(Notes on Materia Medica Classics)

Different names of Vitex negundo (Ben Jing), Vitex negundo (A Collection of Notes on Materia Medica), Wan Jingzi (A Manual of Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine) and Man Qing Zi (A Manual of Chinese Herbal Medicine).

The source is Vitex simplicifolia or Vitex simplicifolia of Verbenaceae.

Plant morphology ① Vitex simplicifolia

Deciduous shrubs or small trees, about 3 meters high, have fragrance. The young branches are square, densely villous, and the other branches are gradually rounded and the hair gradually falls off. Simple leaf, petiole 5 ~18 mm long; Leaf blade ovoid or obovate, 2.5 ~ 5cm long and1.5 ~ 3cm wide, with short apex, wedge-shaped to round base, entire, green on the top, sparsely pubescent and glandular spots, white on the bottom, densely pubescent and glandular spots, and about 8 pairs of lateral veins. Panicle terminal, 2 ~12 cm long; Calyx bell-shaped, apex with 5 short spines, densely white pubescent outside, calyx tube about 4 mm long; Corolla is lavender, 5-lobed, with the largest 1 lobe in the middle and hairy in the lower half: stamens 4, protruding out of the corolla tube, and anthers forked in zigzag; Ovary spherical, densely glandular, style glabrous, stigma 2-lobed. Berries are spherical, 5 ~ 7 mm in diameter, and most of them are surrounded by enlarged persistent calyx. Flowering in July. The fruiting period is September.

Growing seashores, beaches, lakes, etc. Distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan Province, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Guangdong and other places.

② Vitex negundo (Classic), also known as Auricularia auricula (Records of Medicinal Herbs Collected in Lingnan), Caulis Canarii, Caulis Solani, and Caulis Solani.

The morphology is similar to that of Vitex simplicifolia, except that the leaves are usually compound leaves with 3 leaflets, and sometimes they are single leaves on the upper or lower part of the same branch; Leaflets sessile; Leaflets are obovate or oblanceolate, the middle leaflet is usually about 1/3 longer than the lateral leaflet, the petiole is1~ 3 cm long, and it is densely covered with fine villi. Cymes are numerous and relatively arranged in terminal panicles. Flowering in July. Fruit period 1 1 month.

It grows on plain grassland, river beach and wasteland. Distributed in China's coastal provinces and Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

The leaves or branches and leaves of the above two plants (Vitex negundo L. leaves) are also used for medicine. See the special article for details.

Collect autumn fruits and harvest them when they are ripe. Dry in the sun, remove impurities and store in a dry place to prevent moisture and mildew.

The dried fruit of medicinal materials is spherical, with a diameter of 4 ~ 6 mm. The surface is grayish black or dark brown, covered with grayish white powder cream, with 4 longitudinal grooves; Observed with a magnifying glass, it is densely covered with pale yellow dots. There is a thin-film persistent calyx and a small fruit stalk at the bottom. The persistent calyx covers1/3 ~ 2/3 of the fruit, and the edge is 5-toothed, often deeply divided into two petals, grayish white and densely villous. It is light, tough and not easy to be broken. The cross-sectional peel is grayish yellow with brown oil spots. It is divided into four chambers, each with seeds 1 piece, and the seeds are white and oily. The gas is specific and fragrant, and the taste is light and slightly pungent. It is better to have large, full, fragrant and impurity-free grains.

Location: Shandong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian. In addition, it is also produced in Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan.

Chemical composition Vitex simplicifolia fruit and leaves contain volatile oil, mainly camphene and pinene, and contain trace alkaloids and vitamin A; The fruit still contains vitexin, namely vitexin.

Vitex negundo fruit contains a small amount of (0.0 1%) vitexin.

Stir-fried Vitex negundo: screen the ash, remove the remaining sepals, stir-fry in a pot with strong fire until brown, spray water slightly, and let cool.

"On Leigong's Roasting": "Where Vitex negundo is used, the pedicel is removed and the white film is put down, and then it is steamed after soaking in wine for a while, and then it is dried from the last to the last."

