Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 57 Seven Paintings (5)
【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: for dysentery, diarrhea, single use, decocted in water; for carbuncle sores, mastitis, snake bites, fresh grass can be smashed and applied to the affected area alone; for water and fire burns, It can be used alone as a powder and mixed with sesame oil on the affected area.Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: for irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea, it can be decocted alone; for bruises, it can be taken with soaked wine alone, and the residue is wrapped to apply to the wound; for rheumatic arthralgia, it can be decocted with water and wine alone Serve, or stew chicken to eat.In addition, it can be used together with Auspicious Grass, Eclipta, Imperatae Rhizome, Agrimony, and Lotus Root to treat lung-heat cough and hemoptysis.

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

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (15-30g for fresh products); or soak in wine.External application: appropriate amount, pounded for applying fresh product; or powdered for applying; or decocted for fumigation.

For the red chariot messenger, see "On the Making of Thunder".It is the whole herb of the perennial herbaceous plant of Urticaceae Elatostema umbellatum Bl.var.majus Maxim.Distributed throughout central my country.

[Synonyms] Xiaojinzhi, Banbianshan, Banbianumbrella, fine water hemp leaves, Xiaozisha, Maogucao, rheumatism grass, monkey bone, Jianxueqing.

[Nature and flavor return to the meridian] Pungent, bitter, warm.Poisonous.Returns liver, spleen and kidney meridians.

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness: used for rheumatism and bone pain, can be decocted with Gou catecha; or taken with pig's trotters in stewed soup.Promoting blood circulation and promoting blood stasis: For bruises and bone fractures, use fresh grass alone and a little salt, pound and apply to the wound; or pound with raw gardenia, glutinous rice, and rice wine, and then heat and apply to the affected area.Detoxification and treatment of sores: for carbuncle sores, decoction and pounding application alone; for snake bites, pounding application alone.

In modern times, it is often used for rheumatoid arthritis, bruises, furunculosis, osteomyelitis, etc.For osteomyelitis, decoct it with water alone.In addition, taking it stewed with pig spine can also treat nocturnal emission.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g.External application: appropriate amount, fresh products smashed for applying; or powdered for applying.

Apricot leaves Fangfeng see "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica".It is the root or whole plant of the perennial herb of Umbelliferae Pimpinella candolleana Wight etArn.Produced in Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

[Synonym] Mountain Angelica, Horseshoe Fangfeng, Qing Angelica, Rabbit Ear Fangfeng.

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

【Efficacy and application】Warming the middle and expelling cold: used for cold pain in the abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea, can be taken with cumin and cardamom as the end.Dispelling wind and relieving exterior: used for wind-cold cold, aversion to cold and fever, cough, decocted with water alone.Activating blood and promoting qi: for bruises, the roots can be soaked in wine with equal amounts of ground sandalwood and black bone vine, or mashed with fresh leaves for external application; for hernia abdominal pain, it can be used with orange stones, litchi stones, Fennel and other water decoction.Detoxification and detumescence: for carbuncle sores, smash fresh leaves for external application; for pinellia and southern star poisoning, use the roots alone, decoct in water.

In modern times, it is often used for colds, indigestion, bruises, hernia abdominal pain, carbuncle sores and so on.

[Usage and Application] Decoction: 6-15g; or powdered; or soaked in wine.External application: smashed for applying.

See "Inner Mongolia Chinese Herbal Medicine" for returning yang.The whole herb of Crepis turczaninowii CAMey. is slaughtered for the perennial herb of Compositae.Distributed in Northeast China, North China, Tibet and other places.

[synonym] donkey roll grass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, bitter, cool.Return lung, spleen channel.

【Efficacy and application】Cough and asthma: used for cough and asthma, cough due to tuberculosis, often boiled with jujube paste or taken with white mustard seed, Tinglizi, Yangjinhua and other pills.Invigorating the spleen and eliminating food: For children with malnutrition and insufficient postpartum milk, use alone or stew with pig's trotters.

In modern times, it is often used for chronic bronchitis, postpartum milk deficiency, and malnutrition in children.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g; or stew paste, make pills.

