Medicinal properties of houttuynia cordata Thunb. From generation to generation. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, was a prisoner of the King of Wu, and he vowed to make Yue strong. However, in the first year of returning to China, there was a rare famine and the people had no food. Gou Jian personally went up the mountain to look for edible wild vegetables and finally found one. As a result, the whole country of Yue actually relied on this small wild vegetable to tide over the difficulties. Because this wild vegetable has a fishy smell, it was named Houttuynia cordata by Gou Jian.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb Also called lateral ear root, pig nostril, etc. Cold side ear root is a traditional folk dish. Houttuynia cordata Thunb As a medicine, it has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, eliminating carbuncle and expelling pus, and promoting diuresis and stranguria, and is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. Clinical reports are widely used to treat pneumonia, hemoptysis, upper respiratory tract infection, chronic bronchitis, cold and fever, lung cancer, cervical erosion, nephrotic syndrome, rhinitis, suppurative otitis media, parotitis and so on.

Houttuynia cordata injection is a commonly used Chinese patent medicine preparation with Houttuynia cordata as the main component, which has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials and promoting diuresis, and is used for lung abscess, phlegm-heat cough, leucorrhea increase, urinary tract infection, carbuncle and furuncle.

Suitable for ordinary people.

1. Suitable for patients with influenza, frequent constipation, damp-heat in spleen and stomach, abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting, and people who don't think about diet;

2. However, deficiency-cold constitution and furuncle belong to yin-cold, and those without swelling and pain and heat pain should not take them.

Every100g of houttuynia cordata contains 0.3g of carbohydrate.

0.3g dietary fiber.

Vitamin A575 micrograms

Carotene 3450 micrograms

Vitamin C70 mg

Calcium 123 mg

Phosphorus 38 mg

Potassium 718mg

Sodium 2.6 mg

Magnesium 7 1 mg

Iron 9.8 mg

Zinc 0.99 mg

Copper 0.55 mg

Manganese 1.7 1 mg

Functional indication

Clearing away heat and toxic materials; Expelling pus and eliminating carbuncle; Diuretic stranguria. The main lung abscess vomited pus; Phlegm-heat asthma and cough; Throat; Heat dysentery; Carbuncle swelling and sore poison; hot bath

Oral administration and dosage: decocted, 15-25g, not suitable for long-term administration; Or freshly squeezed juice, double the dosage. External use: take appropriate amount, mash it or decoct it for fumigation and washing.

1. Used for lung abscess, coughing up purulent blood, coughing up lung heat, yellow and thick phlegm, etc. The former is often used with Platycodon grandiflorum, Phragmites communis and winter melon seeds to enhance the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and expelling pus; The latter is often combined with herbs for clearing lung-heat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, such as Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Fritillaria, Mulberry bark, etc. This product is an important drug for treating lung abscess.

2. It is used for heat-toxic sores and ulcers, and is often used together with heat-clearing and antidotes such as Herba Violae, Flos Lonicerae and Fructus Forsythiae. Both oral and external use are acceptable.

3. It is used for astringent and painful urination in hot forest, and is often used with diuretic and stranguria-relieving drugs such as Akebia Akebia, Talcum and Plantaginis.

Modern multi-purpose treatment of lung abscess, pneumonia, acute and chronic bronchitis, urinary tract infection and so on.

Chinese medicine believes that houttuynia cordata. Pungent in taste and cold in nature, has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving pain and swelling, treating sores and promoting granulation, promoting diuresis and removing dampness, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion. It can be used for the treatment of lung abscess, sores and swelling, hemorrhoids, hematochezia, spleen and stomach heat accumulation caused by heat toxin and dampness evil. It is effective when used alone or in combination, orally and externally or through various folk dietotherapy methods. Pharmacological research shows that Houttuynia cordata mainly contains volatile oil, decanoyl acetaldehyde, houttuynin and other components, which has inhibitory and antibacterial effects on a variety of pathogenic bacteria, cocci, influenza virus, leptospira and so on. And can improve the immune regulation function of human body.

pay attention to

1. Deficiency cold syndrome and negative external selection should not be taken.

2. Record of Famous Doctors: Eating too much makes people breathless.

3. Meng Wei: Long-term consumption will make people weak, damage the yang and eliminate essence.

Function of traditional Chinese medicine

dosage

15 ~ 30g, which should not be fried for a long time; Double the dosage of fresh food, and take it by decocting in water or pounding juice. Apply appropriate amount externally, mash or decoct, and fumigate the affected area.

