Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 7 Three Paintings (2)
【Modern research】contains urushiol.

See "Fujian Folk Medicine" for Tudinggui.It is the whole plant of Evoloulus alsinoides L., a herbaceous plant of Convolvulaceae.Mainly produced in Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and other places.

[Synonym] Silver silk grass, deer grass, small white flower grass, heather, diarrhea grass, white hair lotus, white pigeon grass.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and dampness: used for jaundice, turbid stranguria, leukorrhagia, red and white diarrhea caused by damp heat, can be decocted with brown sugar.Astringent Essence Stopping Emissions: For dream nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, it can be stewed with ginkgo biloba and rice wine with water; to treat enuresis in children, it can be decocted with a pig bladder.Detoxification and insecticide: for scabies, with a little dried alum, decocted and washed the affected area; for poisonous snake bites, fresh products smashed and twisted juice, taken orally with wine, and the residue applied to the affected area; for boils and swelling, fresh products pounded Rotten external application.

It is commonly used in modern times for viral hepatitis A, bacillary dysentery, prostatitis, and urinary tract infections.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g (30-60g for fresh products); or pounded juice for drinking.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying or decocted for washing.

[Modern Research] Contains flavonoid glycosides, phenols, amino acids, sugars, etc.Experiments have proved that it has the functions of protecting the liver and anti-fatty liver.

The natives refer to "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica".It is the root of the 1-year-old herbaceous plant, Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.Distributed in the southern provinces of my country.

[Synonym] Soil Korean ginseng, soil ginseng, tile ginseng, water ginseng, false ginseng, purple ginseng, blessing ginseng, soil red ginseng, flying ginseng.

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

【Efficacy and application】Replenishing the middle and replenishing qi: used for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, abdominal distension and loss of appetite, fatigue and fatigue, qi deficiency and spontaneous sweating, often combined with red dates, pork belly, or stewed with dried cuttlefish.Moisturizing the lungs and relieving cough: It is used for tuberculosis cough, hot flashes and night sweats, and bloody sputum.Regulating menstruation and breast milk: It is used for women with insufficient qi and blood, irregular menstruation, and scarce postpartum milk.In addition, it can cure polyuria when it is combined with golden cherry root and decocted together.

In modern times, it is often used for physical weakness after illness, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis, physical weakness and hyperhidrosis, boils, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 30-60g.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

[Cautions for use] Take it with caution when Zhongyang is weakened, and the spleen is trapped by cold and damp.

See "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" for soil notoginseng.It is the root or whole plant of Gvnura segetum (Lour.) Merr., a perennial erect herbaceous plant of Compositae.Distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hebei, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and other places.

[Synonyms] See Zhongxiao, Sanqicao, Chrysanthemum Leaf Sanqi, Blood Angelica, Frankincense, Yexiahong, Sanxuecao, Hexuedan, Poxuedan, Xuepeony, White Blood Seven Herbs, Red Back Sanqi, Blood notoginseng.

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

【Efficacy and application】Blood stasis and hemostasis: for vomiting blood, epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia and metrorrhagia, use ground powder alone for mixing, or decoct in water alone; for traumatic bleeding, use ground powder alone to spread the affected area, or fresh The product is mashed and applied externally.Promoting blood circulation and relieving pain: For dysmenorrhea due to stagnation of blood, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis, decocted with water alone; for bruises, fresh herbs can be smashed and applied externally.Detoxification and detumescence: For mastitis swelling and pain, it can be pounded and applied together with dandelion, or decocted with Trichosanthes husk and Cyperus cyperi; for snake bites, fresh herbs of this product can be smashed and applied externally.

In modern times, it is often used for various internal and external bleeding disorders, irregular menstruation, postpartum blood stasis and abdominal pain, bruises, mastitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-15g; or powdered, 1.5-3g.External application: appropriate amount, pounded for applying when fresh; or powdered for applying.

【Caution】Not suitable for pregnant women.

[Modern Research] Contains chrysanthemum notoginseng alkaloids, etc.

For rhubarb, see "Plant Test of Plant Names and Facts".It is the root of the perennial herb of Polygonaceae Rumex madaio Mak.Mainly produced in Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Fujian, Hunan and other places.

