Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 8 Three Paintings (3)
【Efficacy and application】Relieve exterior and clear heat: It is used for fever, headache, nasal congestion, cough, or nausea caused by exogenous wind-heat. It can be used with perilla, loquat leaves, and rushes.Regulating qi and removing dampness: used for damp-heat stagnation, stagnation of qi, fullness of the chest and diaphragm, vomiting and diarrhea, malnutrition in children, jaundice due to damp-heat, decocted in water; used for skin damp-heat itching, boiled fresh herbs for bathing.

It is commonly used in modern times for influenza, gastrointestinal flu, viral hepatitis A, acute enteritis, indigestion, nephritis edema, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, excessive leucorrhea, urticaria, etc.

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

[Modern Research] Contains volatile oil, and the oil contains thymol, carvacrol and geranyl acetate.Tincture has obvious diuretic effect, which can significantly increase urine volume and excretion of chloride in urine.The infusion can be used to relax the intestines, promote appetite and improve digestion.Still has expectorant effect.In vitro antifungal effect.

See "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" for natural yellow.It is the root or stem of Berberis julianae Schneid, an evergreen shrub of Berberidaceae.Distributed in Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan and other places.

[Synonym] Coptis chinensis, three needles.

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

【Efficacy and application】Detoxification and swelling: used for gingival swelling and pain caused by excessive heat and toxins, sore throat, decocted in a single flavor instead of tea, or mixed with silver flower, forsythia, banlangen, etc.; used for red and hot eyes, swelling and pain , powdered and soaked in human milk on the affected area; used for mumps, erysipelas, and nameless swelling, powdered with water for application, or made into an ointment for external use.Heat-clearing and damp-drying: used for diarrhea and dysentery caused by excessive damp-heat, used alone or together with purslane.Dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain: used for bruises, swelling and pain due to blood stasis, powdered for application.

Modern commonly used in acute conjunctivitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, periodontitis, acute gastroenteritis, bacillary dysentery, urinary tract infection, eczema, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: root, 6-9g, stem and leaf, 30-60g.External application: Appropriate amount, soaked in milk for eyes; or ground into powder for applying.

[Cautions for use] This product is bitter and cold, so take it with caution for those with spleen and stomach deficiency.

[Modern Research] Contains various alkaloids such as berberine, palmatine, and jatrorrhizine.

Tuer see "Rescue Famine Materia Medica".It is the root tuber of the perennial vine herbaceous plant Apios fortunei Maxim.Distributed in central and southern China.

[Synonyms] Ground chestnut, soil egg, Luo Hanshen, Jiulianzhu, Huangpigou, Jiuniuzi.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and detoxifying: used for nameless swollen poison caused by accumulation of toxic heat, mastitis swollen and painful, furuncle carbuncle, venomous snake bite, smashed and applied, or ground juice and applied to the affected part, and applied as it dries; used for sore throat Pain, take it with water.Eliminating phlegm and relieving cough: For cold cough, whooping cough, add honey or sugar, decoct in water and take the juice.Regulating qi and dispelling stagnation: used for scrofula and phlegm due to stagnation of qi and phlegm, it can be compatible with seaweed, kelp, crocodile, etc.In addition, women with dysmenorrhea, peeled and sliced, steamed with rice wine.

Modern commonly used for whooping cough, upper respiratory tract infection, acute tonsillitis, herpes zoster, mastitis, snake bites, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (30-50g for fresh products).External application: Appropriate amount, smashed for application or ground for application.

[Modern Research] Contains starch, alkaloids, etc.

See "Wenshan Chinese Herbal Medicine" for Artemisia argyi.It is the whole plant of Achillea wilsoniana (Heim.), a perennial herb of Compositae.Distributed in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan and Southwest China.

[Synonym] Wild Artemisia, Horse Fennel, Centipede Grass, Flying Centipede, Yizhi Artemisia, Thatch Yizhi Artemisia, Knife Edge Medicine, Fine Willow, Chiba Achillea.

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

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness: used for arthralgia due to rheumatism, pain caused by labor, can be taken with madder, black bone vine, little blood vine, and red zebra.Dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain: used for abdominal pain due to amenorrhea, used alone, or decocted with angelica, motherwort, and safflower; used for bruises, blood stasis pain, fresh products can be mashed with ginger, stewed with wine and applied hot, or Take it with madder, angelica, notoginseng, eupatorium, and achyranthes bidentata in wine; for stomach cold and abdominal pain, it can be chewed alone.Detoxification and detumescence: For sores and swollen, mad dog bites, it can be smashed with realgar, garlic, and glutinous rice grass to apply to the affected area; for mastitis, it can be ground into powder alone and taken with boiled water.In addition, the ground powder is sprinkled on the wound, which can cure traumatic bleeding.