Bitter and bitter, cold.

① Classic: "Bitter taste, slightly cold."

② Pearl Capsule: "Bitter, bitter."

Meridian entering the liver, stomach and bladder.

① Herbal Decoction: "Taiyang meridian medicine."

② Explanation of the nature of Leigong's processed drugs: "Entering the liver meridian."

③ "Shu Shu of Materia Medica": "Entering the foot sun, Jueyin and Foot Yangming Meridian."

Function is mainly used to disperse wind and heat and clear the leader. Treat wind-heat common cold, migraine, toothache, red eye, eye pain, dark and tearful, and damp arthralgia. "

(1) The Classic: "Treating cold and heat between bones and muscles, dampness and cramp, improving eyesight, strengthening teeth, benefiting nine orifices and removing white worms."

② Notes on Materia Medica Classics: "The main hair is bald."

3 "Don't record": "Go to the worm, the main wind has a headache, the brain is ringing, and the eyes are crying; Benefiting qi, making people shiny and fat. "

④ Theory of Medicinal Properties: "Curing thief's wind can grow mustache."

⑤ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "Facilitate joints, treat red eyes and epilepsy."

⑥ "Pearl Capsule": "Cool the menstrual blood, stop the headache, and treat the pain in the main eye."

⑦ Wang Haogu: "Search liver wind."

⑧ Compendium of Medical Forest: "It can dissipate heat, dispel wind and dry dampness."

Pet-name ruby Annals of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine: "Treating stomachache."

Attending "Handbook of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines" of Guangzhou Army: "Dispelling wind and dissipating heat, calming the liver and relieving pain. Treat colds, fever, eye pain, dizziness, rheumatism, myalgia, indigestion, enteritis, diarrhea, swelling and pain from falls. "

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 2 ~ 3 yuan; Soak in wine or take pills or powder. External use: tamping.

It is advisable to avoid blood deficiency with fire, headache, dizziness and stomach deficiency.

① Notes on Herbal Classics: "Aconitum, Gypsum."

② The Origin of Medicine: "People with stomach deficiency should not take it, for fear of phlegm."

(3) The Classic of Materia Medica: "The leader's pain is not caused by common cold, but by blood deficiency and fire."

(4) "Materia Medica": "flaccidity and paralysis are not caused by the evil of rheumatism, but should not be used because of yang deficiency and blood dryness and muscle weakness; "beriberi due to cold hernia is not caused by exogenous dampness, and it should not be used for those who suffer from liver and spleen failure."

Option 1: Cure the head wind: two liters of Vitex negundo (the end) and a bucket of wine. Soak in silk bags for seven nights, warm clothes for three times, three days. (Qian Jin Fang)

② Treatment of eye invasion due to wind-cold, swelling and pain, tears, astringent swelling and shame: Vitex negundo San Qian, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Tribulus terrestris, Bupleurum, Saposhnikovia divaricata, and Glycyrrhiza uralensis. Decoct with water. ("Herbal Words")

③ Treatment of hard labor, improper diet and cataract eye disease: Radix Astragali, Radix Ginseng, Radix Glycyrrhizae preparata, Fructus Viticis, Cortex Phellodendri, San Qian (stir-fried with wine for four times), and Radix Paeoniae Alba, San Qian. Chew on the mouth, three or five yuan each time, and decoct in water. ("The Secret Collection of Lanshi" Vitex negundo Decoction)

Famous experts discuss ① "Compendium": "The vine is solid, the qi is light and pungent, the body is light and floating, and it goes upward and disperses, so the owner is suffering from wind deficiency in the head and face."

