Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 77: Nine Paintings (2)
For oak leaves, see "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines in Heilongjiang".It is the leaf of Quercus mongol ica Fisch., a deciduous tree of Fagaceae.Distributed in Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Northeast China.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and dampness: used for damp-heat dysentery, decocted alone, or made into 25% decoction for retention enema.Detoxification and detumescence: for carbuncle sores, hemorrhoids, single use pounding and applying to the affected part.Digestion accumulation: For children with indigestion accumulation, use only young leaves, dry in the shade and grind into powder.

In modern times, it is often used for acute bacillary dysentery, dyspepsia in children, and carbuncle furuncle.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g, or powdered for oral administration.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

See "Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine" for oak bark.It is the bark of the Fagaceae Quercus mongolica Fisch.

[Synonym] Mongolian oak skin, oak oak skin.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and promoting dampness: used for damp-heat jaundice, diarrhea, dysentery, decoction alone.Detoxification and detumescence: For hemorrhoids, fresh skin can be smashed and applied to the affected area, or decocted for washing.

Modern commonly used in acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery, amoebic dysentery, icteric hepatitis and so on.

【Usage and Dosage】Decoction: 6~9g.External application: appropriate amount, pounded for applying; or decocted for washing.

【Modern Research】Contains tannins.It has the effect of astringent and antidiarrheal.

Bai Ziren sees "Newly Revised Materia Medica".It is the seed kernel of the evergreen tree Arborvitae Biota orientalis (L.) Endl.It is distributed throughout the north and south of my country.

[synonym] Baishi, Baizi, Boren, orientalis.

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

【Efficacy and application】Nursing the heart and calming the nerves: used for palpitations, palpitations, insomnia and dreaminess caused by blood deficiency in the heart and liver, and lack of nourishment of the mind. ).Moistening bowel and laxative: It is used for constipation caused by old age, frailty, postpartum women, Yin deficiency and blood dryness. It is often combined with peach kernels, almonds, Yu Liren, pine nuts, etc. ).Nourishing yin and antiperspirant: used for yin deficiency and night sweats, often used together with ephedra root, schisandra, and calcined oyster.In addition, it is taken as a honeyed pill together with Angelica to treat hair loss.

In modern times, it is often used for neurasthenia, angioneurotic headache, postpartum and elderly constipation, hair loss, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-12g, or as pills or powder.

[Cautions for use] It is contraindicated for those with loose stools and phlegm dampness.People with neurasthenia and loose stools should remove the oil and take the cream.

[Modern Research] Mainly contains fatty oil, cedaritol, sitosterol, diterpenes, etc.It has the effects of significantly improving memory impairment and memory erasure caused by injury.

See "Shen Nong's Herbal Classic" for gardenia.It is the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, an evergreen shrub of Rubiaceae.There are many distributions in the Yangtze River Basin and Jiangnan.

[Synonym] Shanzhizi, raw Shanzhi, raw gardenia, fried gardenia, burnt gardenia, black mountain gardenia, gardenia bark, branches.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, cold.Guixin, Liver, Lung, Stomach, Sanjiao Meridian.

【Efficacy and application】Purging fire and relieving restlessness: used for heat stagnation in the chest and diaphragm, restlessness, restlessness, and restlessness. For those with irritability, coma and delirium, it can be combined with Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Phellodendron phellodendri, that is, Coptidis Jiedu Decoction ("Waitai Miyao"); for those with liver heat, red eyes, swelling and pain, it can be used with chrysanthemum, scutellaria baicalensis, and licorice.Clearing away heat and promoting dampness: used for damp-heat jaundice, often used together with Yinchen and rhubarb, i.e. Yinchenhao Decoction ("Treatise on Febrile Diseases"); For short, red, astringent and painful urination, it is often compatible with Akebia, Qumai, Plantago, etc., such as Bazheng San ("Taiping Huimin Hejiju Prescription").Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for hematemesis, epistaxis, and hematuria caused by blood heat, often used in the same way as arborvitae leaves, chrysanthemum roots, and raw land.For epistaxis, you can also blow the nose with burnt ash alone.In addition, raw gardenia alone, or mixed with frankincense, myrrh, or vinegar, can reduce swelling and relieve pain for traumatic swelling; if it is decocted with dandelion and honeysuckle in equal amounts, and fresh honeysuckle is smashed and applied for treatment Sores and sores.

