Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 58 Seven Paintings (6)
【Efficacy and Application】Suppressing Convulsions and Tranquility: Used for irritability, palpitations, insomnia, night sleep and dreaminess.Replenishing yin and subduing yang: used for headache, dizziness, tinnitus, numbness of limbs, febrile disease impairing yin due to yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, internal movement syndrome caused by deficiency wind.Treating headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, etc. due to yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, it is often used with keel, Dai ochre, tortoise shell, white peony root, etc., such as Zhengan Xifeng Decoction ("Medical Zhongzhong Shenxilu"); Asthenic wind moves internally, it is often used in conjunction with Biejia, Zhigancao, Shengdi, Ophiopogon japonicus, Ejiao, etc., such as Erjia Fumai Decoction ("Warm Disease Tiaodian").Convergence and solidification: used for sweating due to debility, collapsing belt, nocturnal emission.For spontaneous sweating and night sweats, it is often used together with astragalus, ephedra root, and floating wheat, that is, oyster powder ("Taiping Huiheji Bureau Prescription"); for nocturnal emission and slippery essence, it can be used with lotus root and Gorgon fruit, such as Jinsuogu Essence pills ("Yifang Jijie"); for metrorrhagia and vaginal discharge, it is often combined with donkey-hide gelatin, red stone fat, and diaphans.Ruanjian Sanjie: used for goiters and scrofula caused by phlegm-fire stagnation, often used together with Scrophulariaceae Scrophulariae and Fritillaria, that is, Xiaoyu Wan ("Medical Mind Enlightenment").In addition, it can also suppress acid and be used for stomachache and acid regurgitation. It can be calcined and ground alone, or it can be taken as a powder together with cuttlefish bone and Zhejiang shellfish; the ground powder can be used for external application to treat bleeding of gold sores.

It is commonly used in modern times for hypertension, neurasthenia, night crying in children, goiter, hepatosplenomegaly, peptic ulcer, atrophic gastritis, tuberculosis night sweats, schizophrenia, perimenopausal (menopausal) syndrome, and benign prostatic hyperplasia.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-30g (decoction first), or into pills or powder.External application: Appropriate amount, powdered for dry application or applied.Yang subduing, soft and firm, suitable for raw use; astringent, acid making, suitable for calcining.

[Modern Research] It mainly contains calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate and calcium sulfate, and also contains magnesium, lead, silicon, iron oxide and organic matter.Calcium salt has anti-acid and mild sedative and anti-inflammatory effects.

See "Famous Doctors Bielu" for Muhao.It is the whole plant of Artemisia japonica Thuno, a perennial herb of Compositae.Mainly produced in Jiangsu, Sichuan and other places.

[Synonyms] Artemisia chinensis, Artemisia chinensis, Artemisia stinkyi, Artemisia oila, Artemisia chinensis.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Published to relieve summer heat: used for hot thirst, sore throat, decoction with water alone.Heat-clearing and detoxifying: for snake bites, chew and apply to the wound alone; for acute erysipelas, appropriate amount of fresh Artemisia annua and fresh earthworm can be used, pounded and applied to the affected area.Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for epistaxis caused by blood heat, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, and can be used in the same way as arborvitae leaves, rehmannia glutinosa, and ramie root.Clearing damp-heat: used for damp-heat jaundice, leukorrhagia, alone or in combination.In addition, decocting water to wash the affected area can cure scabies, eczema, etc.

It is commonly used in modern times for colds, tonsillitis, tuberculosis, hot flashes, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, mange, eczema, etc.

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

[Modern Research] Contains volatile oil, and the oil contains ene, farnesol acetate, and limonene.Ethanol or acetone extracts are active against Trichophyton rubrum in vitro.

Moutan bark see "Shen Nong's Herbal Classic".It is the root bark of Paeonia suffruticosa Andr., a perennial deciduous shrub of Ranunculaceae.Mainly produced in Anhui, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places, it is cultivated all over the country.