See "Supplements to Materia Medica" for Fufangteng.It is the stem and leaf of Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.Mazz., an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub of Euonymus family.Distributed in North China, Central South and Shaanxi, Shanxi, Yunnan and other places.

[Synonyms] Pang Teng, Yan Qing Gang, Bai Dui Ye Shen, Xiao Teng Zhong, Climbing Wall Tiger, Teng Wei Mao, Shan Bai Zu.

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

【Efficacy and application】Stimulate tendons and activate collaterals: For rheumatic arthralgia, joint pain, drink alone with soaked wine; for kidney deficiency and low back pain, often decoct with Daxueteng and Brahma flower, brewed with brown sugar and rice wine.Dispersing blood stasis and stopping bleeding: For bruises and bone fractures, take soaked wine alone, or smash fresh leaves to apply to the affected area; for wound bleeding, use powdered powder and apply.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, lumbar muscle strain, fractures, traumatic bleeding and so on.

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

【Caution】Not suitable for pregnant women.

【Modern Research】Contains dulcitol.

Forsythia see "Shen Nong's Herbal Classic".It is the fruit of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl, a deciduous shrub of Oleaceae.Mainly produced in Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi and Shandong.

[Synonym] Qinglianqiao, Forsythia husk, Forsythia heart, Daqiaozi, Lianqiao, Luoqiao.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, slightly cold.GUIXIN, gallbladder, small intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat, detoxifying and resolving stagnation: used for carbuncle sores, often used with honeysuckle, dandelion, wild chrysanthemum, etc. "Surgery True Interpretation"); if the sore is ulcerated, red and swollen, and the pus is not healed, it can be compatible with honeysuckle, trichosanthes, Moutan, etc., such as Forsythia Jiedu Decoction ("Ulcer Medicine Encyclopedia"); to treat mastitis swelling and pain, It can be combined with Gualou, green peel, orange leaves, etc., such as forsythia drink ("Syndrome and Treatment Guidelines"); it can be used with red rattan, Patrinia, rhubarb, etc. for intestinal abscess and abdominal pain; Compatible with Prunella vulgaris, oysters, Scrophulariaceae, etc.; to treat galls, it can be used equally with Prunella vulgaris, seaweed, and xanthophyll; to treat sore throat, it can be used equally with Puffball, Shandougen, and Banlangen.Evacuation of wind-heat: used for wind-heat exogenous pathogenesis, at the onset of febrile disease, it is often used with honeysuckle and mint, such as Yinqiaosan ("Febrile Disease Article Discrimination").If there is evil heat in people, the first step into yingfen will cause upset, delirium, faint rash, it can be used with buffalo horn, rehmannia glutinosa, honeysuckle, etc., such as Qingying Decoction ("Wenbing Tiaodian").Clearing away heart-fire and diuresis: It can be used for astringent pain due to hot stranguria, and can be used in combination with plantago seed, rhizome of rhizoma rhizome, akebia, bamboo leaves, etc.

Modern commonly used for colds, influenza, Japanese encephalitis, meningitis, mumps, upper respiratory tract infection, mastitis, acute nephritis, appendicitis, carbuncle furuncle, viral myocarditis, etc.

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

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated for those with weakness of the spleen and stomach, qi deficiency and fever, carbuncle and gangrene ulceration, thin pus and pale color.

【Modern Research】Contains betulinic acid, oleanolic acid, pinoresinol, forsythol, forsythin, and rutin.The decoction has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus B, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Shigella, Salmonella typhi, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Escherichia coli, Proteus, plague and human tuberculosis in vitro .Forsythiaol has a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella.The decoction has a certain antiemetic effect.The injection has antihypertensive, diuretic and anti-inflammatory effects on animals.

See "Fujian folk herbal medicine" for bittern chrysanthemum.It is the whole plant of Wedelia prostrata (Hook. et Arn.) Hemsl., a perennial perennial of Compositae.Distributed in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan and other places.

[Synonyms] Agaricus japonica, Dragon tongue three-pointed knife, Dragon tongue grass, Three-pointed knife, Sharp knife grass.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, light, cool, return lung meridian.