Memory song formula

In Ming Dynasty, Gong Tingxian wrote "Medicinal Songs with 400 Flavors": the water shield is slightly cold, lung abscess should be taken, hemorrhoids should be smoked and washed, and swelling and detoxification should be reduced.

Character; Role; letter

The stem of this product is flat and twisted, with a length of 20 ~ 35 cm and a diameter of 0. 2~0。 The surface of 3cm is brown, with several longitudinal edges and obvious nodes, and there are residual fibrous roots on the lower nodes; Fragile and easily broken. Leaves alternate, the leaves are folded and shrunk, and after flattening, they are heart-shaped, 3 ~ 5 cm long and 3 ~ 4 cm wide. 5cm apex acuminate, entire; The upper surface is dark yellow-green to dark brown, and the lower surface is grayish green or grayish brown; The petiole is slender, and the base is combined with stipules to form a sheath. Spike terminal, yellow-brown. After crushing, it smells fishy and slightly astringent.

characteristic

Water shield is a perennial herb, 30 ~ 50 cm high, and the whole plant has a foul smell; The upper part of the stem is erect, often purplish red, the lower part is creeping, and the nodes are whorled with small roots. Leaves alternate, papery, with glandular spots, especially on the back, ovoid or broadly ovoid, 4 ~ 10 cm long and 2.5 ~ 6 cm wide, heart-shaped at the base, entire, and often purplish red on the back; 5 ~ 7 palmar veins; Petiole length 1 ~ 3.5 cm, glabrous; The stipule membrane is 1 ~ 2.5 cm long, and the lower part is combined with the petiole to form a sheath. Flowers are small, open in summer, without perianth, arranged in spikes opposite to leaves, about 2 cm long; 4 involucral bracts, white, petal-shaped and 1 ~ 2 cm long, born at the top of the total pedicel; 3 stamens, long filaments, and the lower part is connate with ovary; The pistil consists of three syncarps. Capsule is nearly spherical, 2 ~ 3 mm in diameter, and the top is cracked.

The whole plant contains volatile oil, and the main components in the oil are methyl-n-nonone, myrcene, caprylic acid and lauraldehyde, which has a special smell. In addition, it also contains irritating alkali leaching. The leaves contain quercitrin. The flower ear and fruit ear contain isoquercitrin.

Store in a dry place.

pharmacological action

1. Resists pathogenic microorganisms and inhibits Staphylococcus aureus, Influenza Bacillus and Pneumococcus.

2. Diuretion can dilate capillaries, increase renal blood flow and urine secretion, so it is also used for frequent urination and urinary tract infection pain.

3. Enhance the immune system of patients with chronic bronchitis and improve the phagocytosis of white blood cells.

4. Anti-tumor effect, increasing CAMP in cancer cells and inhibiting Ehrlich ascites cancer.

【 General dosage and usage 】 One or two tablets of San Qian are decocted in water. Because this product contains volatile oil, it should not be decocted for a long time. Appropriate amount for external use

Functional oral administration has the functions of diuresis, detoxification, anti-inflammation, pus discharge and expectoration. Recent research shows that the decoction, powder and injection of this product have good hemostatic effect on liver bleeding, which is worth further study. According to the clinical experience of traditional Chinese medicine, it is effective for purulent inflammation such as lung abscess and carbuncle. Chewing raw rhizome can relieve angina pectoris of coronary heart disease.

