Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 9 Three Paintings (4)
[Modern Research] Contains volatile oil, the main component of which is allicin or allicin.Garlic juice and leachate have obvious antibacterial and bactericidal effects on Staphylococcus, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Vibrio cholerae. A variety of pathogenic fungi have significant antibacterial effects.The water immersion suspension has the effect of inhibiting and killing amoeba and vaginal trichomonas.It can significantly inhibit the growth of cancer cells in mice inoculated with Ehrlich ascites carcinoma.It has an inhibitory effect on the generation of formaldehyde-induced paw swelling in rats, and has an exciting effect on the function of the pituitary-adrenal cortex system.The volatile part has the effect of enhancing the phagocytosis of bacteria by white blood cells in mice; the infusion and extract have the effect of lowering blood pressure on anesthetized rabbits, dogs and cats.

See "Materia Medica Collection Notes" for thistle.It is the whole herb or root of Cirsium japonicum DC., a perennial herb of Compositae.It is produced in most parts of our country.

[Synonym] Horse thistle, thorn thistle, tiger thistle, wild thorn vegetable, raw big thistle, big thistle root, big thistle charcoal.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Cooling blood and hemostasis: used for epistaxis, hematemesis, hemoptysis, hematuria, hematochezia, menorrhagia caused by blood heat, pounded and twisted to extract juice, or combined with arborvitae leaves, madder root, thistle, and imperina root , shanzhi, rhubarb, peony bark, palm bark, etc.; for women with continuous bleeding, it can be combined with palm charcoal, mugwort charcoal, donkey-hide gelatin beads, jelly stork, mulberry, Dipsacan, angelica charcoal, cattail charcoal, Atractylodes macrocephala, etc. .Dispersing blood stasis and reducing swelling: It is used for toxic heat carbuncle, boils with redness and swelling, scrofula with sputum nucleus, water and fire burns, fresh products pounded for application or pounded juice for external application.

In modern times, it is often used for upper gastrointestinal bleeding, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, furunculosis, appendicitis, mastitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 5-10g (fresh product 30-60g).External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.It is often fried with charcoal for hemostasis.

【Modern Research】Alkaloid-containing volatile oil.It has the functions of shortening blood clotting time, lowering blood pressure, inhibiting Mycobacterium tuberculosis and herpes simplex virus.

See "Compendium of Materia Medica" for gerbera.It is the whole plant of gerbera Leibnitziaanandria (L.) Nakai, a perennial herb of Compositae.Distributed in most parts of the country.

[Synonyms] Shaojincao, Leopard Medicine, Artemisia Feathers, Dragon Root Grass.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing damp-heat: used for damp-heat diarrhea, often used together with amaranthus, three needles, or agrimony; used for dysuria due to hot stranguria, often compatible with honeysuckle vine, Haijinsha, etc.Detoxification and swelling: for carbuncle sores, swollen toxins, snake bites, water and fire burns, traumatic bleeding, smashed for application, or powdered and sprinkled; used for ear pus, can be used alone to drop ear juice; used for rheumatic arthralgia, It can be served with soaked wine alone.Clearing lung and relieving cough: used for lung-heat cough, can be used with Morus alba and Scutellaria baicalensis.

Modern commonly used in enteritis, bacillary dysentery, rheumatoid arthritis, otitis media, urinary tract infection, acute bronchitis, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g; or steeped in wine.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying; or ground into powder and sprinkled.

See "Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Chronicle" for Da Feiyang.It is the branches, leaves or roots of the small shrub Rauhinia faberi Oliv.Distributed in Sichuan, Hubei, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other places.

[Synonym] Butterfly wind, vine, night needle, night door, saddle leaf, sheep hoof.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Dispelling dampness and dredging collaterals: For rheumatic arthralgia, use its roots alone to soak in wine, or use together with Daxueteng, Clematis, Octococcus, Sikuwa, and Anise Maple Root; for falling Injured, it can be decocted together with Lingxiaohuateng, Niuwang Cigen, Xu Changqing, etc.Astringent and astringent: used for seminal emission and enuresis, often served with stewed meat with curculiculatus, rosa chinensis, and fungus.Detoxification and killing insects: For carbuncle sores, scalds, eczema of the scrotum, scabies, fresh products alone, pounded for application, or decocted to wash the affected area.For eczema, it is often decocted and washed with Sophora flavescens, Fructus Cnidii, and Boluohui leaves.In addition, it can be used with lychee core, orange core, cumin, evodia, etc. to treat hernia and abdominal pain; its leaves, [-] buds, and pig gall (dried) can be ground into powder and taken to treat whooping cough.

