Liao Diaozhu is a rare traditional Chinese medicine. Generally, we may hear very little about it in our daily life, but it is still used more in important applications because it has special effects. It is used to treat various types of ascites, body fluid accumulation, etc., and Liao Diaozhu is also used more frequently. So, what are the effects and functions of Liao Diao bamboo in general?

Old book name: "Farewell to Mercury" by Xu Changqing under Shixia.

Alternative names: Thousand Cloud Bamboo, Hero Grass, Shan Dao Bamboo, Xu Changqing.

Plant name: Liao Diao bamboo.

Growing environment: This product is a perennial herb. It mostly grows in mountains, hilly areas, and hillside grasslands. The climate is mild and the soil is fertile, but it can also grow in poorer and drier places.

Distribution: It is found in all provinces in the north and south of my country, but it is more common in the north. It is very common in Guangdong and can be found in almost every county.

Medicinal part: the whole plant.

Collection period: summer and autumn.

Purchase location: Purchased from medicinal materials company.

Nature and flavor: warm in nature, pungent in taste, and aromatic.

Function: dispel wind, reduce swelling, detoxify and remove blood stasis.

Indications, dosage and usage: 1. Watery abdominal distension, use in combination; 2. Snake skin, use in combination; 3. Snake bites, use in combination; 4. Malnutrition: use 2 to 3 times dryly. Qian, 4 to 5 candied dates, decocted to make tea, divided into portions; 5, bruised, used in combination.

Recipe 1: (Prescription for treating bruises and blood stasis) Liao Diaozhu 5 qian, Touguxiao 5 qian, Rudi Jinniu 5 qian, Han Xincao 5 qian, Xue Jianchou 5 qian, Zelania leaves 5 money, four bowls of water, boil it into a bowl and take it.

(Fang Jie) Liao Diao Bamboo can dispel wind and reduce swelling, put into the ground Taurus to promote qi and relieve pain, add 5 qian of Zephylla leaves, add 4 bowls of water, boil it into a bowl and take it.

(Recipe) Liao Diao Bamboo dispels wind and reduces swelling, enters Taurus to promote qi and relieves pain, adenophyllum leaves, Xue Jian Chou, Han Xin Cao regulates blood and dissipates blood stasis, penetrates the bones and dissolves into the bones to heal injuries, which is a combination for dispelling It is an agent for removing wind, regulating blood and qi, and treating bruises.

(Fang Ge) For bruises, bruises and swelling, use Liao Diao and put it into the ground to penetrate the bones and eliminate it. Han Xin Jianchou Zelan Ye can dispel wind and blood stasis and regulate it automatically.

Recipe 2: (prescription for treating snakes on the skin) 5 qian of Liao Diao Bamboo, 3 qian of Qili Sword, 3 qian of Dalei Ling, 3 qian of Lobelia, 5 qian of Snake Manager, three bowls of water, boiled into one Bowl service. Or use the medicine at the end of the stomach and apply it externally to the affected area. If the affected area is red and painful, mix it with sugar water. If it is itchy, swollen but not red and painful, mix it with wine.

(Fang Jie) Snakes on the skin are caused by dampness and poison in the internal organs, which occur on the skin, and there are also external causes of wind, heat and dampness. This prescription uses Liao Diaozhu to reduce swelling and remove toxins, Qixingjian to relieve itching and remove toxins, Liuerling to remove wind and reduce swelling, relieve itching and remove toxins, Lobelia and Shenjiangguan to clear away heat and remove toxins. The whole prescription can be taken internally for treatment, and can also be used externally to treat localized areas. The powder is mixed with sugar for its moistening properties, and the wine is used for the dressing and its warm properties are used.

(Fang Ge) If the skin is itchy, use Diaozhu and Liuerling, Seven Swords Lobelia as the general manager, it can dispel wind and dissipate blood stasis and poison.

Recipe 3: (Prescription for treating swelling) 3 qian of Liaodiao bamboo, 5 qian of white stalagmite, 1 qian of dried clam flower, 5 qian of yellow bark root, 2 bowls of water, boil into a bowl and take.

(Fang Ge) If the abdomen is swollen due to edema and water enters the abdomen, decoct the yellow bark root, mussel flower, and white stalagmite together and take it in water. The diuretic and swelling effect is commendable.

Recipe 4: (prescription for treating snake bites) Liao Diaozhu 3 qian, Golden Earring 1 qian, Lobelia 3 qian, Dajin 3 qian, Ground Taurus Root 5 qian, Snake Manager 5 qian, Boil three bowls of water into one bowl and take it.

(Recipe) This prescription is composed of several herbs that can relieve snakebite venom. Liaodiao bamboo can relieve snakebite venom and can also reduce swelling and blood stasis. Golden earrings and ground taurus can also reduce swelling. To dispel wind, Snake Controller and Lobelia. Daikin is also good at clearing away heat and detoxifying. The whole prescription not only has the ability to detoxify snake venom, but also has the effects of dispelling wind, reducing swelling and dispersing blood stasis.

(Fang Ge) The bite of a venomous snake is painful and embarrassing. Diao Bamboo and ground gold are used together. Lobelia in earrings is the general manager. Both gold and gold are poisonous and difficult to invade.

Reference materials: "Guangdong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription Exchange Compilation" New X Zone Prescriptions for Treating Venomous Snake Bites, Snake Pill Prescriptions: This pill is specially designed to treat snake bites, and can also treat snake bites, snake heads wrapped around the fingers, and nameless swelling. Poison etc. Prescription: Liao Diaozhu, Liuerling, Golden Key, Big Leaf Snake, False Balsam Melon, Half Flag Leaf, Golden Chicken Claw, Sweet Cornus, Goose Cannot Eat, Bird Head, Dog Footprint, Field Stem Yellow, Lobelia, and the above. 4 taels each, 8 taels of the Seven-Star Sword, 14 flavours, dried in the sun and ground into powder, refined into honey and made into pills, priced at 3 qian each, sealed in a wax shell. If bitten by a shell snake, use a container of clean water to scrape off the bad blood, take one pill with wine, apply one pill to the wound, and expose the mouth to let the poison flow out. The poison will be gone and it will heal.

A doctor in Tuhua Township introduced the following prescriptions for treating snake bites: Liao Diaozhu, Unicorn Lotus, Clams King, Banbianqi, Mao Shexiang, Chrysanthemum Heart, Mountain Osmanthus, Stone Lotus, Tu Niu Qi, Golden chicken feet, golden keys, and purple-backed golden ox, each worth 3 qian, soaked in 1 jin of wine, take 2 taels each time, or fry in two bowls of wine until 8 minutes.

Xu Changqing:

Modern pharmacological research shows that: Xu Changqing mainly contains paeonol, flavonoid glycosides and a small amount of alkaloids, and has many functions such as analgesia, sedation, antibacterial, blood pressure lowering, and blood lipid lowering. kind of effect. It can be used clinically for orthopedic injuries and lumbar pain; it has a very significant analgesic effect on epigastric distension and pain caused by gastritis, stomach pain, gastric ulcer, etc.