Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 68 Eight Paintings (6)
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 3-9g; or soak in wine.External application: appropriate amount, crushed for applying; or powdered for applying; or applied to relevant acupoints.

[Caution for use] This product is poisonous. Do not take it for a long time. Pregnant women should not take it.

[Modern research] Contains pine pinesin, dung quinone, xynaphthoquinone, hydronaphthoquinone, etc.A small amount of phosphorocetine has an excitatory effect on the central nervous system of frogs, mice, and rabbits, while a large amount changes from excitement to paralysis.It has a slight inhibitory effect on the respiration and blood pressure of rabbits.It has a therapeutic effect on some skin diseases, and has obvious inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis in in vitro antibacterial experiments.

Drosera root see "Jiangxi Folk Medicine".It is the root tuber of Drosera peltata Smith var.Lunata (Buch-Ham) CBClarke, a plant of Droseraceae.

[Synonym] Underground Pearl, Floor Pearl, Iron Scale Hammer, One Golden Elixir, One Drop of Golden Elixir, Muli Pearl, Underground Pearl.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, slightly bitter, flat.It is slightly poisonous.Return lung, liver, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain: For rheumatic arthralgia, crush 1 to 5 underground pearls and twist them into pills, put them in the center of a plaster or adhesive plaster, and stick them on the painful areas. Peel it off when you feel pain and heat, small bubbles appear on the skin, pierce it with a needle, release yellow water, apply gauze externally for protection, or apply anti-inflammatory ointment until the bruises; for bruises, you can use powdered powder alone to swallow alcohol Clothes.Detoxification and dissipating stagnation: used to treat sores and swollen toxins, remove the coat with fresh bulbs, take 1-1 capsules, place them in the center of a 2cm3 square adhesive plaster, flatten the bulbs with tweezers, and stick them on the top of the sterilized boils, 2-4 hours Take it off, and it is better for those with blisters. If it is ulcerated, you can use 5% formazan UV to apply it; for scabies, you can use ground powder alone, and use lard to make a 1/59 ointment and apply it externally.

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

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: Grind powder, 0.5-1.5g; or grind the juice; or soak in wine.External application: Appropriate amount, pounded and applied to affected area; or used as foaming agent on acupoints.

[Caution for use] Excessive oral administration may cause dizziness and drowsiness.Pregnant women should not take it.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica" for jujube bark.It is the bark of Ziziphus jujuba Mill.var.inermis (Bge.) Rehd., a rhamnaceae plant.

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

【Efficacy and application】Astringent intestinal antidiarrheal: used for diarrhea and dysentery, only use stir-fried charcoal as the final dose, or decoct 9g of plantain seed for delivery. 0 Eliminating phlegm, relieving cough and relieving asthma: used for cough and wheezing, only use ground powder for mixing or decocting.Hemostasis and astringent sores: For traumatic bleeding, it can be fried into fine powder with angelica, and sprinkled on the affected area; for water and fire burns, it can be crushed into coarse powder, made into jujube bark tincture, and sprayed on the wound.

In modern times, it is commonly used for enteritis and diarrhea, knife wound bleeding, chronic bronchitis, burns and scalds.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-9g, or powdered, 1.5-3g.External application: Appropriate amount, decocted for washing, or powdered and sprinkled.

【Modern Research】It has expectorant and antitussive effects.

Yujin see "On the Properties of Medicine".It is the tuber root of Curcuma aromatica Salisb., Curcuma zedoaria (Berg.) Rosc., and Curcuma longa L. of Zingiberaceae plants.Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan.

[Synonyms] Yujing, Huang Yujin, Black Yujin, Guang Yujin, Sichuan Yujin, Wen Yujin.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, bitter, cool.GUIXIN, liver, gallbladder, lung meridian.