Modern commonly used for cold high fever, viral jaundice hepatitis, acute conjunctivitis, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, epistaxis, mouth sores, mastitis, sore swelling, acute nephritis, urethritis, acute pyelonephritis, cystitis, urinary Stones, soft tissue sprains, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-10g.External application: appropriate amount, powdered for applying.

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

[Modern Research] Contains geniposide, geniposide, dehydroxygeniposide, etc.Animal experiments can promote bile secretion.It can reduce spontaneous activity and relax muscles in mice.Oral or intraperitoneal injection, both have persistent antihypertensive effect.The antihypertensive site seems to be in the medulla parasympathetic center.Gardenia water extract has inhibitory effect on various fungi in test tube.

For gardenia root, see "Classification of Herbal Medicine".It is the root of Rubiaceae Gardenia jasminoides Ellis.

[Synonym] Gardenia root.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and promoting dampness: for damp-heat jaundice, used alone, or boiled lean pork; for stranguria syndrome, dysuria, edema, used alone for stewed chicken, or used with plantain and desmodium.Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria and hematochezia caused by blood-heat, alone or in combination.Purging fire and detoxifying: For stomach fire and toothache, it can be used together with stinky jasmine root and Shixiantao; for the initial onset of scrofula, decoct it with water alone; for sore carbuncle and mastitis, use fresh root alone to pound and apply to the affected area.

Modern commonly used in viral jaundice hepatitis, cholecystitis, nephritis edema, urinary tract infection, bruises and so on.

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

See "Compendium of Materia Medica" for tangerine.It is the fruit of Rutaceae evergreen shrub or small tree Poncirustrifoliate (L.) Raf.Mainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[synonym] stinky tangerine, stinky berry, medlar, wild orange.

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

【Efficacy and application】Soothing the liver and harmonizing the stomach, regulating qi and relieving pain: used for stagnation of qi due to stagnation of liver and stomach, or distending pain in the chest and hypochondria, stagnation of qi and stomach pain caused by stagnation of liver and stomach, often used with Qingpi and Yujin.For food accumulation, it can be combined with Hawthorn, Divine Comedy, Cyperus cyperi; for constipation, it can be combined with rhubarb, radish, etc.For breast agglomeration, it can be combined with Bupleurum, Rhizoma Cyperi, and Prunella vulgaris; for hernia abdominal pain, it should be combined with Toosendan, orange core, and litchi core.Shengyang lifting depression: used for gastroptosis, uterine prolapse, anal prolapse, single-use decoction.In addition, decocting soup with light bamboo leaves and Wangjiangnan as tea can cure sore throat.

Modern commonly used in gastritis, hepatitis, mammary gland hyperplasia, gastroptosis.

【Usage and Dosage】Decoction: 9~15g.External application: Appropriate amount, decocted for washing or boiled for ointment.

Lycium barbarum see "Shen Nong's Materia Medica".It is the fruit of Lycium barbarum L. or Lycium chinense Mill., a shrub of the family Solanaceae.The former is mainly produced in Ningxia, Gansu, Hebei and other places; the latter is distributed in most parts of the country.

[Synonym] Gouqizi, wolfberry, wolfberry, dog milk, wolfberry fruit, blood wolfberry, wolfberry sprouts, wolfberry beans, blood wolfberry.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Tonifying the kidney and replenishing essence: used for soreness of the waist and knees, dizziness, premature graying of beard and hair, impotence and nocturnal emission caused by kidney deficiency and essence deficiency, it is often compatible with rehmannia glutinosa, yam, cornus, etc. ).Nourishes the liver and improves eyesight: used for liver and kidney deficiency, dizzy eyes or cloudy eyes due to inability to inject essence and blood into the eyes. It is often used in combination with rehmannia glutinosa, yam, cornus, poria cocos, Alisma, paeonol, chrysanthemum, that is, chrysanthemum Dihuang Wan ("Medical Grade").Nourishes yin and nourishes the lungs: treats consumptive cough and thirst.To treat consumptive cough, it is often used together with Adenophora, Schisandra, and Fritillaria; to treat thirst, it is often combined with pollen, kudzu root, and astragalus.In addition, soaking in wine or drinking it or taking it with longan meat ointment can benefit the skin, resist aging and moisturize the skin.

In modern times, it is often used for chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and yin deficiency, and has a certain liver protection effect.It is also used for tuberculosis, diabetes, early senile cataract, neurasthenia, spermatorrhea and premature ejaculation.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-12g, or boiled ointment, soaked in wine, or taken as pills or powder.