[synonym] powder paeonol, paeonol, wine paeonol, paeonol charcoal, red root, peony root bark.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, pungent, cold.GUIXIN, liver, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and cooling blood: used for patients with febrile disease who suffer from heat in the blood and see spots due to body heat, hematemesis due to blood heat, epistaxis, crimson tongue, and rapid pulse. Xijiao Dihuang Decoction ("Prescriptions for Prescriptions for Emergencies"); to treat the late stage of febrile disease, the heat is subdued by the yin, and the night is hot and the morning is cool. ") to treat fever due to yin deficiency, backache and dizziness, often used together with rehmannia glutinosa and jujube skin, such as Liuwei Dihuang Wan ("Pediatric Medicine Syndrome Zhi Jue"); to treat blood deficiency and premenstrual fever in women, often combined with Artemisia annua and Digu Cortex, Cortex Cortex, Rehmannia Rehmanniae, Paeoniae Alba, etc. are used equally.Promoting blood circulation and dispelling blood stasis: used for various diseases caused by blood stagnation.To treat blood stasis, amenorrhea, and accumulation of addicted lumps, it is often used together with peach kernel, Poria cocos, red peony root, and cassia twig, that is, Guizhi Fuling pill ("Golden Chamber Synopsis"); to treat fire poison sores, it is often used with honeysuckle, forsythia, and Baizhi Compatibility with other medicines; to treat intestinal carbuncle and abdominal pain, it can be compatible with rhubarb, Glauber's salt, peach kernels, and winter melon seeds, that is, rhubarb Mudanpi Decoction ("Synopsis of the Golden Chamber"); to treat bruises, blood stasis, swelling and pain, it can also be combined with red peony root and frankincense , Myrrh is equivalent to use.Clearing the liver and purging fire: used for liver stagnation and hyperactivity of fire, hot flashes during daily feeding, headache and eye astringency, red cheeks, dry mouth and irregular menstruation in women. Summary").

In modern times, it is often used for unexplained fever, pulmonary tuberculosis, renal tuberculosis, summer fever in children, low-grade fever after gynecological surgery, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, appendicitis, bruises, sores, etc.

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

[Cautions for use] Blood deficiency and coldness, pregnant women and menorrhagia should be used with caution.

[Modern Research] Contains paeonol, paeonol glycosides, paeoniflorin, paeoniflorin, volatile oil, etc.

Vitex vitae see "Compendium of Materia Medica".It is the fruit of Verbenaceae deciduous shrub or small tree Vitex negundo L.var.cannbifolia (Sieb.et Zucc.) Hand-Mazz.It is mainly distributed in the south of the Yangtze River.

[Synonym] Vitex fruit, Vitex fruit.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling phlegm and relieving cough: used for cough and asthma with excessive phlegm.For cold phlegm, cough and asthma, it can be used alone, or with perilla and almond; for hot phlegm, cough and asthma, it can be combined with loquat leaves, houttuynia cordata, and pedicel seeds; Ziheche and yam are equally used.Promoting qi and relieving pain: for stagnation of qi and stomach pain, it can be used alone as a powder; for hernia abdominal pain, it can be used alone and decocted with wine, or it can be combined with fennel, lychee core, etc.Diuresis and dampness removal: used for dampness and diarrhea, dysentery, leucorrhea, white turbidity, beriberi and swelling, all can be ground into powder and taken orally.It can also be used in combination with Achyranthes bidentata, papaya, and solitary medicine to treat swelling of beriberi.

Modern commonly used in acute and chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, enteritis, dysentery, leukorrhea and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-9g; or into pills, powder, or soaked in wine.

[Modern Research] Contains Vitexin lavica, flavonoid glycosides, cardiac glycosides, alkaloids, amino acids, neutral resins and a small amount of volatile oil.Animal experiments have expectorant, antitussive, antiasthmatic effects.The decoction has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus in vitro.

Vitex leaves see "Bielu of Famous Doctors".It is the leaf of Verbenaceae Vitex negundo L.var.cannabifolia (Sieb.et Zucc.).

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome: used for wind-cold exogenous pathogenesis, it can be used equally with perilla leaves.Cough and asthma: used for cough and asthma, can be compatible with almonds, perilla, etc.Dispelling dampness and harmonizing the stomach: used for summer heat-damp diarrhea, stomach pain, abdominal pain, decocted with water alone, or used together with Centella asiatica.Detoxification and killing insects: for mastitis swelling and pain, used alone, decocted with water and wine; for rubella pruritus, decocted alone, and decocted with leaf decoction for fumigation and washing; for athlete's foot, fresh leaves and fresh pine leaves can be used, Camellia oleifera seed cakes are equal in amount, decocted to fumigate and wash the affected area.

Modern commonly used for colds, acute bronchitis, acute gastroenteritis, mastitis, tinea pedis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (fresh product 30-60g), or pounded into juice.External application: smashed for applying, or decocted for fumigation.

【Modern Research】Contains volatile oil, etc.It has the functions of eliminating phlegm, relieving cough, relieving asthma, lowering blood pressure, improving immune function, sedative, hypnotic, and antibacterial.

See "Kaibao Chongding Materia Medica" for Yanhu Suo.It is the tuber of Corydalis yanhusuo WTWang, a perennial herbaceous plant of Papaveraceae.Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shandong and other places.

