Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 79: Nine Paintings (4)
Nepeta see "Wu Pu Materia Medica".It is the whole herb of Lamiaceae plant Schizonepeta tenuifolia (Benth.) Briq.It is planted all over the country, mainly in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hebei and other places.

[Synonyms] False Su, Ginger Mustard, Stem Tooth Vegetable, Artemisia quadrangularis, Nepeta Ear, Stir-fried Nepeta, Nepeta Charcoal.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Expelling wind and resolving the exterior: used for exogenous wind-cold aversion to cold and fever, headache and body pain, no sweaty pulse, often compatible with Fangfeng, notopterygium, perilla, etc. ); used for fever caused by exogenous wind-heat, slight aversion to wind-cold, no sweat or sweating, head and body pain, sore throat, often compatible with silver flower, forsythia, light bamboo leaves, bellflower, etc., such as Yinqiaosan (" Distinguishing febrile diseases").To relieve itching through rash: For measles with poor penetration and symptoms, it is often combined with cicada, kudzu root, mint or ephedra, Fangfeng, etc.; to treat rubella and itching, use ground powder alone to spread the affected area, rub repeatedly, or combine with Fangfeng, Cicada slough, etc.; to treat eczema, it is often combined with Phellodendron Phellodendri, Radix Cortex Radix, Sophora flavescens, etc.Dispelling carbuncle and detoxification: It is often used in conjunction with Yinhua, Smilax, Dandelion, Forsythia, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, etc. for those with superficial symptoms at the onset of sores.Blood regulation and hemostasis: used for hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, hematuria, metrorrhagia, fried charcoal and used together with other hemostatic drugs.Dispelling wind and relieving convulsions: used for trismus, mouth and eyes slanting in wind meridian, compatible with cicada sloughing, windproof, etc.

Modern commonly used for colds, flu, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, rheumatoid arthritis, migraine, psoriasis, urticaria, boils.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 4.5-9g; or as pills or powder.External application: appropriate amount, crushed for applying, powdered for applying; or decocted for washing.For hemostasis, fried charcoal is required.

[Cautions for use] This product can mainly dispel wind, so it is contraindicated for those with exterior deficiency and spontaneous sweating, and those with headache due to deficiency of yin.

【Modern Research】Contains volatile oil.The decoction or infusion has a weak antipyretic effect on rabbits with typhoid mixed vaccine.In vitro, it has strong antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Corynebacterium diphtheriae.It has a certain inhibitory effect on Bacillus anthracis, beta-hemolytic streptococcus, Salmonella typhi, Shigella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, etc.In vitro tests have a weak inhibitory effect on cancer cells.Nepeta fried with charcoal can shorten the bleeding time and coagulation time of rabbit capillaries, and has hemostatic effect.

Nan Teng sees "Kaibao Zhongding Materia Medica".It is the stem, leaf or whole plant of Piper wallichii (Miq.) Hand-Mazz.var.hupehense (C.DC.) Hand-Mazz.Mainly produced in Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong and other places.

[Synonyms] Dingfu, Dinggongteng, Heatherteng, Soushanhu, Fengteng, Lanteng, Bayanxiang.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Expelling wind and dredging collaterals: used for arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness, obstruction of collaterals, pain in bones and joints, decoction or drinking.It can also be used with Duhuo, Sangjisheng, Asarum, Clematis, etc.Tonify the kidney and strengthen the waist: for low back pain due to kidney deficiency, impotence, can be compatible with Eucommia, Dipsacus, Wujiapi, Sangjisheng, Achyranthes bidentata, etc.For impotence, it can also be combined with chive seeds, epimedium, Morinda officinalis, and Rehmannia glutinosa.Diuretic to relieve stranguria: used for pain in the stem at the onset of hot stranguria, it can be combined with decoction of horsetail, hydrangea, and licorice, and taken with some water and wine.In addition, taking it with ginger and stinky pepper decocted in water can also treat stomach pain; chewing the sore spot in the mouth can cure gingival swelling and pain.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, lumbar muscle strain, urinary tract infection, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-9g, brewed or boiled in wine.External application: smashed and heated for wrapping.