【Cautions for use】Use with caution in patients with exogenous pathogenic factors, excessive heat in the interior, and loose stool due to spleen deficiency.

【Modern Research】It mainly contains betaine, zeaxanthin and various free amino acids.It also contains trace amounts of carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, etc. The water extract can inhibit the deposition of fat in liver cells, promote the regeneration of liver cells, and protect the liver in mice with liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride.For rabbits, it has the effects of lowering blood pressure, inhibiting the heart, and exciting the intestines; it has the effects of significantly and persistently reducing blood sugar and increasing glucose tolerance in rats.It can promote the hematopoietic function of normal mice and increase the number of white blood cells.It also has a protective effect on the generation of white blood cells (mainly lymphocytes) caused by cyclophosphamide.

Lycium barbarum leaves see "Bielu of Famous Doctors".It is the leaf of Lycium chinense Mill. or Ningxia Lycium barbarum L. barbarum L. of Solanaceae plant.

[Synonym] Wolfberry tip, Tianjing grass, wolfberry seedling, wolfberry dish, wolfberry head.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Replenishing deficiency and benefiting essence: It is used for physical deficiency and essence deficiency, weak waist and knees, and weak intercourse. It can be taken with japonica rice or sheep kidney, and scallion white porridge, such as wolfberry porridge ("Taiping Shenghui Fang"), wolfberry sheep Kidney porridge ("Sanji Zonglu").Clearing the liver and improving eyesight: It is used for liver heat, red eyes, vision loss, and night blindness. It can be used alone, or it can be used with pig liver and luminous sand.In addition, decocting water for fumigation and washing can also cure hemorrhoids and sores.

Modern commonly used in acute conjunctivitis, cataract, night blindness, impotence, spermatorrhea, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 60-240g fresh product, boiled or pounded for juice.External application: Appropriate amount, decocted for washing, or pounded for eye drops.

【Modern Research】Contains betaine, various amino acids, etc.

See "Supplements to Materia Medica" for wolfberry leaves.It is the leaf of Ilex cornutaLindl., an evergreen tree plant of the Ilex family.Distributed in Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places.

[Synonym] Cat thorn, wolfberry thorn, star anise tea, mouse thorn, tiger thorn, dog Qingfang, Sanxue Dan, star anise thorn, sheep horn thorn, merit leaf.

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

【Efficacy and application】Nourishing yin and nourishing the lungs: used for coughing up blood due to tuberculosis due to yin deficiency and fire inflammation, hot flashes due to bone steaming, decocted in single flavor, or soaked in boiled water; it can also be used in the same way as Digupi, Baiji, and cotyledon leaves.Replenishing liver and kidney: used for dizziness, tinnitus, waist and knee weakness caused by liver and kidney deficiency, can be decocted with red dates and brown sugar.In addition, substituting young leaves for tea drinking can also promote body fluids and quench thirst, and treat fever and headache due to exogenous pathogenic factors.

It is mostly used in modern times for tuberculosis and high blood pressure.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g; or soak in boiled water.

[Notes for use] Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Beijing are used as Kudingcha to treat fever and headache due to exogenous pathogenic factors.

[Modern Research] Mainly contains caffeine.Chinese wolfberry injection can increase coronary flow and strengthen myocardial contractility.Water and alcohol infusions were administered to mice to reduce pregnancy.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for willow leaves.It is the leaf of Salix babylonica L., a deciduous tree of Salicaceae.It is produced in most parts of our country.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, cold.GUIXIN, Spleen Channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and detoxifying: it is used for furuncle boils, sore throat, breast abscess, gas gall, erysipelas, toothache, water and fire burns caused by stagnation of poisonous heat. Wash or mash fresh leaves for external application.Diuretic to treat stranguria: used for damp heat in the bladder, difficulty urinating, dripping and astringent pain, can be decocted with corn silk, red bean, talc, phellodendron, etc. in water.Clearing away lung-heat: For cough due to lung-heat, 60g each of fresh willow leaves, fresh arborvitae leaves, and fresh chestnut leaves can be used, decocted in water.

In modern times, it is often used for carbuncle furuncle swelling and pain, urethritis, cystitis, bladder stones, chronic bronchitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (30-60g for fresh products).External application: appropriate amount, decocted for washing; powdered for applying; or boiled for paste.