Therapeutic value

(1) Houttuynia cordata Thunb has good heat-clearing and detoxicating effects, and is often used together with Platycodon grandiflorum, fresh Rhizoma Phragmitis, Fructus Trichosanthis, Semen Benincasae, Coicis Semen, Semen Persicae, and weevil to treat lung abscess, chest pain, cough, purulent blood, etc. Stemona root, centipede, Ophiopogon japonicus and honey can be used for whooping cough. For those with carbuncle due to heat toxicity, it can be decocted for oral administration alone or mashed fresh herbs for external application.

(2) Houttuynia cordata Thunb, formerly known as water shield, has a strong fishy smell in its fresh leaves, so it is named after its smell. When people don't use it, as the name implies, they often feel that this medicine tastes bad and is difficult to swallow. This is an unrealistic reason. In fact, after the medicine is dried in the shade, it not only has no fishy smell, but also has a faint fragrance. When the juice is decocted with water, it emits a fragrance similar to cinnamon. Its juice is like light black tea juice. If you taste it carefully, it also tastes like black tea. Slightly astringent fragrance, no bitterness, no fishy smell and no irritation to the stomach. Houttuynia cordata Thunb It has a good effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials, and is an important drug for the treatment of lung abscess. In recent years, the clinical application of this product has been developed on the basis of predecessors, and it is quite effective in treating lobar pneumonia, acute bronchitis, enteritis, diarrhea and other diseases. It has diuretic effect, so it can also be used for urinary tract infection and frequent urination.

Houttuynia cordata is pungent and slightly cold, belonging to lung meridian;

Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, eliminating carbuncle and discharging pus, inducing diuresis to reduce swelling and treating stranguria;

Indications: tonsillitis, lung abscess, urinary tract infection, lung heat, asthma and cough, malaria, edema, carbuncle, sore, fever, eczema, proctoptosis and other diseases.

The whole grass or tender stems and buds of Saururaceae. Also known as Miao, water bream, water bream, smelly pig nest, lateral ear root, pig nostril, smelly fishy vegetables. There are wild species in northwest, north China, China and south of the Yangtze River basin. Harvesting in spring and summer, removing fibrous roots, washing, or drying in the sun.

【 Description 】 It tastes pungent and slightly cold. It can clear away heat and toxic materials, induce diuresis and treat stranguria, and stimulate appetite and digestion.

[References] Contains volatile oils, mainly decanoyl acetaldehyde, lauraldehyde, methyl-n-nonone, geraniol, etc. It also contains houttuynin, potassium salt, quercitrin and isoquercitrin.

It can inhibit staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic streptococcus, pneumococcus, catarrhalis, diphtheria, Proteus, dysentery, Escherichia coli, tuberculosis, influenza virus and leptospira (but the effect is reduced after heating). It can obviously promote the phagocytosis of white blood cells on Staphylococcus aureus and enhance the immune function of the body. Houttuynia cordata decoction can delay the development of experimental tuberculosis. The potassium salt and quercitrin contained in it have diuretic effect. In addition, it has the functions of relieving cough, stopping bleeding and improving capillary fragility.

【 Usage 】 Used for lung carbuncle, lung heat cough and whooping cough; Dysentery, hemorrhoids, carbuncle, swelling and sore poison; Taking a hot bath, urination is unfavorable, and it is swollen; Loss of appetite and indigestion.

[Usage] This product is best fresh. It should not be decocted for a long time when used as decoction. Eating raw food is better for strengthening the stomach and promoting digestion. When treating carbuncle, swelling, sore and hemorrhoid, it can be taken orally, combined with external application or fumigation.

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1, water shield lung juice: fresh houttuynia cordata. 250g, slightly mashed, juiced. Take it three times a day.

"Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" contains this product "Treating lung abscess and coughing with purulent blood. Smelly. " Materia Medica Jing Shu is used to treat lung abscess, but it is used to "mash and get juice, drink it with mustard and take it for a long time."

Water shield has been an important medicine for clearing away heat and toxic materials and treating lung abscess since ancient times, and can be used alone. Mustard brine has the effect of eliminating phlegm and appetizing, which is beneficial to eliminating carbuncle and purulent, increasing appetite, and is also helpful for treatment. It can be added.