In modern times, it is often used for rheumatoid arthritis, bruises, spermatorrhea, enuresis, eczema of the scrotum, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g; soak in wine or grind into powder.External application: smashed for applying or decocted for washing.

For Dafengzi, see "Supplement to Materia Medica Yanyi".It is the mature seed of Hydnocarpus anthelmintica Pier., an evergreen tree in the family Hydnocarpus.Mainly produced in Vietnam and Thailand.my country's Yunnan, Taiwan, Guangxi and other places are also cultivated.

[Synonym] Dafengzi, leprosy.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] pungent, hot.poisonous.Return liver, spleen, kidney channel.

【Efficacy and application】Expelling wind and dampness, attacking poison and killing insects: used for leprosy, syphilis and malignant sores, can be burned, add light powder, sesame oil and apply; can also be taken with Fangfeng, Sophora flavescens, and Chanyi powdered into pills , such as Dafeng Wan ("Jiewei Yuanyau"); it can also be compatible with Sophora flavescens, Xanthium, Chuanxiong, and white snake.For scabies, it can be mixed with light powder and dried alum to make powder for external use, such as Dafengzi ointment ("Scrub Confidential").For tinea sores, it can be used together with sulfur, realgar, and dry alum, such as Dafeng Dan ("Blood Syndrome").For rosacea, it can be grinded together with wood turtle seed, light powder, and sulfur, and mixed with cold boiled water at night.For chapped hands and feet, it can be used alone for pounding and applying locally.

Modern commonly used in leprosy, syphilis, neurodermatitis and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] External application: appropriate amount, pounded for application; or calcined into powder for application.Oral administration: into pills and powders, 0.3-1g at a time.

[Cautions for use] This product is highly toxic, and is generally only for external use, and is rarely taken internally.Oral administration should cause headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms of systemic poisoning, so excessive use should not be continued.

[Modern research] The seeds contain a large amount of fatty oil (Fructus persicae oil), and the oil mainly contains Glycine persicum oleic acid, Glycerus subpersicae oleic acid and the glycerides of the two.It also contains oleic acid, palmitic acid and pleuric acid.Gale seed oil and its derivatives have anti-leprosy and anti-tuberculosis effects, and have protective effects on guinea pigs infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but are irritating to body tissues.The water infusion of Dafengzi has inhibitory effect on Microsporum audunii in test tube.

See "Simple Herbal Medicine" for S.It is the stem vine of the deciduous climbing shrub Sargentodoxa cuneata (Oliv.) Rehd.et Wils.It is mainly produced in various parts of southern my country.

[Synonym] Blood Vine, Da Huoxue, Red Vine, Xue Mu Tong, Guo Xue Teng, Eight Trigrams Vine, Mountain Red Vine, Da Xue Tong, Red Blood Vine.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Dispelling wind and dredging collaterals: For rheumatic arthralgia, sore waist and knees, numbness of limbs, decocted alone, or compatible with Achyranthes bidentata, Qingpi, Changchun seven, cinnabar seven, etc.Promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis: used for irregular menstruation and abdominal pain caused by blood stasis, it can be used in combination with angelica, red peony root, rehmannia glutinosa, Chuanxiong, Cyperus cyperi, etc. Smashed together for external application, or used with frankincense, myrrh, sumac, etc.Detoxification and elimination of carbuncle: used for intestinal carbuncle and abdominal pain caused by poison, heat and stasis, often combined with Yinhua, forsythia, paeonol, etc., such as Hongteng decoction ("Compilation of Clinical Experience"); used for mastitis swelling and pain, decocted and pounded apply.Inducing diuresis and treating stranguria: It can be used for bloody stranguria caused by dampness and heat, and difficulty in urination.

