Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 62 Seven Paintings (10)
[meridian distribution of property and flavor] salty, astringent, warm.Return liver, stomach warp.

【Applications】Suppressing acid and relieving pain: It is used for stomachache, acid regurgitation and nausea. It can be dried with egg shells and ground into a very fine powder, and taken before meals; or it can be made into fine powder with licorice and orange peel, and taken before meals.Tonify the kidney and strengthen the bones: It is used for bone dysplasia, flaccidity of muscles and bones, and it can be taken as a single powder or mixed with carrot powder, yeast powder, and corydalis powder.Convergence and hemostasis: used for hemoptysis, vomiting blood, epistaxis, blood in stool, traumatic bleeding and other bleeding syndromes.To treat internal bleeding, take eggshell powder with appropriate amount of salt and vitamin C orally.Improving eyesight and reducing nebula: It is used for the nebula film of eyes, and it can be grinded together with white tooth (burned ash) and put into the eyes.

In modern times, it is often used for gastric and duodenal ulcers, rickets, osteodysplasia, calcium deficiency, rickets, and various bleeding syndromes.

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: 1.5-6g, grind finely into powder.External application: Appropriate amount, calcined into powder and sprinkled; or mixed with oil for applying.

[Modern Research] Mainly contains calcium carbonate, but also magnesium carbonate, calcium phosphate, colloid, organic matter, etc.It has the functions of replenishing calcium in the body and lowering blood pressure.

For chicken yellow, see "Bielu of Famous Doctors".It is the egg yolk of Callus gallus domesticus Brisson, a pheasant family chicken.

[Synonym] Chicken egg yolk, egg yolk.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, flat.GUIXIN, stomach, liver, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Nourishing Yin and Moistening Dryness: Used for yin deficiency, vexation and insomnia, often used together with Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, peony, and donkey-hide gelatin, such as Coptis donkey-hide gelatin decoction ("Treatise on Febrile Diseases").Nourishing blood and quenching wind: used for children with convulsions and epilepsy, febrile disease, heat evil for a long time, and the spirit of burning true yin. Wind Beads ("Discrimination of Febrile Diseases").Heat-clearing and treating sores: used for children with heat sores, water and fire burns, eczema, and purulent ears.For children with heat sores, often used together with hair and Sophora flavescens, such as Luanfa Chicken Cream ("Chuanxin Fang"); for scalds, eczema, purulent ears, boil oil, add a little borneol and apply.

In modern times, it is often used for burns, varicose ulcers, leprosy ulcers, skin eczema, and indigestion in children.

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: Appropriate amount, eaten raw, cooked, or mixed with concoction.External application: as medicinal preparation, or boiled and boiled in oil for application.

[Modern Research] Contains lipids (mainly lecithin), but also proteins, sugars, inorganic salts and multivitamins.It has the functions of strengthening body and brain, regulating blood fat, promoting sweat gland secretion, improving skin nutrition, promoting skin growth and regeneration, reducing age spots and skin pigmentation, and has obvious protective effect on skin.

See "Materia Medica Mengguan" for gallinacea.It is the dry gizzard inner membrane of Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson, a pheasant family chicken.After the chicken is killed, the gizzard bag is taken out and cut open, and the inner wall is peeled off while it is still hot.

[Synonym] Roasted inner gold, roasted chicken gold, chicken gizzard skin, chicken yellow skin, chicken bilge shin.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, flat.Return spleen, stomach, urinary bladder channel.

【Efficacy and application】Strengthening the stomach and eliminating food: used for dietary stagnation, malnutrition in children, used alone, or used together with Divine Comedy, malt, and hawthorn.Concentrating semen and reducing urination: for enuresis and frequent urination, it can be used in combination with mulberry octopus, astragalus, keel, oyster, etc.;In addition, it can also eliminate petrochemicals and be used for stranguria and stones.

In modern times, it is often used for indigestion, chronic hepatitis, gallbladder, kidney, bladder, urinary tract stones, spermatorrhea, enuresis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g, or into pills or powder.External application: Appropriate amount, dried and ground into powder for applying, or raw paste.

[Modern Research] Contains gastric hormones, keratin, etc.Oral administration can improve digestion, increase gastric secretion and acidity, enhance motor function, and the effect is slow and long-lasting.

See "Supplements to the Compendium of Materia Medica" for Miltonia Spatholobus.It is the cane of Spatholobus suberectus Dunn, Mucuba birdwoodiana Tutcher, or Millettia dielsiana Harms, a climbing shrub of the Fabaceae family.Mainly produced in Guangxi and other places.

[Synonym] Bloodwind Vine, Pig Blood Vine, Live Blood Vine, Big Blood Vine.