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: for wind-heat syndrome, at the beginning of febrile disease, it can be decocted with honeysuckle, wild chrysanthemum, and plum leaves, etc.; , taken with the same amount of winter honey, or decocted with vinegar alone to stimulate the throat; for acute mastitis and snake bites, use fresh grass alone to pound and apply to the affected area.Eliminating phlegm and relieving cough: For lung-heat cough and asthma, pulmonary tuberculosis and hemoptysis, use only smashed twisted juice and honey, and boiled water for oral administration.

Modern commonly used in the prevention and treatment of colds, influenza, acute laryngitis, tonsillitis, mastitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-18g (30-60g for fresh ones); or pounded into juice.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for Evodia rutaecarpa.It is the near-ripe fruit of evergreen shrub or small tree Evodia rataecarpa (Juss.) Benth. of Rutaceae.Mainly produced in Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Sichuan and other places.

[Synonym] Wuyu, light Wuyu.

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

【Efficacy and application】dispelling cold and relieving pain: used for pain caused by liver cold and qi stagnation.To treat Jueyin headache, retching and saliva, it is often used with ginseng and ginger, such as Evodia decoction ("Treatise on Febrile Diseases"); to treat cold and colic pain, it is often used with fennel, golden bell, and woody, such as Daoqi Decoction ("Medical Prescriptions"); to treat cold and damp beriberi, abdominal pain, and confusion. , In late menstruation, it is often combined with Angelica, Paeoniae Alba, Chuanxiong, Guizhi, etc., such as Wenjing Decoction ("Synopsis of the Golden Chamber").Lowering qi and stopping vomiting: used for deficiency and cold in the stomach, vomiting after eating, abdominal pain, or retching, saliva and hypochondriac pain caused by liver fire attacking the stomach, acid regurgitation, and vomiting.Evodia decoction can also be used for vomiting and abdominal pain after eating with cold stomach; for hypochondriac pain and vomiting caused by liver fire attacking the stomach, etc., it is often used as a pill with Coptis chinensis, such as Zuojin Wan ("Danxi Xinfa").Set fire downward: for aphtha of the mouth and tongue, dizziness due to liver yang, headache, used alone as the end, vinegar mixed with external application on the heart of the foot.Support Yang and stop diarrhea: It is used for diarrhea caused by spleen and kidney deficiency and cold. It is often combined with Schisandra chinensis, nutmeg, and psoralen, namely Sishen Wan ("Internal Medicine Abstract").In addition, washing with decocted water can cure genital itching and sores.

Modern commonly used in gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastritis, nervous vomiting, uterine contraction weakness and bleeding, high blood pressure, eczema, neurodermatitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 1.5-6g; or into pills or powder.External application: Appropriate amount, steamed and hot ironed; powdered for application; or decocted for washing.

[Cautions for use] This product is pungent, hot and dry, which can impair qi and cause fire, so people with yin deficiency and heat should not take it.

[Modern Research] Contains evodiamine, evodiamine and other alkaloids and volatile oil.Evodia rutaecarpa has the effect of dispelling intestinal gas and inhibiting abnormal fermentation in the intestine.It has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro, and the water infusion has inhibitory effect on common pathogenic fungi.Certain ingredients have analgesic properties.Animal experiments have shown antihypertensive effect.

For Gang Meigen, see "Preparation for Herbal Medicine".It is the root of Ilex asprella (Hook.et Arn.) Champ.exBenth.Distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places.

[Synonym] Dianchenggen, Licorice Root, Baijie, Shanmeigen, Tianxinggen.

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

【Efficacy and application】Relieve the exterior and clear heat: For wind-heat cold, sore throat, decocted with water alone.Heat-clearing and detoxifying: used for pulmonary abscess and breast abscess, decocted with water alone, or stewed with green-shelled duck eggs.Moisturizing the lungs and promoting body fluid: for febrile diseases, dryness and thirst, coughing up blood, decocted with water alone.Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: For bruises, fresh product with a chicken, half water and half wine stewed.In addition, it can also relieve cough and is used for whooping cough in children. It is often decocted with rhizome of Imperatae Rhizoma Imperatae.