2. Stewed pork tripe with water shield: Houttuynia cordata 120g, pork tripe 1. Put the water shield in the pig's belly, tie it up and simmer the soup.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb It can clear away lung heat and detoxify, and has certain therapeutic significance for tuberculosis in the experiment. Pork belly can strengthen the spleen and benefit the lungs. Used for tuberculosis, cough and night sweats.

3. Water shield hawthorn soup: 60g houttuynia cordata and 6g hawthorn. Add water to make soup.

From Lingnan Materia Medica. Houttuynia cordata Thunb can relieve heat toxicity of large intestine, strengthen stomach and promote digestion. Hawthorn can promote blood circulation and cure dysentery, and it can also help digestion. Compatibility and application have good benefits.

4. Water shield and plantain soup: 60g houttuynia cordata and 30g plantain. Add water to make soup.

Both of them have the functions of clearing heat, diuresis and stranguria, and Houttuynia cordata Thunb has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying. Used for heat stranguria, dysuria or damp-heat edema.

5, flavor water shield: fresh Houttuynia cordata 250g, mixed with cooked food oil (or cooked pepper), salt, vinegar, sugar, monosodium glutamate.

Fresh and tender houttuynia cordata Thunb. It has a strong smell and can greatly stimulate appetite and help digestion. Used for anorexia and dyspepsia, especially those with stomach heat.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb is the only Chinese herbal medicine that can regenerate strongly at the explosion point of atomic bomb. Houttuynia cordata Thunb Has the functions of resisting radiation and enhancing immune function, and has no toxic or side effects. It is not only suitable for aircrew, but also suitable for people who are often close to radiation sources, such as X-ray machine and computer operators, and people who often watch TV. Radiation protection food that computer families must eat.

Food recipes

Houttuynia cordata Thunb

Seasoning: salt, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, chicken essence, red oil, dried pepper and pepper noodles.

Exercise:

1. Pinch off the old roots and whiskers of Houttuynia cordata Thunb, leaving tender roots and leaves, rinse with clear water for several times, wash off the sediment, soak in cold water for 10 minute, and take out the dry water for later use; You can also blanch it with boiling water.

2. Cut the dried peppers into sections, fry them in warm oil until crisp and fragrant, and pour them into a bowl together with the oil for later use;

3. Put Houttuynia cordata into the pot, add salt, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, chicken essence, red oil, pepper noodles and fried Chili oil and mix well. You can eat it. The mouth can be adjusted according to your own preferences and different regions.

Features: spicy, sweet and sour, light and refreshing, it is a good product on the summer table.

Tip: Houttuynia cordata can only eat white roots and leaves when eating, and it must be soaked in cold water to eliminate the odor.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb

First, raw materials:

1. material: 250g of houttuynia cordata Thunb.

2. Seasoning: refined salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper powder, Chili oil and sugar.

Second, the method:

Remove impurities from Herba Houttuyniae, cut into sections, soak in salt water for a few minutes, add monosodium glutamate, refined salt, pepper powder, Chili oil and sugar, and mix well to serve.

Press: Houttuynia cordata Thunb has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and detumescence. The cold salad has certain curative effect on upper respiratory tract infection, lung abscess, urinary tract inflammation, mastitis, cellulitis, otitis media, enteritis, etc.

Houttuynia cordata is cold and should not be eaten more.

Steamed chicken with houttuynia cordata

First, raw materials:

1. Material: 1 tender hen (weighing about1500g) and 200g of houttuynia cordata Thunb.

2. Seasoning: salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, onion and ginger.

Second, the method:

1. Slaughter the chicken, remove the hair, wash the internal organs and claws, blanch it in a boiling water pot, and take it out to wash the blood stains. Remove impurities from Herba Houttuyniae, wash, and cut into sections.

2. Take 1 soup pot, add whole chicken, refined salt, ginger, onion, pepper and appropriate amount of water, put it in a cage and steam it until the chicken is cooked, then add Houttuynia cordata and monosodium glutamate, and steam it out slightly.

