, coughing and vomiting foul-smelling purulent phlegm, cough due to lung-heat and wind-heat cold with dry mouth, tongue and cough.To treat lung abscess with phlegm and heat, it is often used with coix seed, peach kernel, winter melon kernel, Houttuynia cordata, etc., such as Weigan Decoction ("Prescription for Emergencies and Thousands of Gold"); for wind-heat cold and cough, it is often used with silver Flowers, forsythia, mulberry leaves, platycodon grandiflora, and almonds are equally used, such as Sangju Drink ("Wenbing Tiaodian").Clearing the stomach and relieving vomiting: used for stomach heat, vomiting, nausea, hiccups, thick decoction and frequent drinking alone, or fresh reed root mixed with fresh bamboo, ginger, japonica rice, etc., such as reed root drink ").Inducing diuresis and treating stranguria: used for hot stranguria with astringent pain and short red urine, often combined with psyllium seed and rhizome of Imperatae.

Modern commonly used in lung abscess, upper respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis, pneumonia, acute gastritis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g (60-120g for fresh products); or pounded into juice.

【Modern Research】Contains coixin, asparagine, protein, etc.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica" for ramie leaves.It is the leaf of Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud., a perennial herb of Urticaceae.Mainly produced in Jiangsu, Shandong, Shaanxi and other places.

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

【Applications】Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for hematemesis caused by heat-induced blood collaterals, hematuria, stranguria, leukorrhea, can be used in the same way as Rhizoma Imperatae Rhizoma Imperatae, Agrimony, Rubia Root; used for wound bleeding, powdered for external application.Detoxification and detumescence: It is used for carbuncle sores, erysipelas, anal swelling and pain caused by accumulation of toxic heat, decoction and fresh leaves pounded for application.For the treatment of breast pain at the beginning, it can be mashed with leek root, green onion root, orange leaf and distiller's grains and applied to the affected area; for eczema, it can be ground with loofah leaves, pumpkin leaves, and tea oil.Dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain; used for bruises, blood stasis, swelling and pain, fractures.It can be crushed with perilla leaves and applied to sores, or mashed with lime to form a mass, dried in the sun, ground into powder and applied; it can also be mashed with fresh lumen leaves, black tea leaves, and ginger for external application.In addition, smashed with red grate seed (shelled) and applied externally, it can also cure nails or bullet human flesh.

In modern times, it is often used for gastrointestinal bleeding, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, traumatic bleeding, urinary tract infection, menorrhagia, cervicitis, skin purulent infection, snake bites, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g, or ground into powder, or pounded into juice for drinking.External application: appropriate amount, crushed for applying or powdered for sprinkle.

[Modern Research] Contains chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, quinic acid, arugenin, apigenin, rutinose, flavonoids, etc.The contained flavonoids have astringent effect, and the hemolysis test is negative.

For ramie root, see "Properties of Medicine".It is the root and rhizome of Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud.

[synonym] ramie root, ramie head.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, cold.Return liver, heart, bladder, spleen channel.

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