[Synonyms] Jin Buhuan, Hematemesis Grass, Arrowhead Grass, Helping King, Blood Sanqi, Huaxuelian, Red Tendon Rhubarb, Blood Angelica, Tu Sanqi, Hemostatic Grass.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxification: used for carbuncles, sores, water and fire burns, mumps, etc.To treat sores and carbuncles at the beginning, the whole herb can be mashed and decocted in old wine; to treat burns, it can be mixed with Burnet eucalyptus, ground into powder, sprinkled with a little borneol, or mixed with vegetable oil; to treat mumps, fresh roots can be used Add appropriate amount of fresh geranium root, a little distiller's grains, mash for external application.Purging heat and laxative: used for heat-constipation constipation, decocted with water alone.Clearing the lungs and nourishing the lungs: used for tuberculosis cough and lung abscess.For tuberculosis and cough, it can be used together with lily, lily, and rock sugar; for pulmonary abscess, it can be used alone or in combination with Houttuynia cordata and Platycodon grandiflorum.Cooling blood and hemostasis: for coughing up blood and vomiting blood, decocted in water with a single flavor; for wound bleeding, pound and apply to the wound.

It is commonly used in modern times for tonsillitis, mumps, lung abscess, bruises, beriberi, boils, dermatitis, eczema, etc.

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

【Modern Research】The root contains anthraquinones.The decoction has the effects of significantly shortening the coagulation time of mice, shrinking capillaries and reducing permeability.Toad systemic vascular perfusion test showed that this product has the effect of vasoconstriction.Anthraquinones are antibacterial.

Fritillaria see "Materia Medica Congxin".It is the tuber of Bolbostemma paniculatum (Maxim.) Franquet, a climbing herbaceous plant of Cucurbitaceae.Mainly produced in Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places.

[synonym] earth shell, big fritillaria, ground gall, grass shell.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing away heat and detoxifying: used for sores and swollen toxins with accumulation of toxic heat, acute mastitis, redness, swelling and heat pain, poisonous snake bites, decocted in water, or pounded for application.Dispelling stagnation and reducing swelling: used for scrofula with phlegm, blood stasis and heat stagnation. Grind it into vinegar and apply it and decoct it in water, or boil it with 30g of kraft glue in water, mix it with 15g of Fritillaria powder, and apply it to the affected area.Hemostasis and astringent sores: used for traumatic bleeding, sores are not healed, powdered and applied.

Modern commonly used in skin ulcers, acute mastitis, lymph node tuberculosis, bone tuberculosis, breast cancer and so on.For the treatment of bone tuberculosis, festering and pus, you can use equal parts of Fritillaria and centipede, grind the powder together, stew hot rice wine and take 3g, twice a day; for breast cancer, you can take 2g each of dandelion, pangolin, orange core, and Prunella vulgaris, Decoction in water.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-30g; or into pills or powder.External application: appropriate amount, powdered for application; or boiled ointment for application.

【Modern Research】Contains triterpene saponins, etc., which have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects.

Soil Achyranthes bidentata see "Ben Cao Tu Jing".It is the wild species of Achyranthesbidentata Bl. and the roots and rhizomes of Achyranthes longifolia Mak., Achyranthes aspers L., etc.It is produced in the Yangtze River Basin and all parts of the south.

[Synonym] Du Achyranthes bidentata.

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

【Efficacy and application】Promoting blood circulation and dispelling stasis: used for blood stasis amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, lumps in the abdomen, used alone, or decocted with the same amount of verbena, and can also be combined with peach kernel, safflower, angelica, red peony root, Chuanxiong, Rhizoma Cyperi, etc.; used for bruises, sprains, contusions, swelling and pain due to blood stasis, decocted in water, taken with wine, or smashed for application.Diuretic and damp-dispelling: used for stagnation of damp-heat, hot shower pain, hematuria, edema, swelling of beriberi, difficulty urinating, hot and humid tropical, red and white diarrhea, etc., decocted in water.Clearing away heat and detoxification: For sore throat with accumulation of toxic heat, single and double Rue, can be ground into fine powder with 12g of Bailiang golden root and 6g of borneol, and sprayed on the throat; to treat carbuncle sores, decoct in water, or pound Rotten external application; for diphtheria, mash the juice, add appropriate amount of sugar, take it with warm boiled water or spray with medicinal juice, can also be compatible with Shengdi, Scrophulariae, Ophiopogon japonicus, Chuan Fritillaria, Paeoniae Alba, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Licorice, Peppermint, decocted in water .Expelling wind and removing dampness: used for arthralgia due to rheumatism, waist, knee and leg pain, decocted in half with water and half with wine.