In modern times, it is often used for rheumatoid arthritis, lumbar muscle strain, amenorrhea abdominal pain, bruises, boils, acute mastitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 1.5-3g; or powdered, 0.5-1g; or soaked in wine.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying; or ground into powder and sprinkled.

[Caution for use] This product is poisonous and should not be taken in excess.Pregnant women should not take it.

[Modern Research] Contains volatile oil, tannins, and organic acids.

For barley, see "Compendium of Materia Medica".It is the fruit of barley Hordeumvulgare L., an annual herbaceous plant of Poaceae.It is cultivated all over the country.

[Synonym] Mou Mai, Rice Mai, Shirtless Mai.

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

【Efficacy and application】Strengthen the spleen and harmonize the middle: It is used for distension and fullness in the abdomen caused by spleen deficiency and food stagnation, and diarrhea due to food stagnation.Lishui Tonglin: For dysuria, dripping and astringent pain, decoct with water, remove the water, add ginger juice and honey, take it before eating.In addition, stir-fried black powder and oil can be used to cure water and fire burns.

In modern times, it is often used for physical weakness after illness, chronic gastritis, indigestion, nephritis edema, urinary tract infection, burns and scalds, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 30-60g; or powdered.External application: stir-fried for research and application or decocted for washing.

[Modern Research] Contains allantoin, etc.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for jujube.It is the fruit of Rhamnaceae deciduous shrub or small tree Ziziphusjujuba Mill.var.inermis (Bge.) Rehd.Mainly produced in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi and other places.

[synonym] dried jujube, jujube.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, warm.Return spleen, stomach warp.

【Efficacy and application】Reinforcing the spleen and replenishing qi: used for fatigue due to weak spleen and stomach, lack of food and loose stools, often compatible with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, tangerine peel, etc., such as Sijunzi Decoction ("Shiyi Dexiaofang"); For disharmony of health, it can be combined with Guizhi, Baishao, ginger, etc., such as Guizhi Decoction ("Treatise on Febrile Diseases").Nourishes blood and calms the nerves: It is used for insomnia, heart palpitations, sallow and thin complexion caused by lack of blood and spirit. It can be combined with angelica, white peony root, jujube seed, Fushen, polygala or keel, oyster, etc., such as Guipi Decoction ("Jisheng Fang") "); used for blood deficiency and viscera, restlessness, depression, sadness and crying, it can be compatible with licorice and wheat, that is, Ganmai Dazao Decoction ("Synopsis of the Golden Chamber").Alleviating medicinal properties: It is used in the compatibility of some severe drugs to achieve the purpose of attacking evil without harming righteousness, such as Tingli Dazao Xiefei Decoction and Shizao Decoction ("Synopsis of the Golden Chamber").

Modern commonly used in chronic gastritis, anemia, high blood pressure, rheumatoid arthritis, pleurisy, bronchitis, neurasthenia, hysteria, blepharitis, etc.Continuously taking large doses alone can treat allergic purpura and thrombocytopenia.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g (up to 60g in large doses); or smashed to make pills.

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated for those with phlegm-dampness, stagnation, tooth disease, and insect disease.

【Modern Research】Contains sugar, protein, vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin C, carotene, a small amount of malic acid, resin, coumarin derivatives, tannin, various amino acids, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc.The decoction has the effect of enhancing muscle strength in mice; it has a protective effect on rabbits with liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for rhubarb.It is the rhizome of Rheumpalmatum L., Rheumtanguticum Maxim.ex Reg., or Rheum officinale Baill., a perennial herb of Polygonaceae.Mainly produced in Gansu, Qinghai, Northwest Sichuan and other places.

[Synonym] General, brocade rhubarb, raw rhubarb, cooked rhubarb, wine rhubarb, rhubarb charcoal, Sichuan army, wine army.