【Efficacy and application】Promoting qi and breaking blood stasis: used for qi stagnation and blood stasis, hypochondrium swelling, pain in the liver and stomach, breast distending pain, abdominal pain during menstruation, often combined with Bupleurum, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Citrus aurantium, Tangerine peel, Angelica, Salvia miltiorrhiza Use equivalently.Soothing the liver and promoting the gallbladder: used for jaundice and hypochondriac pain due to stagnation of liver and gallbladder heat, bile overflow, often used in the same way as Artemisia captiva, gardenia, raw rhubarb, Phellodendri citrus, Citrus aurantii, and Jiao Sanxian.Clearing the heart and resuscitating the mind: used for confusion caused by dampness, temperature and turbidity that blinds the heart orifices, often used with bamboo leek, Shichangpu, etc. , Calamus and other compatibility, such as Baijin Wan ("Skillful Fang"). o Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for hematemesis, epistaxis, and hematuria caused by blood heat, used alone as a loose dose, or used in the same way as rehmannia root, paeonol, gardenia, and achyranthes bidentata.

It is commonly used in modern times for viral hepatitis, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, epilepsy, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-12g; grind juice or take into pills or powder.

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated in patients with yin deficiency and blood loss and without qi stagnation and blood stasis.Pregnant women take it with caution.Do not take it with cloves.

[Modern research] Contains 6.1% volatile oil, (with curcumene, phellandrene), camphor, camphene, curcumin, demethoxy curcumin, turmeric ketone, aryl turmeric ketone, p-tolyl-methyl hydroxy methyl curcumin etc.Turmeric volatile oil has the function of promoting bile secretion.Wenyujin decoction has excitatory effect on isolated guinea pig intestine.The turmeric (commodity) decoction has inhibitory effect on typhoid bacillus by using the flat small ditch method.Oral administration of turmeric powder can reduce the formation and lipid deposition of aortic and coronary artery intima in rabbits or rats.The water infusion has inhibitory effect on various pathogenic fungi in test tube.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" by Yu Liren.It is the seed of Prunus japonica Thunb., Prunus humilis Bge. or Prunus japonica Thunb.var.nakaii (Lévl.) Rehd., a deciduous shrub of Rosaceae.Mainly produced in Liaoning, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Shandong and other places.

[Synonym] Yu Liren, Li Renrou.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, sweet, pungent, flat.Return large intestine, small intestine channel.

【Application】Effects and laxatives: used for intestinal dryness and constipation, qi stagnation, distension and pain, often used with peach kernels, almonds, and cypress kernels, such as Wuren pills ("Shiyi Dexiao Fang"), if combined with Pu Nitrate and Angelica , Raw and dried Rehmannia glutinosa are used together, that is, Yu Liren drink ("Shengji Zonglu").Diuresis and swelling: used for edema and abdominal fullness, dysuria, and beriberi.

It is commonly used in modern times for habitual constipation, beriberi and edema.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g; or as pills or powder.

【Cautions】Use with caution in patients with yin deficiency and fluid deficiency and pregnant women.

[Modern Research] Contains amygdalin, fatty oil, volatile organic acids, crude protein, cellulose, etc.The fatty oils it contains lubricate the stool and the intestinal wall.

See "Shen Nong's Herbal Classic" for iris.It is the rhizome of the perennial herbaceous plant Iris tectorum Maxim.It is grown in most parts of our country.

[Synonyms] Bianzhugen, Chili Ma, Toad Seven, Xiashanhu, Soushanhu, Tutianqi, Yuangen.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Decongest and kill insects: For food accumulation and fullness, take it alone as a powder or swallow it with wine, or decoct it with coix seed root and Liu Jinu in water; for roundworm abdominal pain, take fresh root and pound it into cashmere Served with scrambled eggs.Diuresis and laxative: For edema and fullness, constipation, decoct with water alone, or mash fresh rhizomes and apply to the navel; for ascites, eat with sliced ​​fried eggs; for jaundice, dysentery, decoct with water alone Clothes.Detoxification and swelling: for carbuncle sores, use powdered powder alone, and apply with cold boiled water; for sore throat, it can be decocted with mountain bean root, silkworm, and mint; for gingival swelling and pain, fresh It can be taken as beetroot juice, or sliced ​​and pasted on painful teeth; for poisonous snake bites, it can be smashed with ramie root in appropriate amount and applied to the wound.Promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals: for bruises, powdered or ground into juice, and taken with cold boiled water; for arthralgia, decocted with water alone.

Modern commonly used in indigestion, nephritis edema, liver cirrhosis ascites, acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, bruises.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g; or grind the juice, or grind into powder and take after mixing.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

【Cautions】Contraindicated for those with weak body and loose stools and pregnant women.