【Modern research】Fresh willow leaves contain 10mL of iodine per kilogram, which is thousands of times higher than that of ordinary food.It also contains tannins.

See "Supplements to Materia Medica" for willow branches.It is the branches of Salix babylonica L., a weeping willow of Salix family.

[Synonym] Yang wicker, wicker.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and relieving pain: It is used for joint pain caused by rheumatism in the collaterals, sore waist and knees, decocted or boiled in wine, and ironed on the local area.Detoxification and swelling: to treat carbuncle, swollen and furuncle caused by toxin-heat congestion, apply branch and leaf decoction externally; to treat gingival swelling and pain, decoct it with water and gargle; to treat water and fire burns, grind it into powder and apply with oil.Clearing away dampness and heat: used for obstruction of urination due to internal resistance of dampness and heat, gonorrhea, white turbidity, and jaundice due to dampness and heat.Decoction with water alone.

In modern times, it is often used for acute viral hepatitis (mainly jaundice type), chronic bronchitis, rheumatoid arthritis, coronary heart disease, urethritis, cystitis, prostatitis, urinary tract stones, orchitis, excessive leucorrhea in women, etc.For the treatment of coronary heart disease, it can be made into syrup for oral administration, and 2 months is a course of treatment.For the treatment of chronic bronchitis and infectious hepatitis, it can be decocted in a single flavor.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 30-60g (large dose: 60-120g).External application: decocted in water for gargle, decocted in water for fumigation and washing, or burned into powder for application.

【Modern Research】Contains salicin.Salicin can be used as a bittering agent, locally acting on the stomach, and part of it becomes salicylic acid after absorption.

For Liu Baipi, see "Book of Materia Medica for Emergency Preparation".It is the phloem of the branches or roots of the weeping willow Salixbabylonica L. in the family Salicaceae.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, cold.Return liver, spleen, small intestine channel.

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dehumidification: used for rheumatic bone pain, decoction or warm ironing alone.Clearing away damp-heat: used for damp-heat stranguria, jaundice, leukorrhea, decoction alone; treating wind swelling and itching, decocting in water and bathing soup.Heat-clearing and detoxifying: used for mastitis, boiled in alcohol or heated and ironed; used for water and fire burns, calcined, powdered for external application.In addition, the fresh willow white skin is contained in the mouth, which can treat windworm toothache; decocted in water and taken orally, can also treat malaria.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, acute jaundice hepatitis, malaria, pyelonephritis, cystitis, burns, mastitis.In addition, Shaocunxing is combined with dry alum and borneol at a ratio of 2:1:1 to grind fine powder and blow the ear to treat otitis media.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 30-60g.External application: decocted for washing, boiled in alcohol or heated and ironed.

【Modern Research】Contains salicin, tannins, etc.Salicin has antipyretic effect.

See "Daily Materia Medica" for persimmons.It is a cake-shaped food made from the fruit of Diospyros kaki Lf, a plant of the persimmon family.

[synonym] persimmon, white persimmon, fire persimmon.

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

【Efficacy and application】Moisturizing the lungs and relieving cough: For cough with blood, steam persimmons on rice, take 1 piece, cut open, mix with a little Qingdai, eat it when you are lying down, and drink it with mint soup.Invigorate the Spleen and Astringent Intestine: For spleen deficiency indigestion, diarrhea, dysentery, take it alone, or cook porridge with japonica rice.Convergence and hemostasis: used for hematemesis, hemoptysis, hematochezia, hematuria, hematuria, stranguria, hemorrhage due to intestinal wind, bleeding from hemorrhoids, raw food alone, or formula.

In modern times, it is mostly used for chronic bronchitis, indigestion, and various hemorrhagic diseases.

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: Appropriate amount, chewed or decocted.

See "Supplements to Materia Medica" for persimmon pedicles.It is the persistent calyx of Diospyros kaki Lf, a deciduous tree of Persimmonaceae.

[synonym] persimmon money, persimmon diced, persimmon handle, persimmon calyx.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, astringent, flat.Return lung, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and application】Suppressing adverse effects and stopping hiccups: It is used for hiccups, vomiting, and regurgitation caused by gas diaphragm.For those caused by stomach cold, it is often compatible with cloves, ginger, etc., such as Lilac Shidi Decoction ("Syndrome and Pulse Treatment"); use.

In modern times, it is often used for hiccups and vomiting caused by chronic gastritis and diaphragm spasm.

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