(2) Herbal Classic of Mercapture: "Vitex negundo" is bitter, slightly cold and nontoxic; "Don't record" Jia Xin Ping Wen. To examine its function, it should be bitter, warm and pungent, while cold is rare. The air is clear and tastes thin, floating and rising, and yang is also. It governs the cold and heat between bones and muscles, and the symptoms of wind-induced headache, brain ringing and watery eyes are covered with the evil of six evils, while the wind hurts the tendons, and the cold hurts the bones, which is cold and heat, or even wet arthralgia or contracture; It is also full of the pulse of the sun, and the spine is connected to the brain along the neck, so that the purpose is to enlighten the Jue Yin. If the evil hurts the two meridians, it will cause headache, brain ringing and tears. This medicine is pungent in air temperature, and when it enters the two dirty organs and dispels the evil of wind and cold, all the syndromes will be eliminated. When evil goes away, the nine orifices will pass through themselves, while Bi San will be caused by glossy fat. Although the teeth are kidney, and the bed belongs to Yangming, Yangming attacks the teeth, in order to shake the swelling and pain and disperse the wind and heat of Yangming, the teeth are self-hardened. "Those who get rid of white worms and long worms pretend that they are bitter and bitter."

(3) "Materia Medica": "Vitex negundo, the main medicine for various wind diseases. In ancient times, it was mainly used to dredge nine orifices, activate joints, improve eyesight and strengthen teeth, and eliminate the evil of wind, cold and heat. Its pungent warmth is light and scattered, and it floats upward, so it is the main syndrome of deficiency of wind in the head and face. "As far as nine orifices are concerned, it is beneficial to joints. Therefore, it has been used repeatedly in soup powder for treating damp arthralgia, cold hernia and beriberi, and it is not limited to the upper part of the head and face."

④ "Drug Meaning": "Vitex negundo can dispel wind, cool blood and induce resuscitation. Any headache caused by the sun, head wind, brain sound, tears in eyes and drowsiness are all caused by blood and hot wind, so as to cool it down, take its thin qi to control ascending, assist Huangqi decoction with miraculous effect, dispel obstacles and restore light to eyes, and win medicine for liver meridian."

⑤ "New Edition of Materia Medica": "Vitex negundo, supplemented with traditional Chinese medicine, is the most effective for treating headache. Because it is light and weak, it is easy to rise. If you rely on it blindly, you will not be able to win in the future."

⑥ Zhang Shouyi: "All the sons of vegetation are firm and heavy, and their nature is declining. Although the vine is not very heavy, its nature is bound to decline. The Classic says that it is mainly used to treat cold and heat between bones and muscles, damp arthralgia and contracture, improve eyesight, strengthen teeth, and benefit nine orifices, which are all functions of clearing away fire. Although Bielu uses pungent words, it mainly treats wind headache, brain ringing and tears in eyes, and it is still a disease of rising internal wind, which is used to clear down and is definitely not a product to evacuate external wind. "Rihuazi" refers to treating red eyes; Zhang Jie-gu said that he could cure the dull head and stop the pain in his eyes; Wang Haizang refers to the search for liver wind; It's all about calming the wind and reducing the fire, and its meaning is very clear. Solicitude for power means treating thieves; Jiegu also called treating the sun headache and dispersing common cold; It is mistaken as an evacuation medicine, which is by no means the true purpose of Benjing and Bielu. Covering the internal wind and external wind, the treatment method is muddy, which has long been a common problem since the Han and Wei dynasties. Zhen Quan and others said that it was a mistake. However, it is said that the "Outline" on the edge of the lake, that is, its gas is clear and fragrant, its body is light and floating, and it is scattered upward, but it is confirmed by Zhen Quan and others' mistakes and the attachment. For nearly three hundred years, no one can know the true function of Vitex negundo. However, being close to the lake also means that the owner is suffering from wind deficiency in his head and face. Then, how can the wind belong to deficiency, and there be any reason to use floating to attend? "Qian Jin Fang" takes Vitex negundo as the end, soaking in wine to cure headache caused by head wind, which is also an internal wind, not a method to dispel external wind, and its drinkers use the power of wine to lead it up, so that the power of medicine reaches the mind's meaning. If you spend a penny lightly, you can reuse it to three or four dollars. "

Remind you: Vitex negundo is a Chinese herbal medicine from the Internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before using it.