[Synonyms] Yuanhu, Xuanhu, Yanhu, Yuanhusuo, Xuanhusuo, Vinegar Xuanhu, Vinegar Yuanhu.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Promoting blood, promoting qi and relieving pain: It is used for various pains caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, and it can be ground into powder or taken in tablets.For abdominal pain, it is often used together with Toosendan, that is, Jinlingzi San ("Bao Ming Ji"); for chest pain and tingling, it is often combined with Gualou, Xie Bai, Curcuma, Salvia, etc.; dysmenorrhea, it is often used with Chuanxiong, Angelica, and Bai Peony root, Rhizoma Cyperi, etc.; amenorrhea, lumps in the abdomen, postpartum stasis abdominal pain, often compatible with Sanleng, Curcuma, safflower, motherwort, etc.; hernia pain, often compatible with orange core, toosendan, etc., such as orange core pills ("Ji "Health Prescription"); bruises, limb pain, often compatible with frankincense, myrrh, turmeric, red peony and so on.

In modern times, it is often used for pain caused by various visceral diseases, neuralgia, menstrual pain and concussion headache, traumatic pain, coronary heart disease, arrhythmia, gastric and duodenal ulcers, chronic gastritis, chronic orchitis, testicular hydrocele fluid, testicular tuberculosis, local anesthesia, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 5-10g, or powdered, 1.5-3g.

[Caution for use] Vinegar preparation of this product can strengthen the analgesic effect.Pregnant women use with caution.

[Modern research] Contains a variety of alkaloids, mainly corydalin, acetylene, ugine, dehydrocorydine, and coptisine.Contained corydrine A, B, and uricine all have analgesic effects on mice, rats, and rabbits, and the effect of B is better. Although the analgesic effect is not as good as that of morphine, it has no obvious addiction.Different doses of B-supplement have hypnotic, sedative and stable effects on various animals, and have obvious central antiemetic and cooling effects.DHCR has protective effect and inhibits visceral smooth muscle against experimental ulcer disease in rats.Alcohol extract can significantly expand the coronary vessels of isolated rabbit heart and cat heart in vivo, reduce coronary resistance and increase blood flow.Intraperitoneal injection in mice can significantly improve the animal's tolerance to normal pressure or decompression hypoxia.

For Polygonum multiflorum, see "Rihuazi Zhujia Materia Medica".It is the root tuber of Polygoum multiflorum Thunb., a perennial twisting herb of Polygonaceae.It is mainly produced in the Yangtze River Basin and various places in the south of the Yangtze River.

[Synonym] Shengshouwu, Zhishouwu, Shouwu, Goblin, Hongneixiao, Chishouwu.

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

【Efficacy and application】Replenishing liver and kidney, benefiting essence and blood: used for syndromes of deficiency of liver, kidney, essence and blood.To treat dizziness, dizziness, premature graying of beard and hair, sore waist and knees due to deficiency of essence and blood. It is often used together with angelica, medlar, dodder, achyranthes bidentata, poria cocos, and psoralen, namely Qibao Meiran Dan ("Medical Prescription Collection") To treat premature graying of beard and hair and hair loss due to blood deficiency and essence deficiency, it is often compatible with rehmannia glutinosa, orientalis arborvitae, privet privet, etc. Habitat, Radix Paeoniae Alba, and Radix Sisiata are equally used.Moistening bowel and laxative: used for intestinal dryness and constipation due to deficiency of yin and blood. It can be decocted with raw Shouwu alone, or it can be combined with angelica, cistanche, hemp seed, black sesame, etc.Cutting Malaria: For prolonged malaria, qi and blood deficiency, it is advisable to use Raw Shouwu together with Codonopsis Codonopsis, Tangerine Peel, Stewed Ginger, and Angelica, that is, He Renyin ("Jingyue Quanshu").Detoxification and antipruritic: used for sores, swelling, itching and pain all over the body, often decocted with Sophora flavescens, Fangfeng, and mint in equal amounts, and hot washed, that is, Polygonum multiflorum powder ("Surgery Essentials").In addition, it is compatible with Prunella vulgaris, Kelp, Fritillaria, Rhizoma Cyperi, Angelica, Chuanxiong, etc., and can also treat scrofula.

Modern commonly used in arteriosclerosis, essential hypertension, coronary heart disease, neurasthenia, urticaria, schizophrenia, hypercholesterolemia, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g, or boiled ointment, soaked in wine, into pills or powder.External application: Appropriate amount, decocted for washing, or powdered for sprinkling, blending and coating.

[Cautions for use] It is not suitable for people with loose stools and wet phlegm.