In modern times, it is often used for rheumatoid arthritis, acute and chronic appendicitis, mastitis, intestinal parasitic diseases, urinary tract infections, tumorous leprosy nodular reactions, burns and scalds, etc.For the treatment of biliary ascariasis, 30g of red vine and 200g of rice wine can be decocted and taken twice a day.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-15g; grind into powder; or soak in wine.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

[Caution for use] This product promotes blood circulation and dissipates blood stasis, which hinders fetal vitality, so pregnant women should take it with caution.

[Modern Research] Contains emodin, emodin methyl ether, β-sitosterol, carotin, chrysophanol, etc.The decoction has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus B, Branham catarrh, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in test tubes.

See "Guizhou Folk Medicine" for Dahongpao.It is the root or whole plant of the evergreen shrub or the small tree Myrsine a fricana L. of the family Bovidaceae.Distributed in southwest and Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Taiwan and other places.

[Synonyms] Tiezi, Aiaolingzi, Tiedachu, Broken Rice Crackers, Doubanchai.

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

【Efficacy and application】clearing heat and promoting dampness: used for damp-heat diarrhea, powdered and taken alone, or decocted with agrimony root 30g each; used for stranguria syndrome, usually decocted with water alone.Expelling wind and relieving pain: used for rheumatic arthralgia, numbness of hands and feet, can be taken with Dafengteng, Honghema, etc. soaked in wine.

Modern commonly used in bacillary dysentery, acute enteritis, rheumatoid arthritis, urinary tract infection and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 15-30g; stewed meat; or soaked in wine.

[Modern Research] Stem bark and leaves contain tannins.Leaves, fruits and twigs all contain iron saponins and the like.

See "Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Chronicles" for a big rebuttal.It is the branches and leaves of Adhatodavasica Nees, a large shrub plant in the family Acanthaceae.Distributed in Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

[Synonyms] Great Resurrection, Dragon Head Grass, Big Bone Elimination, Big Bone Wind, Big Bone Bone.

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

【Efficacy and application】Bone reconnection, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain: used for bruises, blood stasis, swelling and pain, it can be smashed alone, add wine and stir-fry to apply to the wound; for broken tendons and fractures, it can be combined with small bone and red-edged locust ( Drying) and powdered together, wine blending and applying.Expelling wind and dampness: For rheumatic arthralgia, it can be decocted and washed with Dafeng Artemisia, Guoshanxiang, Shuichangpu, and Yingbupu, or hot compress; it can also be decocted in water.

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

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 9-30g; or soak in wine.External application: appropriate amount, smashed for applying.

[Caution for use] This product promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, which hinders fetal vitality, so pregnant women should take it with caution.

【Modern Research】Contains duckbilline, duckbilline, etc.It has the effects of stimulating the uterus, stimulating breathing, and enhancing myocardial contractility.

Daqingye see "Bielu of Famous Doctors".It is the leaves or branches of Isatis tinctoria L., a cruciferous plant, Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek, a Verbenaceae plant, Clerodendron cyrtopphyllum Turca., and a Polygonum tinctorium Ait. plant.Isatis indigo leaves are mainly produced in Jiangsu, Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Zhejiang and other places; Ma Lan leaves are mainly produced in Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi and other places; roadside greens are mainly produced in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and other places; The leaves are mainly produced in Hebei, Beijing, Shanxi and other places.

[Synonym] Daqing, blue leaf, blue vegetable.

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

【Efficacy and application】Purging fire and detoxifying: It is used for warming the blood of evil people, high fever, dizziness, spotting, red tongue, often compatible with rhino horn, Scrophulariaceae, gardenia, etc., such as rhino horn Daqing Decoction ("Zhang's Medicine "Tong"); used for exogenous wind-heat, at the beginning of febrile disease, fever with slight aversion to wind-cold, headache, sore throat, can be compatible with honeysuckle, peppermint, Niuzi, etc. Cimicifuga, rhubarb, and raw and dried rehmannia can be used together, such as Daqing Decoction ("Shengji Zonglu"); to prevent boils, furuncles, and prickly heat, fresh leaves can be used alone or decocted in juice, and appropriate amount of peppermint oil is added to wash the affected area .Cooling blood and hemostasis: used for spotting of febrile diseases, vomiting of blood heat, compatible with raw gypsum, scrophulariaceae, paeonol, red peony root, rhinoceros horn, fried gardenia, big thistle, small thistle, licorice, japonica rice, etc.; For those with hematuria, it can be mixed with raw land, decocted in water and mixed with rock sugar.In addition, it can also treat damp-heat jaundice, and can be compatible with capillary, rhubarb, gardenia, etc.; to treat damp-heat diarrhea, it can be compatible with Pulsatilla, Purslane, Qinpi, Coptis, etc.; Houttuynia cordata, gypsum, etc.