Press: Houttuynia cordata Thunb, which has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and detumescence, and chicken with the functions of warming the middle warmer, benefiting qi, replenishing marrow and replenishing essence are selected for this dish. It can provide rich nutrients such as protein, fat and carbohydrate for human body, and has the effects of diminishing inflammation, detoxicating, warming middle warmer and benefiting qi. It can be used as an auxiliary food for patients with lung abscess, emaciation, edema, proctoptosis and other diseases.

Houttuynia cordata scrambled eggs

First, raw materials:

1. material: fresh houttuynia cordata 150g, 4 eggs.

2. Seasoning: refined salt, monosodium glutamate, chopped green onion and clear oil.

Second, the method:

1. Remove impurities from Herba Houttuyniae, wash and cut into small pieces, and beat the eggs into a bowl and mix well.

2. Heat the oil in the pot, stir fry the chopped green onion, stir fry the houttuynia cordata a few times, stir fry the eggs together, add appropriate amount of water and salt, stir fry until the eggs are cooked and tasty, and add monosodium glutamate to push evenly.

A: This dish consists of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. And eggs that moisten the lungs and relieve sore throat, clear away heat and toxic materials, nourish yin and moisten dryness. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, nourishing yin and moistening lung. Can be use as an auxiliary nutrition and dietotherapy dish for patients with pneumonia, lung abscess, carbuncle, asthenia, hemorrhage, conjunctival congestion, heat dysentery and that like.

Shredded pork with houttuynia cordata

First, raw materials:

1. material: pork 200g, houttuynia cordata100g.

2. Seasoning: refined salt, monosodium glutamate, shredded ginger, wet starch, lard and fresh soup.

Second, the method:

1. Wash and shred pork, put it in a bowl, add salt and wet starch and mix well. Removing impurities from Herba Houttuyniae, cleaning, and chopping. Salt, monosodium glutamate, wet starch and fresh soup are mixed into juice.

2. Heat the oil in the pot to 60% heat, stir-fry the shredded pork, stir-fry the houttuynia cordata a few times, cook the mixed juice, stir-fry it a few times, and serve.

Reporter: This dish is made of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. And pork that nourishes yin and moistens dryness, warms the middle warmer and benefits qi. It can provide rich nutrition for human body, and has the effects of diminishing inflammation, detoxicating, nourishing yin and moistening lung. Suitable for pneumonia, lung abscess, emaciation, dry cough, malnutrition, proctoptosis and other diseases.

Roasted pig lung with houttuynia cordata

First, raw materials:

1. material: 250g of pig lung, 0/00g of fresh houttuynia cordata/kloc-.

2. Seasoning: cooking wine, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, sugar, onion, ginger slices and lard.

Second, the method:

1. Pig lungs were cut into pieces, and blood was washed away for many times. Removing impurities from Herba Houttuyniae, cleaning, and chopping.

2. Heat the pot with lard and stir-fry the pig lungs. As for it, stir-fry the cooking wine and soy sauce a few times, add onion, ginger, refined salt and appropriate amount of water, and cook until the pig lungs are cooked. Add sugar and cooking wine and continue to cook until the pig lungs are cooked. Add houttuynia cordata and cook until it tastes delicious. Add monosodium glutamate to the pot.

Press: Houttuynia cordata Thunb. And has the functions of diminishing inflammation, detoxicating, nourishing yin and moistening lung. It can be used as an auxiliary diet food for patients with pneumonia, lung abscess, cough due to lung deficiency, hemoptysis and lung flaccidity.

Prescriptions and prescriptions

1. Persimmon carbuncle vomits pus and spits.

Wash the fresh grass and stir-fry the vegetables. Or take 36g of Houttuynia cordata (fresh grass), 2g of Platycodon grandiflorum12g and 6g of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.

2. Cough due to lung heat, expectoration with blood (including acute bronchitis and tuberculosis)

Houttuynia cordata 18g (fresh grass 36g), licorice 6g, plantain 30g, decocted in water.