现代常用于急性咽炎、喉炎、扁桃体炎、中耳炎、风湿性关节炎、泌尿系感染、细菌性痢疾、疟疾、感冒、肺炎、肝硬化腹水、肾炎水肿。治疗小儿肺炎，可用鲜根500g，加适量水绞汁500mL，隔水蒸30分钟，1～2岁每次服15mL，3～5岁20～25mL。

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (30-60g for fresh).External application: Appropriate amount, pounded for applying, smashed for ear drops or powdered for throat blowing.

[Cautions for use] This product promotes blood circulation and dissipates blood stasis, and the drug is introduced downward, which is easy to damage the fetus, so pregnant women should not use it.

[Modern Research] Contains saponins (the aglycone is oleanolic acid), ecdysterone and achysterone, etc.It has the functions of exciting uterine smooth muscle, anti-fertility, anti-inflammation and pain relief.

See "Compilation of Medicinal Materials" for the bark of Tujing.It is the bark or root bark of Pseudolarixkaemferi Cord., a deciduous tree of Pinaceae.Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu and other southern places.

[Synonym] Hibiscus bark, Vitex bark, money pine bark, Luohan pine bark.

[nature and flavor] bitter, pungent, warm.poisonous.

【Efficacy and Application】Insecticide and ringworm treatment: For scabies, it can be rubbed with soaked wine alone, or soaked and infiltrated with ethanol to make hibiscus bark tincture for external application; for eczema and itching, it can be fried with thick juice alone, warmed Wash the affected area.Eliminate hemorrhoids and levator ani: used for swelling and pain of hemorrhoids, prolapse of the anus, decoction and fumigation.

Modern commonly used in a variety of fungal skin infections, localized neurodermatitis and so on.For the treatment of neurodermatitis, 30g of Tujingpi, 30g of Cnidium, 30g of Baibugen, 24g of Galla chinensis, 18g of Mituseng, and 6g of light powder can be used, all in fine powder, mixed with vinegar for external application, and kept moist, once a day .

【Usage and Dosage】External application: Appropriate amount, soaked in wine and applied on the skin; or powdered for application.

【Caution】This product is poisonous, generally only for external use, and it is strictly forbidden to take it orally.

[Modern Research] The water infusion of Vitex bark contains tannins and mucilaginous substances (polysaccharides).Hibiscus bark tincture contains hibiscus bark acid, and its tincture and alcohol extract have different degrees of antibacterial effects on common pathogenic fungi.Among them, hibiscus acid has the strongest effect and wide antibacterial range.The hemostatic powder made from the phloresol extract has a certain hemostatic effect on aortic bleeding, liver and spleen wound bleeding, severed limb wound bleeding, etc.

For Nepeta sativa, see "Preparation for Herb Properties".It is the whole plant with fruit ears of Chenopodium ambrosioides L., a 1-year or perennial herbaceous plant of Chenopodium ambrosioides L.Produced in Jiangnan and Southwest China.

[Synonyms] Red eupatorium, genus grass, stinky grass, hookworm grass, kerosene root, stinky wormwood, tiger bone incense, lice grass, and goosefoot grass.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and relieving itching: used for skin eczema, scabies and itching, used alone, or combined with decoction of cnidium, flavescens, white fresh skin, etc. to wash the affected area.Intestinal worm repellent: used for hookworms, roundworms, and pinworms, decocted and taken alone, or dried in the shade and ground into powder, added sugar and rice flour as pills, and taken with boiled water.To dredge collaterals and relieve pain: for rheumatic arthralgia, decoction alone; for bruises, sprains and contusions, soak in wine for 1 month alone, rub the affected area with medicinal wine.In addition, external application of the powder alone can cure wound bleeding; decoction of fresh grass can also treat prolapse of the anus and uterine prolapse.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, intestinal parasitic diseases, eczema, scabies, traumatic bleeding, rectal prolapse and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g (15-24g for fresh products); or into pills or powder.External application: Appropriate amount, decocted to wash the affected part; or crushed for applying.

[Caution for use] This product is pungent, poisonous and strongly irritating, and the dosage must be strictly controlled for oral administration.Those with neurasthenia, heart disease, ulcer disease, kidney disease and pregnant women should not take it.Do not repeat application within 2 to 3 weeks due to accumulation.Not to be taken on an empty stomach.