[Cautions for use] This product is pungent and warm, so it should be used with caution in patients with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire.

【Modern Research】Contains alkaloids, tannins, monosaccharides, etc.The extract has a significant analgesic effect on mice tested by the hot plate method.Injections have analgesic effects on postoperative pain, fracture restoration, gastrointestinal, liver and gallbladder pain, chronic low back pain, and arthritis.

See "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine" for pumpkin seeds.It is the seed of Cucurbita moschata Dueh.Produced in most parts of the country.

[synonym] pumpkin kernel, white melon seeds, pumpkin rice.

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

【Efficacy and application】Anthelminth repellent: used for tapeworm, roundworm, schistosomiasis, peeled and eaten raw; or slightly fried, grinded, add rock sugar or honey and take on an empty stomach, 60-120g each time.To treat tapeworms, you can take betel nut decoction (30-60g) and salt laxatives two hours later.Invigorating the spleen and replenishing qi: used for weak spleen and stomach, sallow complexion, can be used together with walnut kernels and peanut kernels.

In modern times, it is commonly used for beef tapeworm, pork tapeworm, and postpartum oliguria.For the treatment of less breast milk, 15-18g of raw pumpkin seeds can be used, shelled and taken kernels, pounded like mud, added some boiled water and taken in kimono, once in the morning and evening on an empty stomach.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 50-100g; powdered; or made into emulsion.

[Modern Research] Contains cucurbitin, fatty oil, urease, protein, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, etc.It can paralyze the middle and posterior segments of beef tapeworm and pork tapeworm.Mice infected with schistosomiasis cercariae can significantly reduce the growth rate of schistosomiasis larvae by feeding pumpkin seeds, and the greater the dose, the better the curative effect.A large amount of water decoction has a certain inhibitory and killing effect on adults.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica Supplements" for pumpkin pedicles.It is the melon pedicle of Cucurbita moschata Duch.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, cold.Return spleen, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and application】Detoxification and swelling: used for carbuncle, furuncle, mouth sore, cracked or eroded nipples, water and fire burns, calcined, powdered, and oiled for application.Tocolysis: for women with restless fetal movement during pregnancy, just take it with decoction.Diuresis and swelling: For edema and difficulty urinating, use roasted coke powder alone, and take it with warm water.

It is commonly used in modern times for skin ulcers and threatened abortion.It also has a certain effect on mild ascites caused by advanced schistosomiasis. It can be roasted, ground into powder and swallowed, 0.5g each time, 3 times a day, for 2 to 3 weeks.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 30-60g; or calcined powder.External application: powdered for applying.

For Nansha, see "Ben Jing Feng Yuan".It is the root of Adenophora tetraphylla (Thunb.) Fisch. or Adenophora axilliflora Borb. of Campanulaceae plants.Mainly produced in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[synonym] sand ginseng, white sand ginseng, white ginseng, Wenxi, American ginseng, orange ginseng, soaked sand ginseng, soil ginseng.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, cool.Return lung, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and Application】Nourishing yin and moistening the lungs: used for yin deficiency and dryness of the lungs, dry cough with less phlegm, unpleasant phlegm, dry throat and hoarseness.Nourishing stomach and promoting body fluid: used for stomach deficiency with heat, dry mouth and throat, and hunger.

Modern commonly used in chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, atrophic gastritis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (50-100g for fresh products).

【Cautions】Not suitable for people with cold and cough.Anti Veratrum.

See "Plant Names and Facts Map Research" for Southern Snakevine.It is the cane of Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb., a deciduous climbing shrub in the family Euonymus.It is distributed in most parts of our country.

[Synonyms] Southern Snake Wind, Dinan Snake, Guoshanlong, Laolongpi, Huangguoteng.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and promoting blood circulation: for rheumatic muscle and bone pain, numbness of limbs, paralysis, single use, or soaked in wine with star anise maple root and Lingxiao flower; for blood stasis amenorrhea, bruises, can be used with angelica, chuanxiong, Compatibility such as safflower.Detoxification and swelling: used for carbuncle sores, skin herpes, poisonous snake bites, decocted, smashed, add white wine, and a little realgar to apply to the affected area.In addition, cooking with Sophora japonica and pig large intestine can cure intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, and prolapse of the anus; decocting it alone can cure dysentery, eat boiled bamboo eggs, and treat toothache.