[Modern Research] Contains isoflavone glycosides, etc.Has antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic effects.

Polygonum cuspidatum, see "Bielu of Famous Doctors".It is the rhizome of Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb.et Zucc., a perennial shrub-like herb of Polygonaceae.It is mainly produced in East China, Central South and Southwest China.

[Synonym] Kuzhe, Banzhang, Zijinlong, Huoxuelong, Big Leaf Snake, Chuanjinlong, Mottled Bamboo Root, Huoxuedan, Yinyanglian, Rhubarb, Sour Soup, Yellow Burnet, Sour Tube, Water Scutellaria baicalensis, retort steamer, blood panax notoginseng, earth berberine, Jiulong root, snake general manager.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, sour, cool.Return liver, gallbladder, lung meridian.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and promoting dampness: used for damp-heat jaundice, hypochondriac pain, used alone, or in combination with Yinchen, Desmodium, etc.;Promoting blood circulation and dredging menstrual flow: used for amenorrhea due to blood stasis, postpartum blood stasis and abdominal pain, often used together with peach kernel, safflower, and Corydalis; used for bruises, often combined with frankincense, myrrh, notoginseng, angelica, etc.Heat-clearing and detoxifying: for burns caused by water and fire, powdered alone, mixed with sesame oil for application, or powdered together with burnet and borneol, mixed with sesame oil; used for carbuncle sores, poisonous snake bites, fresh products pounded for application or decocted for oral administration .Eliminates phlegm and relieves cough: For phlegm-heat cough, decocted or taken alone, or used with Fritillaria, Scutellaria baicalensis, loquat leaves, almonds, etc.In addition, this product also has the effect of purging heat and laxative, which can cure constipation caused by heat.

In modern times, it is often used for viral jaundice hepatitis, gallbladder stones, urinary tract infection, urinary tract stones, burns, carbuncles, snake bites, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, lobar pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-30g, soaked in wine or taken as pills or powder.External application: appropriate amount, ground into powder, sprinkled with burnt ashes, decocted into ointment or soaked in water.

【Caution】Some patients have nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other reactions.Pregnant women should not take it.

[Modern Research] Contains anthraquinone compounds emodin, chrysophanol, emodin methyl ether, polydatin.In vitro, it is effective against Staphylococcus aureus, Branham catarrhalis, type A or type B hemolytic streptococcus, Escherichia coli, Proteus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Shigella, etc. inhibition.It also has the effect of killing Leptospira in the test tube.Cultured with human embryonic kidney primary monolayer epithelial cells, the water decoction still has a high inhibitory effect on 7 kinds of influenza viruses; it has obvious inhibitory effect on hepatitis B antigen; It has certain effects of relieving cough and asthma, lowering blood pressure, dilating coronary vessels, increasing coronary flow and slightly enhancing cardiac contraction.And significantly lower serum cholesterol.It can significantly prolong the sleeping time of pentobarbital sodium and urethane in mice.Stilbene derivatives have hemostatic and astringent effects when applied externally.

For tiger thorns, see "The Classic of Materia Medica".It is the whole plant or root of Damnacanthus indicus Gaertn.f., an evergreen shrub of Rubiaceae.Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei and other places.

[Synonyms] Tiger thorn, embroidery needle, mouse thorn, bird not treading, tiger tooth thorn, double-sided needle, snake but, white phoenix pearl.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, sweet, flat.Return liver, gallbladder, spleen, lung meridian.

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness: used for rheumatic arthralgia, gout, single use, decocted in half with water and wine, or decocted with wine for decoction.Promoting dampness and reducing jaundice: for edema, decocted alone; for jaundice, hypochondriac pain, it can be combined with Yinchen, Yinxingcao, plantain, etc.Promoting blood circulation and dredging menstrual flow: used for bruises, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, lumps in the abdomen, single use, decocted in appropriate amount of rice wine.

In modern times, it is often used for rheumatoid arthritis, viral jaundice hepatitis, nephritis edema, women's amenorrhea, bruises, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 10-15g (30-60g for fresh products).External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying or pounded juice for external application, or powdered for applying.

[Modern Research] Contains a variety of anthraquinones such as thalidomide, thalidomide, thalidomide, etc.