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

【Efficacy and application】Purge and laxative: used for gastrointestinal excess heat and constipation, abdominal fullness, pain refusal to press, even persistent high fever, hot flashes in the afternoon, coma and delirium, often used together with Glauber's salt, Citrus aurantium and Magnolia officinalis , such as Dachengqi Decoction ("Treatise on Febrile Diseases"); if the spleen yang is insufficient, and cold accumulation constipation, it can be compatible with ginseng, aconite, dried ginger, etc. For constipation due to blood deficiency, it can be combined with ginseng and angelica, such as Huanglong Decoction ("Six Books on Febrile Diseases"); for constipation caused by heat-induced fluid injury, it can be combined with Ophiopogon japonicus, Shengdi, and Scrophulariaceae, such as Zengye Chengqi Decoction ("Wen Diagnosis of Disease Conditions").Purging fire and detoxifying: for heat-toxin sores, grind it into powder and apply it, or grind the juice for external application, or decoct it with honeysuckle, dandelion, forsythia, etc. Melon seeds, such as Dahuang Peony Decoction ("Synopsis of the Golden Chamber"); used for red eye pain, mouth and tongue erosion, sore throat, can be brewed in boiling water alone as a tea.In addition, using ground powder alone and applying honey or sesame oil to the affected area can cure water and fire burns.Cooling blood to stop bleeding: used for hematemesis, epistaxis, and hemoptysis caused by heat-injured blood collaterals, often combined with Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Shengdi, paeonol, gardenia, etc., such as Xiexin Decoction ("Synopsis of the Golden Chamber"); For hematochezia, rhubarb powder is often used alone, or it can be taken orally in combination with baiji powder and cuttlefish bone powder; for bloody stools, it is often combined with rhubarb rhubarb and blood remaining charcoal.Clearing damp-heat: used for damp-heat diarrhea, jaundice, stranguria.It can be used alone or in combination with Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, and white peony root to treat diarrhea and dysentery at the beginning; it can be used together with Artemisia chinensis and Gardenia, such as Artemisia chinensis decoction ( "Treatise on Febrile Diseases"), if the dampness and heat are accumulated in the hypochondrium and pain, it can be compatible with Bupleurum, Scutellaria, Curcuma, Citrus aurantium, etc.; for damp-heat stranguria syndrome, short red urine, burning and stinging pain, it can be compatible with Akebia, Plantago Seedlings, Qumai, Lizhu, talc, etc., such as Bazheng San ("Taiping Huimin Heji Ju Fang").Dispelling blood stasis and dredging menstrual flow: used for all syndromes of stagnation of blood stasis.Treat blood stasis and amenorrhea, it can be compatible with angelica, motherwort, safflower, peony, etc.; treat postpartum stasis abdominal pain, lochia, often compatible with peach kernels, insects, etc., as follows Yuxue Decoction ("Golden Chamber Synopsis"); Injury, blood stasis, swelling and pain, often compatible with peach kernel, safflower, frankincense, myrrh, natural copper, drynaria, etc., such as Duoming Dan ("Traumatology Bu Yao").

Modern commonly used for constipation, indigestion, acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, acute intestinal obstruction, acute pancreatitis, acute cholecystitis, gallstones, acute icteric hepatitis, acute tonsillitis, oral ulcers, gingivitis, Hyperlipidemia, cervical erosion, vaginitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic prostatitis, cellulitis, seborrheic dermatitis, eczema, herpes zoster, urinary tract infection, urinary tract stones, burns, tumors, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-12g (take it after Xiexia Tong is cheap, or soak it in boiling water, not for long decoction); or grind it into pills or powder, 0.5-2g.External application: appropriate amount, powdered for applying; or decocted for washing.

[Cautions for use] Raw use has a strong purging effect, while cooked use has a slower purging effect, but it is good at purging fire and detoxifying, clearing away dampness and heat; wine making is good at activating blood, and is good at clearing the heat of the blood in the upper burner; charcoal frying is good at cooling blood and stopping bleeding. .It is easy to damage the righteousness, spleen and stomach deficiency, qi and blood weakness, women should use it with caution before and after childbirth, menstrual period and lactation period.

[Modern Research] Contains anthraquinone derivatives, among which free anthraquinones include rhein, aloe-emodin, emodin, chrysophanol, etc.It also contains tannins, organic acids, etc.It can enhance intestinal peristalsis, inhibit intestinal water absorption, and promote defecation; it can promote bile secretion; it can prevent and treat liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride. It has anti-ulcer, broad-spectrum antibacterial, antifungal, anti-influenza virus, anti Tumor, anti-inflammatory effect.It can shorten bleeding and coagulation time, inhibit vascular permeability and improve fragility.There are lipid-lowering, diuretic and other effects.