【Modern Research】Contains volatile oil.The main components in the oil are ascaridin, p-cymene and other terpenoids such as nepetone and limonene.It still contains saturated hydrocarbons, etc.In addition to volatile oil, the leaves also separate 2 kinds of flavonoid glycosides.Nepeta oil is a kind of intestinal insecticide (the main component is ascarid, its effect is 1 times stronger than that of oil), it excites roundworms first, then paralyzes them, and finally produces irreversible ankylosis.It is also effective for amoebic dysentery and can be used for those who are chronic or infected.Nepeta oil has a good inhibitory effect on fungi such as Trichophyton.

Smilax see "Compendium of Materia Medica".It is the rhizome of Smilax glabra Roxb., a climbing shrub of Liliaceae.It is distributed in all provinces in southern my country.

[Synonyms] Yu Yuliang, Polyporus thorn, Guoshanlong, Xianyiliang, Guoganglong, Shanguilai, Jiulaoshu, Shanyiliang, Jianbaldhead.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, light, flat.Return liver, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and application】Detoxification and swelling: for syphilis, decocted alone, or used with honeysuckle, white fresh skin, clematis, licorice, etc. Decocted or taken; or ground into powder and mixed with vinegar for application, it can also be combined with silver flower, forsythia, dandelion, etc.Killing insects and relieving itching: used for skin itching caused by rheumatism, heat and toxin stagnation in the skin, ringworm sores, decocted in water as tea, or compatible with Shengdi, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Kochia, Coptidis Rhizome, Sophora flavescens, Gentiana, etc.; For vulvar itching, it can be used for fumigation or decoction with Cnidium Fructus Cnidii, Kochia Fructus, Alum, and Zanthoxylum bungeanum.Dehumidifying and activating collaterals: used for arthralgia due to rheumatism, muscle and bone spasms, and unfavorable joints.In addition, if it is used in the same way as plantain, talc, akebia, and rhubarb, it can also treat astringent and painful urination.

Modern commonly used for leptospirosis, syphilis, urticaria, skin ulcer, rheumatoid arthritis, urinary tract infection, nephritis edema, renal tuberculosis, cervical lymphatic tuberculosis, chronic gastritis, indigestion, functional uterine bleeding, excessive leucorrhea, etc. .Prevention of leptospirosis, 30g per day, decoction, 3 days a week for 5 weeks.For treatment, 60g of this product and 9g of licorice can be decocted in water.

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

[Cautions for use] Liver.People with kidney yin deficiency should take it with caution.

[Modern Research] Contains a variety of steroidal saponins, tannins, resins, alkaloids, etc.It has a preventive effect on Leptospira.It has a therapeutic effect on current syphilis and latent syphilis.

Tudang refer to "Guizhou Folk Prescriptions Collection".It is the root of Campanumoea javanica BL., a perennial twisting herbaceous plant of Campanulaceae.Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

[Synonym] Milk ginseng, native sheep's milk, white ginseng, moon ginseng, wild Codonopsis ginseng, duckweed ginseng, native ginseng, native ginseng, native sand ginseng, milk root, Sichuan ginseng, southern ginseng.

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

【Application】Strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi: used for weak spleen and stomach, fatigue and internal injury, palpitation and hyperhidrosis, insomnia and forgetfulness, fatigue and diarrhea, malnutrition in children, decocted alone, or boiled with glutinous rice; Many, often compatible with squid octopus, white back leaf root, spiny amaranth and so on.Invigorating the lung and relieving cough: for qi deficiency cough, decocted alone; for lung atrophy and hoarseness, it can be stewed with pig lung.To stimulate the menstrual flow and lower the milk: it is used for scarce milk, often stewed with pig's trotters.

In modern times, it is often used for physical weakness, loss of appetite, neurasthenia, lack of milk, leucorrhea, tuberculosis, etc. after illness.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (15-30g for fresh products).

See "Guizhou Folk Medicine" for Tuxiang.It is the whole plant of Origanum vulgare L., a perennial herb of Lamiaceae.Distributed in Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan and Jiangnan.

[Synonym] Small-leaf mint, manpoxiang, wild nepeta, captoria sinensis, vanilla, spiced herbs, mountain mint, summer grass, elderberry to the leaves, captoria miltiorrhiza.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, cool.Return lung, spleen, liver, gallbladder, kidney channel.

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