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

【Efficacy and application】Enriching blood and promoting blood circulation: Used for irregular menstruation and abdominal pain caused by blood deficiency and blood stasis, often used together with angelica, Chuanxiong, white peony root, and rehmannia glutinosa.Shujin and activating collaterals: used for numbness and paralysis due to stroke, often used together with Astragalus, Salvia, and Earthworm; used for rheumatic arthralgia, used together with Qianghuo, Duhuo, Fangfeng, Gentiana, Clematis, etc.; used for injuries from falls, For blood stasis and pain, it is often compatible with Paoshanjia, angelica, peach kernel, safflower, rhubarb, etc.

Modern commonly used for aplastic anemia, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, mammary gland hyperplasia, rheumatoid arthritis, stroke sequelae, concussion sequelae, sciatica, lumbar disc herniation, radiation-induced leukopenia.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (large dose 30g), or soak in wine.

[Modern research] The stems of the vine of Fragrant japonica contain terpene, 3β-terpene alcohol, dandelionol, campesterol, stigmasterol, and sitosterol.Midou Teng decoction has the effect of nourishing blood on experimental anemia rabbits.Xianghua Yadou Teng decoction has significant anti-inflammatory effect on experimental arthritis in rats, and can inhibit Staphylococcus aureus in test tube.

See "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine" for chicken liver powder.It is the whole herb of Elsholtzia blanda (Benth.) Benth., an annual herb of Lamiaceae.Distributed in Southwest China.

[Synonyms] Baixiang, Sandworm medicine, Artemisia quadrangularis, Wild mint.

[Sexual Ignorance Meridian Return] Bitter, pungent, flat.Return lung, spleen, liver, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】Relief of exterior and antipyretic: used for cold and fever, decoction alone.Clearing damp-heat: for damp-heat diarrhea, decocted alone, or taking fresh leaves and pounding juice for oral administration; for edema, dysuria, can be ground into powder alone; for hypochondriac pain, jaundice, can be combined with grass grass, Compatible with nine-strand cattle; for itchy feet, use fresh grass to pound velvet for external application, or use dry products to grind into powder, mix oil and apply to the affected area.Detoxification and killing insects: used for water and fire burns and scabies itching.To treat scalds, use ground powder alone, mix egg white and apply to the affected area; treat scabies, take fresh grass juice and apply to the affected area.

In modern times, it is commonly used for colds, fever, dysentery, hepatitis, jaundice, pyelonephritis, burns, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-10g, or pounded into juice.External application: Appropriate amount, pounded into juice for application, or powdered for application.

For chicken bone grass, see "Lingnan Herb Collection".It is the rooted whole plant of the leguminous woody vine plant Abrus fruticulosus Wall.ex Wightet Arn.Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[Synonym] Red Hen Grass, Shimenkan, Yellow Grass Grass, Dracaena spp., Rhubarb Grass, Pig Kidney Grass.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and promoting dampness: for damp-heat jaundice, it is often decocted with red dates, or used together with chrysanthemum, capillary, gardenia, etc. Beads are used equally.Soothe the liver and dissipate blood stasis: for liver stagnation and hypochondriac pain, epigastric pain, can be used together with Liangmianzhen and Jiubiying; for bruises, blood stasis pain, decocted with water alone, or externally applied for thumb rot.Detoxifying and eliminating carbuncle: used for venomous snake bites, mastitis, fresh leaves smashed for external application.

Modern commonly used in acute viral jaundice hepatitis, liver cirrhosis ascites and so on.

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

[Modern Research] Contains abrin, choline, sterol compounds, flavonoids, amino acids, sugars, etc.Intraperitoneal injection of abrin can reduce the inflammatory response caused by staphylococcus in the shoulder of mice, and high concentration can inhibit the dissolution of sheep blood cells.

Cockscomb See "Supplements to Materia Medica".It is the seed of Celosiacristata L., an annual herbaceous plant of Amaranthaceae.It is cultivated in most parts of the country.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Cooling blood to stop bleeding: For intestinal wind and blood in the stool, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, red and white dysentery, decocted with water alone.Clearing the liver and improving eyesight: used for liver heat and conjunctival congestion, it can be used in place of fennel.

Modern commonly used in acute conjunctivitis and so on.

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

【Modern Research】Fatty oil.The decoction can kill Trichomonas vaginalis in test tube.

See "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" for cockscomb.It is the inflorescence of Celosia cristata L., a plant of the family Amaranthaceae.

[Synonym] Chicken bun flower, cockscomb head, rooster flower, cock horn gun.