Modern commonly used in influenza, acute tonsillitis, pharyngitis, tracheitis, lung abscess, biliary tract infection, endometrial and adnexal inflammation, enteritis, dysentery, viral hepatitis, wild mushroom, arsenic poisoning, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 30-60g.

[Modern research] Gangmeigen injection has the effect of increasing coronary flow and strengthening cardiac contractility.

For celery, see "Luxianyan Materia Medica".It is the whole plant of Apium graveolens L.Vat.dulce DC., a 1-year or 2-year-old herbaceous plant of Umbelliferae.It is cultivated all over the country.

[synonym] celery, parsley, cloud celery, southern celery, cattail, wild celery, medicinal celery.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, pungent, slightly bitter, cool.Return liver, stomach, lung meridian.

【Efficacy and application】Suppressing the liver and subduing yang: used for liver yang dizziness, decocted alone, or pounded into juice; it can also be decocted with fresh plantain and red dates instead of tea.Clearing away lung-heat: For lung-heat cough and asthma, phlegm, use celery root and rock sugar alone, decoct in water; for pulmonary abscess, use fresh celery root and fresh Houttuynia cordata, add pork stew as needed .Diuretic to treat stranguria: for urination and stranguria, use fresh products alone, mash and twist juice, and adjust sugar to take.Detoxification and detumescence: For carbuncle sores, it can be decocted with dandelion, red peony, and licorice to wash the affected area, or smashed with Sanxuecao and red eupatorium to apply to the affected area.In addition, if it is decocted with Qiancao and Liuyuexue, it can also treat irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, bleeding in urine, and has the effect of removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding.

Modern commonly used in hypertension, arteriosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, acute and chronic bronchitis, lung abscess, urinary tract infection, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (fresh product 30-60g); mashed into juice or made into pills.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

【Modern Research】Contains Bugulin, Xanthan toxin, citrus lactone, volatile oil, etc.It has sedative, anticonvulsant, antiepileptic effects, improves learning and memory, and lowers blood pressure.

Eclipta see "New Ginseng in Decoction Pieces".It is the whole herb of Ecliptaprostrata L., an annual herbaceous plant of Compositae.Produced all over the country.

[Synonym] Eclipta, Modocao, Motobacco, Mojicai, Mojicao, Black Mocao.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, sour, cool.Return liver, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for hematemesis caused by blood heat, hemoptysis, epistaxis, hematuria, blood in stool, bloody dysentery, decocted or taken alone, or taken with twisted juice, can also be taken with raw land, lotus root, orientalis leaves , Ejiao, Puhuang, Imperatae and other medicines are used together; to treat traumatic bleeding, fresh products can be mashed and applied externally.Nourishing liver and kidney: It is used for dizziness, premature graying of beard and hair, and loose teeth caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency.

In modern times, it is often used for gastric and duodenal ulcer bleeding, women's menorrhagia, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, epistaxis, thrombocytopenic purpura, hematuria, tuberculosis hemoptysis, premature graying of beard and hair, tooth shaking and hair loss, high blood pressure, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-15g (double for fresh ones).External application: appropriate amount, pounded for applying; ground into powder and sprinkled; or smashed into fluff to stuff the nose.

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated in patients with spleen and kidney deficiency.

【Modern Research】The whole herb contains saponins, nicotine, tannins, vitamin A, snakehead enterin, and various thiophene compounds.The leaves contain keloids, etc.It can improve the non-specific immune function of the body, eliminate oxygen free radicals to inhibit 5-lipoxygenase, protect chromosomes, protect the liver, promote the regeneration of liver cells, increase coronary blood flow, and prolong the life of mice under normal pressure and hypoxia. Improve the survival rate of mice under decompression and hypoxia, and have sedative, analgesic, promote hair growth, make hair black, stop bleeding, antibacterial, anticancer and other effects.

See "Shen Nong's Herbal Classic" for oysters.It is the shell of Ostrea gigas Thunb., Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, Ostrea rivularis Gould, etc.It is distributed along the coast of my country.

[Synonym] Raw oyster, calcined oyster, sea oyster shell, left shell, left oyster, oyster clam.

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

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