Modern commonly used for gum pain, rheumatic arthritis, bacillary dysentery, bleeding hemorrhoids, skin ulcers and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g.

Southern Suanzao see "Zhejiang Folk Herbal Medicine".It is the fresh fruit or stone of Choerospondias awillaris (Roxb.) Burttet Hill, a Anacardiaceae plant.Distributed in South China, Central South and Southwest China.

[synonym] five-eyed fruit, mountain jujube, wide jujube, mountain jujube.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, sour, flat.Return liver, heart channel.

【Application】Promoting qi and activating blood circulation: used for qi stagnation and blood stasis, chest pain and heartache, stagnation of food, fullness, hernia and abdominal pain, decocted alone, or chewed fresh fruit.Nourishing the mind and calming the nerves: used for insomnia and forgetfulness, often combined with Shicaiming and others.Detoxification and healing of sores: For water and fire burns, it can be mixed with golden cherry root and gallinacea in appropriate amount, grind into powder, add a little borneol powder, and apply tea oil to the affected area; or use calcined fruit stones to grind into powder, and mix with tea oil. affected area.

Modern commonly used in coronary heart disease, neurasthenia, burns and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 30-60g; 2-3 pieces of fresh fruit, chew.External application: appropriate amount of fruit stone, calcined charcoal, powdered for applying.

See "Compendium Supplements" for Nantian bamboo leaves.It is the leaf of Nandina domestica Thunb., a plant of Berberidaceae.Distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and various places to the south.

[Synonym] Tianzhuye, Nanzhuye.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, cold.Return lung, kidney, urinary bladder channel.

【Efficacy and application】clearing dampness and heat: used for dysuria due to hot stranguria, often compatible with Akebia, plantain, and jaundice, etc.; used for damp-heat jaundice, often used with Polygonum cuspidatum, Desmodium, Yinchen, Tianjihuang, etc.; It is used for damp-heat diarrhea, and is often compatible with iron amaranth and ground brocade.Purging fire and detoxification: used for cough due to lung heat, often used together with Scutellaria baicalensis, loquat leaf, Morus alba; used for sore carbuncle swelling and pain, can be smashed for external application alone, or used with dandelion and diding; used for scrofula , can be decocted with Prunella vulgaris, Clematis clematis, honeysuckle water and wine.

Modern commonly used in urinary tract infection, jaundice, whooping cough and so on.

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

[Modern Research] Contains magnolialine, vitamin C, etc.

See "Fujian Folk Medicine" for the roots of Nantian bamboo.It is the root of Berberidaceae Nandina domestica Thunb.

[Synonym] Scutellaria chinensis, Diamond yellow, Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Clearing the lung and relieving cough: For cough due to lung heat, 30g of fresh root and fresh loquat leaf can be used, decocted in water;Clearing damp-heat: for damp-heat jaundice, single use, or formula decoction; for diarrhea, it can be compatible with fried malt, etc.Dehumidification and treatment of numbness: used for rheumatic arthralgia, pain in limbs and joints, decocted with water alone or mixed with honeysuckle, or soaked in wine, or fresh roots and trotters stewed together, taken with wine.

Modern commonly used in acute bronchitis, acute gastroenteritis, viral icteric hepatitis, sciatica, rheumatoid arthritis, bruises, etc.

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

[Modern Research] Contains alkaloids, mainly nantianaine, D-methyl nantianaine, berberine, etc.

See "Plant Names and Realities of Plants" for the root of Snake vine.It is the root of Celaslrus orbiculatus Thuno.It is mainly produced in Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan and other places.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness: for rheumatic joint pain, waist and leg pain, can be stewed with 1 pig's trotter, water and wine; it can also be compatible with Lingxiaoteng, Heatherteng, Millennium Spatholobus, Millennium Jian, etc. , soaked in wine clothes.Promoting qi and dispersing blood: used for muscle and bone pain due to stagnation of qi and blood, bruises, decocted in water, or soaked in wine.Detoxification and detumescence: used for carbuncle and swollen poison, venomous snake bites, decocted and pounded for application.