3. Children have febrile convulsions, and adults have pneumonia with hot cough and shortness of breath.

Houttuynia cordata, Vitex negundo each 30g, Uncaria rhynchophylla 9g, decocted in water, and reduced for children.

4. Systemic sores (including treatment of multiple carbuncle, etc.). )

Houttuynia cordata leaves and rice flour are made into cakes and fried.

5. Carbuncle, furuncle, back, furuncle and swelling

Whether it has collapsed or not, fresh houttuynia cordata can be wrapped in wet paper, cooked in grey fire, taken out and mashed, and applied to the affected area.

6. Jaundice and fever (including cholecystitis, etc. )

Houttuynia cordata Thunb 150~ 180 g, decocted in water and taken warm, it is said that the curative effect is good.

7. Heart disease, angina pectoris and heartburn.

The stem of fresh houttuynia cordata Thunb. Chew raw with 1~2 inches every time, 2~3 times a day, which can not only relieve pain, but also cure some cases after long-term use.

8. Female endometritis, cervicitis, adnexitis, red, white and leukorrhagia, lower abdominal pain, etc.

30-60g of Houttuynia cordata Thunb., 30g of dandelion and 30g of honeysuckle are decocted with water.

9. Infantile malnutrition, abdominal distension, indigestion, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Wash fresh leaves or whole grass, pound juice, use half a spoon at a time. Take it with warm boiled water.

10. Ulcer does not break the head and pus cannot be discharged.

When this kind of grass is mashed and applied to the affected area, it can produce pus, so this kind of grass is also called "Daidaocao". (Gun beads, shrapnel, bamboo sticks and wooden thorns enter the muscles, that is, this product is wrapped in wet paper, cooked in fire, mashed and applied, which can suck out shrapnel, sticks and thorns).

1 1. Neck gangrene on the back, pus thrombus can't come out.

Fresh grass is wrapped in wet paper, boiled in grey fire, mashed and applied to the affected area, which can suck pus, stop bleeding, relieve pain, diminish inflammation and prevent corrosion.

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Physical and chemical identification (1) Take appropriate amount of powder of this product. Put it into a small test tube, press it with a glass rod, and drop a small amount of magenta sulfurous acid test solution until the upper powder is wet, and let it stand for a moment. When observed from the side wall, the wet powder is pink or reddish purple. (2) Take 65438 0 g of this product powder, add 65438±00ml of ethanol, heat and reflux for 65438±00min, and filter. Take 2ml of filtrate, add a small amount of magnesium powder and 3 drops of hydrochloric acid, and heat it in water bath until it turns red.

(3) TLC ① Take 1g powder, add 10ml methanol, soak overnight, and filter. Concentrate the filtrate to 1 ml for water injection test. In addition, a small amount of hyperin was dissolved in methanol as a control solution. A proper amount of the test sample and the reference sample are placed on the same silica gel G plate, developed with ether-methanol-water (4.5: 1: 1.5), and colored with 1% aluminum trichloride ethanol solution. In the chromatogram of the test sample, light yellow spots are displayed in the position corresponding to the control sample, and dark brown spots are displayed under the ultraviolet lamp. (2) Take 2g powder of this product, add 10ml water and 8 drops of 8% sodium hydroxide, cold soak for 2h, continuously stir and filter. Put the filtrate in a shunt funnel for 5min, add 10ml ethyl acetate and 6 drops of 7% hydrochloric acid solution, shake it evenly for 5min, and let it stand, and take the ethyl acetate extract as the test solution. In addition, acetaldehyde decanoate was used as reference substance, and ethyl acetate was added to dissolve it to prepare a solution containing 2mg per kloc-0/ml as reference liquid. Suck 10μl test solution and reference solution respectively, spot them on the same silica gel g plate, spread them with benzene-anhydrous ethanol (7: 2), and spray 5% ferric chloride test solution for color development. In the chromatogram of the test sample, spots with the same color appear in the position corresponding to the chromatogram of the control sample.

[Edit this paragraph] Various expositions

1. "The famous doctor Abelu": mainly used to treat salamander drowning sores.