See "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" for Euphorbia.It is the root of Euphorbiaceae Epekinensis Rupr., a perennial herbaceous plant.Mainly produced in Jiangsu, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan and other places.

[Synonyms] Xiama Xian, Dragon Tiger Grass, Swelling Grass, Yellow Euphorbia, Tianping Yizhixiang, Jing Euphorbia.

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

【Efficacy and application】Water-driven laxative: It is used for edema and fullness caused by water-dampness stagnation, hydrops in the chest and abdomen, and constipation. It can also be ground into powder and swallowed in capsules; it can be used for cough, asthma, hypochondriac pain and chest tightness caused by phlegm accumulation in the chest and diaphragm.Reducing swelling and dissipating stagnation: It is used for carbuncle, ulcer, swollen toxin, scrofula and sputum nucleus, decocted and taken, and fresh root smashed for external application.

It is commonly used in modern times for acute and chronic nephritis edema, liver cirrhosis ascites, advanced schistosomiasis ascites, tuberculous pleurisy, pleural effusion, ascites caused by tuberculous peritonitis, tonsillitis, lymph node tuberculosis, rubella, beriberi, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 1.5-3g or powdered, 0.3-1g.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying; or decocted for fumigation.

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated for those with deficiency-cold edema and pregnant women.The infirm use with caution.Anti-licorice.

[Modern Research] Contains euphorbia glycosides, alkaloids, gums, resins, etc.It can stimulate the intestines, cause increased peristalsis, produce diarrhea, diuresis, lower blood pressure, and excite the isolated pregnant uterus.

Garlic see "Compendium of Materia Medica".It is the bulb of Allium sativum L., a perennial herb of Liliaceae.It is cultivated all over the country.

[Synonyms] garlic, garlic alone, garlic alone, Ziwen garlic.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, warm.Return spleen, stomach, lung meridian.

【Efficacy and application】Detoxification and loose swelling: It is used for carbuncle and swollen poison caused by accumulation of poisonous gas, snake and insect bites, smashed for external application.To ward off epidemics and eliminate evils: used for febrile diseases and plague-induced fever, headache, even high fever, and dizziness. Take it raw or drink it in juice.Stomach invigorating and accumulating accumulation: used for spleen and stomach disorders, dietary stagnation, cold pain in the abdomen, loss of appetite, borborygmus, diarrhea, red and white diarrhea, pounded juice drink, or enema with 10% garlic liquid.Help yang and diuresis: used for stagnant edema, swelling and accumulation, and constipation. It can be used with equal parts of snails and plantain seeds, boiled ointment and spread on the navel, or put fresh products into the belly of black fish, and simmer cooked food Clothes.Relieve cough by subduing adverse effects: used for pulmonary tuberculosis cough and sudden cough.To treat pulmonary tuberculosis, put 30g of garlic in boiling water and cook for 1-2 minutes, then take garlic water and 30g of japonica rice to cook into porridge, then put 3g of garlic, white powder and powder into the porridge and eat it together, once in the morning and evening, and take it evenly 1 months; to treat sudden cough, mash it and add water, filter the juice and add sugar to take in moderation.Killing insects and relieving itching: It is used for wind-cold-dampness stagnation on the skin of white alopecia sores, skin itching, vaginal swelling and itching in women, dermatitis, athlete's foot, pounding juice for applying, pounding for applying or decocting for washing.

Modern commonly used for influenza, meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, bacillary dysentery, amoebic dysentery, deep fungal infection, lobar pneumonia, diphtheria, pertussis, tuberculosis, typhoid, paratyphoid, type A Viral hepatitis, enterobiasis, hookworm disease, hyperlipidemia, acute appendicitis, trichomonas vaginitis, squamous cell carcinoma of nasopharynx, lymphoepithelial carcinoma, small cell undifferentiated carcinoma of lung, squamous cell carcinoma of cardia , Gastric adenocarcinoma, lead poisoning, suppurative soft tissue infection, chronic suppurative otitis media, trachoma, atrophic rhinitis, dentin hypersensitivity, neurodermatitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 6-15g; raw food, stewed food; or pounded into pills.External application: pounded for applying; smashed for application or decocted for washing.

[Cautions for use] It is contraindicated for people with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, heart disease, emphysema, severe cough, asthma, high blood pressure and allergies to procaine.

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