Modern commonly used in neurasthenia, rheumatoid arthritis, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, multiple abscesses, women's amenorrhea, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g; or soak in wine.External application: Grind into powder for application or pound for application.

[Modern Research] Contains cerebrosides, etc.In vitro, it has inhibitory effect on Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus vulgaris, and Escherichia coli; it also has inhibitory effect on Yoshida sarcoma.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for madder root.It is the root and rhizome of Rubia cordifolia L., a perennial vine herb of Rubiaceae.It is distributed in most parts of the country, and is mainly produced in Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other places.

[Synonym] Xuejianshou, Guoshanlong, Huoxuedan, Red Dragon Fibrous Root, Shaqian Seedling Root, Five-clawed Dragon, Red Tree Root, Little Huoxuelong, Red Madder, Red Red Root, Madder, Red Root, Red Root carbon.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, metrorrhagia caused by blood heat or blood stasis, alone, or in combination with large thistle, small thistle, chrysanthemum root, gardenia, arborvitae leaves, Paeonol, etc., such as Shihuisan ("Shiyao Shenshu"); to treat bloody dysentery, it can be compatible with Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Burnet, etc.; Oyster, cuttlefish bone, palm charcoal, gallnut, donkey-hide gelatin beads, etc.; to treat traumatic bleeding, it can be mixed with white and purple beads and other ground powder to apply to the affected area.Activating blood and removing blood stasis: used for amenorrhea due to blood stasis, postpartum stasis, persistent lochia, 30g alone, decocted in rice wine, or compatible with angelica, peach kernel, safflower, motherwort, etc.; treatment of bruises, blood stasis, swelling and pain, compatible Safflower, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Sumac, Frankincense, Myrrh, Rhizoma Drynariae, etc., decocted or taken externally, or pounded for external application.

In modern times, it is often used for functional uterine bleeding, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, postpartum lochia, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, bruises, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-9g (10-20g for fresh products), or as pills or powder.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

[Cautions for use] This product is used raw to promote blood circulation and stir-fried to stop bleeding.Bitter and cold in nature and taste, so it should not be taken by those with spleen and stomach deficiency and no stasis.

[Modern Research] Contains purple alizarin, alizarin, madderin, melanin and so on.Madder powder is used to cut the femoral artery of rabbits, cover it with gauze and pressurize it, and the bleeding can be stopped after 35 minutes.The madder root decoction can shorten the bleeding and coagulation time of the human body, and has a slight hemostatic effect.It has obvious antitussive and expectorant effects on mice treated with ammonia water spray cough method and phenol red excretion method; it can also resist acetylcholine-induced intestinal spasm in isolated rabbits, and has antispasmodic effect.The water extract can excite the uterus of isolated guinea pigs, and oral administration of the puerpera can enhance the contraction of the uterus.In vitro, it has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and some skin fungi. Feeding 20% ​​madder preparation to mice can prevent the formation of experimental kidney and bladder stones, especially inhibiting the formation of calcium carbonate stones.Warm infusion has the effect of dilating the blood vessels of frog webs.

See "Newly Revised Materia Medica" for longum.It is the immature ear of Piper longum L., a vine of Piperaceae.Mainly produced in Yunnan, Hainan, and Changdong.

[synonym] Pibo, Pibo pear, mulberry, rat tail.

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

【Efficacy and application】Warming the middle and dispelling cold: It is used for epigastric pain due to gastrointestinal deficiency and cold, vomiting and hiccups, abdominal pain and diarrhea.Dispelling cold and relieving pain: It is used for toothache and migraine caused by external coldness and stagnation of fire. It can be powdered and applied alone, or used together with pepper; it can also be powdered and used for nasal convulsions for migraine.

In modern times, it is often used for chronic gastritis, chronic enteritis, chronic dysentery, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, migraine, sinusitis, mastitis, and irregular menstruation.

[Usage and Application] Decoction: 1.5-3g, or as pills or powder.External application: Appropriate amount, grind into powder to convulse the nose, or put it in the cavity of tooth decay.

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated in patients with excessive heat and suffocated fire, and those with yin deficiency and excessive fire.

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