【Modern Research】Contains chrysophanol, emodin and rhein.According to animal experiments, oral administration of Radix Polygoni Multiflori can lower blood cholesterol and reduce arterial lesions.The water extract of Polygonum multiflorum can increase the accumulation of glycogen in the liver of starved mice with adrenalectomy.The anthraquinone compounds contained in it can promote intestinal peristalsis and have a purging effect.The decoction has inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro.

See "Classification of Herbal Medicine" for Streptococcus chinensis.It is the rooted whole plant of Lycopodium clavatum L, a perennial herbaceous plant of Lycopodium clavatum L.There are many distributions in the north and south of my country.

[Synonym] Wide tendon vine, Shujin grass, lion hair grass, lion grass, tendon grass, phoenix tail stretching tendons, small stretching tendons, and mountain dragon.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness: used for arthralgia due to rheumatism, joint flexion and extension difficulties of limbs, decocted or soaked in wine alone, or combined with Qianghuo, Duhuo, Guizhi, Clematis, etc.Promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals: for bruises, bruises and pains, can be decocted with sumac, wood beetle, safflower, peach kernel, etc., soaked in wine or washed outside; used for sequelae of poliomyelitis, can be combined with root of Snakevine and pine knot , Xun Gu Feng, Clematis, Mader, and Du Heng were decocted together.Detoxification and treatment of sores: For herpes zoster, use powdered powder, green oil, or sesame oil to mix and smear the affected area.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, bruises, sequelae of polio and so on.

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

[Modern Research] Contains lycopine, sarcosine, sarcosine, etc.It has the effects of antipyretic, analgesic, exciting small intestine and uterine smooth muscle, diuretic and increasing the excretion of uric acid.

See "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" for bergamot.It is the fruit of Rutaceae evergreen small tree or shrub Citrus reedica L var. sarcodactylis (Noot.) Swingle.Mainly produced in Sichuan, Guangdong and other places.

[synonym] bergamot slices, Chen bergamot, fresh bergamot, five-finger orange, bergamot citron.

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

【Efficacy and application】Soothing the liver and relieving depression: It is used for distending pain in hypochondria due to stagnation of Qi due to stagnation of liver-qi or disharmony between liver and stomach, abdominal fullness, and can be used in the same way as Bupleuri, Rhizoma Cyperi and Curcuma.Regulating qi and neutralizing: used for stagnation of spleen and stomach qi, abdominal distension and pain, nausea and eating less food, and can be compatible with amomum, woody incense, Cyperus cyperi, etc.Drying dampness and resolving phlegm: used for cough with excessive phlegm, it can be used in the same way as pinellia and orange peel.

It is commonly used in modern times for hepatitis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, atrophic gastritis, acute and chronic bronchitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 2.4-9g; or make tea.

[Cautions for use] Take it with caution for people with fire due to yin deficiency and no symptoms of qi stagnation.

【Modern Research】Contains limonene, diosmin, volatile oil, etc.It can dilate coronary vessels, increase coronary blood flow, inhibit myocardial contractility, slow heart rate, lower blood pressure, relieve asthma, eliminate phlegm, improve immune function, and have obvious inhibitory effect on intestinal smooth muscle.

See "Bencao Tujing" for Buddha's armor grass.It is the whole plant of Sedum lineare Thunb., a perennial succulent herbaceous plant of Crassulaceae.Distributed in East China, South China, and Southwest China.

[Synonym] Huoshaocao, Iron Nail, Buddha Nail, Rat Tooth Banzhilian.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and detoxifying: used for various heat-toxin syndromes.To treat sore throat, wind-fire toothache, you can use pounded juice alone to gargle; to treat carbuncle and furuncle.For water and fire burns, poisonous snake bites, erysipelas, lacquer sores, herpes zoster, and traumatic bleeding, fresh products are often used alone for smashing and applying; to treat red eyes, swelling and pain, and eye shadows to cover eyes, fresh products are used to extract juice and human milk for eye drops.Clearing damp-heat: for damp-heat jaundice, dysentery, decocted with water alone.

It is commonly used in modern times for persistent hepatitis, dysentery, boils, burns, etc.For the treatment of persistent hepatitis, 30 grams of sagera, 10 grams of angelica, and 10 red dates can be decocted.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (15-30g for fresh products); or pounded into juice.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying; or pounded juice for gargle; eye drops.

[Modern Research] Contains sedum heptose, etc.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for acacia.It is the fruit of Gleditsia sinensis Lam., a deciduous tree of the leguminous family.Mainly produced in Sichuan, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shandong and other places.

[synonym] saponins, burnt saponins, pig teeth saponins, tooth soaps, large saponins.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, salty, warm.It is slightly poisonous.Return spleen, large intestine channel.

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