Modern commonly used for upper respiratory tract infection, influenza, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, mumps, scarlet fever, Japanese encephalitis, lobar pneumonia, acute gastroenteritis, acute bacillary dysentery, viral hepatitis, etc.

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

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

[Modern research] Polygonum indigo leaves, grass leaves, and horse blue leaves all contain indigoside.Isatin B is contained in woad leaves.Daqingye decoction is effective against Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus alpha hemolyticus, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Branham catarrhalis, Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli, diphtheria and Shigella Both have a certain inhibitory effect; they also have inhibitory effects on Japanese encephalitis virus, mumps virus, and influenza virus; they also have the effect of killing Leptospira.Polygonum blue leaf decoction has significant antipyretic and anti-inflammatory effects, and can enhance the phagocytosis of white blood cells in peritoneal fluid to bacteria.

Daqing root see "Fujian folk herbal medicine".It is the root of Clerodendron cyrtopphyllum Turcz., a plant of Verbenaceae, distributed in various places in the south of the Yangtze River.

[synonym] stinky root, wild bone, earth bone skin.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] bitter, cold.GUIXIN, lung, stomach, large intestine channel.

【Efficacy and Application】Cooling blood and detoxifying: For wind-heat exogenous pathogenesis, at the onset of febrile disease, fever and headache, sore throat, spotting due to blood heat, used alone or with honeysuckle and gypsum.Clearing away heat and dampness: for damp-heat diarrhea, used alone, or together with Sophora flavescens; for damp-heat jaundice, dysuria, can be stewed with pig liver and Baicao cream.

Modern commonly used in Japanese encephalitis, meningitis, influenza, tonsillitis, mumps, measles with pneumonia, acute gastroenteritis, bacillary dysentery, viral hepatitis A, rheumatoid arthritis wait.To treat arthritis, it can be stewed with trotters in water and wine.

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

For the duckweed, see "Preparation for Herbal Properties".It is the whole plant of Pistia stratiotes L., a floating water herb of Araceae.Produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places.

[Synonym] Duckweed, Duckweed, Duckweed, Duckweed.

[Sexual ignorance meridian] Xin. Cold.Return liver, spleen channel.

【Application】Cooling blood and activating blood circulation: It is used for body heat and itching due to blood heat and poison. It is often decocted and washed with honeysuckle vine, ground sage, Nepeta chinensis, and camphor tree leaves. etc.; used for bruises, can be used as a fresh product, mashed with rock sugar, heated and applied externally.Diuretic and dehumidifying: used for diuresis and difficulty urinating, can be decocted with sugar in equal amounts.

It is commonly used in modern times for urticaria, eczema, bruises, liver cirrhosis and ascites.

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

[Cautions for use] This product is pungent and cold, and should not be taken by pregnant women and those who do not have excess heat and excess evil.

See "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine" for cannabis medicine.It is the root or leaf of Dolichos falcatus Klein, a twining herbaceous vine of the leguminous family.Distributed in Guangdong, Yunnan and other places.

[Synonym] Hemp three segments, soybean pods, big nine pods.

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

【Efficacy and Application】Expelling wind and dredging collaterals: For rheumatic arthralgia, muscle and bone aches, decocted fresh roots, or soaked in wine.Dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain: For bruises, blood stasis, swelling and pain, fracture pain, the roots are soaked in wine or decocted in water; the roots or leaves can also be ground into powder and mixed with wine for external application.Activating blood and stopping bleeding: For blood stasis, hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, and blood in stool due to stasis of blood vessels, blood in the meridian, fried charcoal alone, decocted or taken; for traumatic bleeding, fresh leaves are pounded and applied, or dry powder is applied.

Modern commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic fractures, bleeding hemorrhoids and so on.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction: 3-6g (fresh product 9-15g); or soak in wine.External application: appropriate amount, powdered and sprinkled; or adjusted for applying.

[Cautions for use] Contraindicated for pregnant women and those with heat syndrome.

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