See "Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine" for tiger fur grass.It is the whole plant of Chrysosplenium macrophyllum Oliv., a perennial herb of Saxifragaceae.Distributed in Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Jiangxi and other places.

[synonym] pig ear, dragon tongue grass, cow ear, big saxifrage.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and calming convulsions: For convulsions in children, this product can be decocted with gold jewelry and taken on an empty stomach.Detoxification and astringent sores: For ecthyma, mash the fresh product alone to extract the juice, add a little realgar or borneol, mix thoroughly and apply to the affected area; for water and fire burns, use the same amount as the root of Coptis chinensis, decoct in water and apply to the affected area.Relieving cough and relieving asthma: used for cough and asthma, single-use powder, decocted with rhizome of Rhizoma Imperatae and taken with water.

Modern commonly used in convulsions in children, burns, tuberculosis, bronchial asthma and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 30-60g.External application: appropriate amount, pounded for applying, pounded for juice or boiled for ointment.

【Modern Research】Contains quercetin, etc.

See "Saxifrage Materia Medica" for saxifrage.It is the whole plant of Saxifraga stoloni (L.) Meerb., a perennial evergreen herb of Saxifragaceae.Distributed in South Central, East China, and Southwest China.

[Synonym] Stone lotus leaf, golden thread hanging hibiscus, tiger ear, golden silk lotus leaf, deaf grass, cat's ear, red ear, copper money grass.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing lung-heat: for wind-heat cough, whooping cough, take it with decocted soup and rock sugar alone; for lung abscess and vomiting pus, it can be used with Houttuynia cordata, golden buckwheat or honeysuckle, licorice, etc.; for pulmonary tuberculosis For cough, it is often decocted with Houttuynia cordata, Solidago, Baibu, Imperata rhizome, and Baiji.Heat-clearing and detoxifying: for pus in the ear, use fresh grass juice alone to irrigate the ear, or add a little dried alum, or decoct it with fresh jelly bed and rock sugar; for hemorrhoid swelling and pain, decoct it with water alone, add salt A little sitting smoke; for scrofula, phlegm nucleus, eczema itching, smashed with fresh grass alone for external application; for urticaria, it can be decocted with Smilax smilax, honeysuckle, and wild chrysanthemum for oral administration, and fumigated and washed the affected area; used for wind and fire Toothache, decoct in water to remove slag, add 1 egg and cook together.Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for hematemesis due to blood heat and metrorrhagia, decocted with water alone.

【Usage and Dosage】Decoction: 9~15g.External application: appropriate amount, smashed and twisted for ear drops; or decocted for washing; or smashed for applying.

[Notes] Pregnant women should use with caution.

[Modern Research] Contains alkaloids, potassium nitrate, potassium chloride, arbutin, volatile oil, etc.Diuretic and antibacterial effect.

See "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" for tiger's palm grass.It is the root or whole plant of Anemone rivularis Buch-Ham., a perennial herb of Ranunculaceae.Distributed in Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

[Synonyms] Jianfengqing, Jianfenglan, Silky, Dog Footprints, Scutellaria baicalensis.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: for sore throat, use 3g of its roots alone, mash it in the mouth, spit it out after 15 minutes, take it twice a day, or use 2-10g of decocted water to gargle; for sputum nucleus For scrofula, it can be taken with Xiaojiugunniu, Clematis, Prunella vulgaris, and Pulsatilla vulgaris in wine; for unknown swelling, it can be dried and ground into powder alone, and mixed with vinegar to apply to the affected area.Relieve tendons and activate blood circulation: for prolonged illness and stomach pain, decoct with wine alone or soak in wine; for rheumatic arthralgia, take with Guanzhong, Daeerchanggen, and smelly goat root in equal amounts soaked in wine; for For lumps in the abdomen, it can be decocted with brown sugar in an appropriate amount.

Modern commonly used in tonsillitis, laryngitis, lymphatic tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, viral icteric hepatitis, etc.For treating jaundice hepatitis, it can be decocted together with Aoba biliary and rice field eel vine.

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

[Caution for use] This product is highly irritating to the skin, and if it is in contact for too long, it may cause skin foaming.

【Modern Research】Contains betulinic acid, japonica saponins, saponins A, B, C, D, etc.It has antitussive, expectorant, and inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Branham catarrh, Escherichia coli, Shigella, and Salmonella typhi.

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