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

【Efficacy and application】Gubbing and stopping belt: It is used for women's vaginal discharge syndrome, and it can be used alone or in combination.It is often used with Gorgon fruit, lotus seeds, Atractylodes macrocephala, yam, and Poria cocos to treat leukorrhea due to spleen deficiency; it is often used with Phellodendron Phellodendri, Atractylodes atractylodes, and Semen Plantaginis to treat damp and tropical conditions.Convergence and hemostasis: for metrorrhagia, often used with ramie root, madder, paeonol, red peony; for bloody stool and hemorrhoids, often used with Sophora japonica, Burnet, and Scutellaria charcoal; if combined with Codonopsis pilosula , Astragalus, and Paojiang are equally used to treat metrorrhagia and bleeding due to Chongren deficiency and cold.Astringent intestinal antidiarrheal: treatment of red and white diarrhea and chronic dysentery.For red and white vaginal discharge, it can be decocted with wine alone, or used in combination with Coptis chinensis, Cortex Phellodendri, Bark of Qin, and Pulsatilla chinensis; for chronic dysentery, it can be used in combination with bark of Chinese toon root, bark of pomegranate, and poppy shell.

In modern times, it is commonly used for leukorrhea, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, hemorrhoid bleeding, dysentery, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 4.5-9g, or into pills or powder.External application: appropriate amount, decocted in water for fumigation and washing.

【Modern Research】Contains kaempferin, amaranth, pinitol and a large amount of potassium nitrate.The decoction has a killing effect on vaginal trichomonas in the test tube.

See "Preparation for Herbal Properties" for C. chinensis.It is the whole plant or root of the vine Paederia scandens (Lour.) Merr., a vine of Rubiaceae.Distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and its south.

[Synonym] Chicken arrow vine, hairy gourd, sweet vine, cowhide jelly, breeze vine, fragrant vine.

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

【Efficacy and application】Digesting food and invigorating the stomach: used alone for dietary stagnation, or used together with hawthorn and divine comedy;Resolving phlegm and relieving cough: For hot phlegm cough, used alone, or in combination with Gualou, Dannanxing, loquat leaves, and Scutellaria baicalensis.Heat-clearing and detoxifying: for carbuncle sores, water and fire burns, can be decocted, or take fresh leaves and mash for external application; for sore throat, can be used with honeysuckle, forsythia, isatid root, and scutellaria baicalensis.

Modern commonly used in indigestion, acute bronchitis, pneumonia, pharyngitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (large dose 30-60g), or soak in wine.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying, or decocted for washing.

[Modern research] The whole plant contains gallinacein, gallinacein, cartilin, arbutin, oleanolic acid, volatile oil, etc.In animal experiments, this product has a mild central inhibitory effect and can inhibit the contraction of smooth muscle.Alcohol preparations have a hypotensive effect.The decoction has antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella in vitro.

See "Materia Medica for Rescuing Famines" for corn grass.It is the whole plant of the 1-year or perennial herbaceous plant Kummerowia striata (Thunb.) Schindl. of the leguminous family.Distributed in Northeast and Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong and southwest.

[Synonym] Entering grass, ant grass, white dove's nest, mandarin duck grass, peanut grass, blind grass, paving brocade.

[Meridians of sexual ignorance] pungent, sweet, slightly cold.Return liver, gallbladder, large intestine, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: used for cold, fever and carbuncle furuncle.To treat cold and fever, decoct it alone, or smash it into boiled water and take it; to treat carbuncle, furuncle and furunculosis, fresh product smashed and applied.Clearing away heat and promoting dampness: for damp-heat jaundice, decoct with Plantain, Yinxingcao, and Liuyuexue; for damp-heat diarrhea, decoct with purslane and Dijincao 30g each; Urine edema, dysuria, decoction with water alone.Removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding: for bruises, single use, decocted in half with water and wine, mixed with sugar, or mashed with fresh leaves for external application; for tuberculosis, cough and hemoptysis, single use stewed meat.In addition, using ground powder alone and steaming food with pork liver can cure night blindness.

Modern commonly used for cold and fever, upper respiratory tract infection, enteritis, dysentery, jaundice, urinary tract infection, bruises and so on.

【Usage and Dosage】Decoction: 9~15g.External application: appropriate amount, pounded for applying or applied with pounded juice.

[Modern Research] Contains ketones, glucosides, etc. 5% decoction has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus.

See "Preparation for Herbal Medicine" for rebutting bone pill.Wrap the stems and leaves of Gendarussavulgaris Nees for the Acanthaceae shrub.Distributed in Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

[Synonym] Elderberry, Little Huanhun, Little Bone, Fine Bone Wind, Bone Grass.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dehumidification: used for arthralgia due to wind-dampness, used alone, decocted or taken in appropriate amounts, decocted with water to fumigate the affected area.Activating blood and regulating menstruation: for irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea, alone, or decocted with Motherwort and Duck Tongue Huang; for postpartum abdominal pain, it can be stewed and taken with pepper and rock wine.Supplement tendons and bones: for bruises, decocted with water alone, or with the same amount of root wrapped with fire, smashed together, fried with wine and wrapped with affected parts; used for fractures, either smashed with fresh grass, or ground into dry grass , use wine and vinegar to apply to the affected area, or it can be pounded and applied with loquat leaves, nine-section tea leaves, and a young rooster.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, irregular menstruation, bruises and so on.

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

[Cautions for use] Pregnant women should take it with caution.

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