Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Gu Niu Cai

Source: "Nanning Drug Chronicles"

The pinyin name is Gǔ Niǔ Cài

Also known as Bai Cauliflower, button grass ("Flora of Guangzhou"), seven-grain button, five-died eggplant, black grass, earrings ("Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine").

Source: It is the whole plant of Solanum nigrum. Harvested in spring, summer and autumn.

The original form is an annual upright herb with branches, bald or nearly bald, about 1 meter high. Stems are slender and green. Single leaves are alternate, ovate to oblong, 4 to 8 cm long, apex acuminate, base short-pointed. The edges are nearly entire, or have irregular angular coarse teeth. They are thin, dark green above with small dots, and light green below. The veins are raised on the back of the leaf; the petiole is slender, about 1 cm long. The inflorescence stalk is axillary, 1 to 2.5 cm long, delicate; 2 to 5 flowers, arranged in an umbel; the calyx is green, 5-lobed, and the lobes are ovate; the corolla is white, 6 to 8 mm in diameter; 5 stamens are attached to the crown On the throat, the anthers are glued into a cone with a terminal split; the ovary has 2 chambers and many ovules. The fruit is spherical and fleshy, about 5 mm in diameter, green when young and black when mature. The flowering period is summer and autumn.

Habitat distribution: Distributed throughout southern my country.

Nature and flavor "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Slightly bitter, cold."

Effects and effects: Clear away heat, detoxify, diuretic, disperse blood, and reduce swelling. Treat dysentery, gonorrhea, red eyes, sore throat and boils.

① "Guangzhou Flora": "It cools and dissipates heat, and can cure mild sore throat."

② "Nanning Drug Chronicle": "Cure eye redness, swelling, pain and dysentery."

Usage and dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 3 to 6 qian (1 to 2 taels for fresh); or make juice and take. External use: pound and apply.

Attached Recipes ①Treatment of dysentery: 2 to 4 liang of nightshade. Decoction in water.

②Treatment of hot stranguria: 2 to 4 liang of solanum nigrum, decoction in water and taken.

③Treat sore throat: 4 to 6 liang of Solanum nigrum. Mash and grind the juice, make the second rice swill, add a little salt or vinegar, take one tablespoon each time, three to four times a day.

④Treat hypertension: one to three liang of nightshade. Decoction in water. Patients who often suffer from loose stools should not take it.

⑤ Treatment of boils: one to three liang of nightshade. Decoct it in water and take it; pound the fresh leaves and mix it with honey and apply it on the affected area. (Selected recipes are from "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine")

Excerpts from "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine"

"Chinese Materia Medica": Gu Niucai

The source is from "Nanning Medicines" "Zhi".

The pinyin name is Gǔ Niǔ Cài

The English name is all-grass of Shiningfruit Night-shade

Also known as seven buttons, five ground eggplant, black grass, and earrings Aberdeen, Yibutun, Gongpaocao, Wuzhaiqie, Wudiangui, Dianguicao, button grass

Source of medicinal materials: the whole plant of nightshade nightshade.

Latin plant, animal and mineral name: Solanum photeinocarpum Nakamura et Odashima [S. nigrum L. var.parciflorum Liou]

Harvest and storage: Harvested in spring, summer and autumn, fresh Use or sun-dry.

Original form: annual upright herb, about 1m high. Stem hairless or nearly hairless. Single leaves alternate; petioles are slender, 1-2cm long; sparsely pubescent; leaves are thin, ovate to ovate-oblong, 4-8cm long, 2-4cm long, apex acuminate, base wedge-shaped extending down to the petiole to form wings , the edges are microwave-shaped or have irregular wavy coarse teeth, and both sides are sparsely pubescent. The main flower is almost umbrella-shaped, extra-axillary, slender, with 1-6 flowers; the total pedicel is 1-2cm long; the pedicel is 5-8mm long, the flowers are small; the diameter is about 7mm; the calyx is green, 5-lobed, and the lobes are oval. With cilium; corolla is white, the tube is sunk in the calyx, 5-lobed, the lobes are ovate-lanceolate; 5 stamens, inserted on the throat of the corolla, filaments are very short, anthers are glued into a cone, with a terminal split; ovary 2 Chamber, many embryonic balls. The berries are spherical, about 5mm in diameter, green when young and black when mature; the seeds are nearly oval, flattened on both sides, and are 1-1.5cm in diameter. Flowers and fruits occur throughout the year.

Habitat distribution Ecological environment: It likes to grow in streams, shady and humid places in dense forests or wastelands near forests.

Resource distribution: distributed throughout southern my country.

Nature and flavor: Slightly bitter; cold in nature

Effects and effects: Clear away heat and detoxify; diuresis and reduce swelling. Mainly used for high blood pressure; dysentery; hot stranguria; red eyes; sore throat; boils and boils

Usage and dosage Oral administration: decoction, 10-30g. External use: Appropriate amount, pound and apply; or mix juice and apply.

Each expert’s discussion 1. "Flora of Guangzhou": It cools and dissipates heat, and can cure mild sore throat.

2. "Nanning Drug Chronicle": Treat eye redness, swelling, pain and dysentery.

Excerpt from "Chinese Materia Medica"