2. "Rihuazi Materia Medica": use a light bamboo tube to simmer and apply evil sores.

3. "Yan Lu Materia Medica": heatstroke in a large branch is stuffy and unconscious.

4. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": Treat lung abscess, cough up purulent blood, foul smell in sputum, toxic heat in large intestine, and treat hemorrhoids.

5. "Compendium of Materia Medica": heat dissipation, toxic carbuncle, sores, hemorrhoids, proctoptosis, library disease, detoxification.

6. Compendium of Medical Forest: Running water, tackling difficulties, going to sleep and relieving summer heat. Treat snake venom, beriberi, ulcer, gangrene and blood stasis.

7. Chen Nianzu: Treating hematemesis.

8. "Drug Classification": Treating five stranguria, eliminating edema, removing food accumulation, tonifying deficiency and reducing swelling.

9. "Lingnan Collection of Drugs": Leaf: It can be disinfected by applying malignant big sores; Decocting can remove damp heat and treat dysentery.

10. "Modern and Practical Chinese Medicine": Raw leaves: baked and externally applied, which is a foaming medicine and can cure sores and tinea. Any scabies swelling, eczema, low back pain, etc. Can be used as bath soup. Eating its roots raw can prevent angina pectoris of coronary heart disease.

1 1. Illustration of Chinese medicinal plants: taking poison emetic first aid.

12. Manual of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Guangzhou Air Force: Anti-inflammatory and Detoxification, Diuretic and Detumescence. Treat upper respiratory tract infection, lung abscess, urinary tract inflammation, suppurative inflammation in other parts, and snake bite.

13. Manual of Chinese herbal medicines commonly used in Guangzhou army: clearing away heat and toxic materials. Treat mastitis, cellulitis, otitis media and enteritis.

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houttuynia cordata

Houttuynia cordata Thunb is the tender stem and leaf of Houttuynia cordata Thunb, also known as Tuoer.

Cabbage, broken ear vegetables, perennial herbs. The whole plant has a fishy smell, which can be fried, cooled and made into soup.

Every100g of tender stems and leaves of Houttuynia cordata contains 6g of carbohydrate, 2.2g of protein and 0.4g of fat.

Calcium 74 mg, phosphorus 53 mg, volatile oil (methyl n-nonone, osmanthus oil, caprylic acid, lauraldehyde).

0.49 mg, and also contains houttuynia cordata Thunb, houttuynin and various vitamins.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Indications: Tonsillitis, lung abscess and urinary tract.

Infection, etc. Those with deficiency-cold syndrome and negative external selection should eat less.

houttuynia cordata

Houttuynia cordata Thunb , also known as Houttuynia cordata. Houttuynia cordata Thunb And houttuynia cordata Thunb. It is a perennial herb of saururaceae. It is named Houttuynia cordata Thunb. Because its stems and leaves smell after being crushed. Houttuynia cordata Thunb Widely distributed in southern provinces of China, as well as parts of northwest, north China and Tibet. It often grows on shady slopes, village ridges, river streams and wetland grasslands. Houttuynia cordata Thunb The plant is short, the lower part of the stem is buried or the underground rhizome is born in shallow soil, white, and takes root at the nodes. The upper part of the stem is erect, and the leaves are heart-shaped or broadly ovate, usually green and occasionally purple; The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruiting period is10-165438+1October. Houttuynia cordata Thunb Has a strong vitality. Roots can survive, take root, germinate and propagate widely by directly inserting them into wet mud.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb is a common wild vegetable in Xishuangbanna, and most local residents like to eat it. There are several common ways to eat it: first, remove the hair roots from the nodes of the underground stems of Houttuynia cordata Thunb, wash them, cut them into small pieces of 2 to 3 cm (young leaves can also be added), and add seasonings such as vinegar, soy sauce, Chili powder and monosodium glutamate to eat them cold, which is crisp and refreshing, but has a strong smell; Secondly, the underground stems and tender stems and leaves are cooked, fried, fried or stewed together, with pleasant fragrance, suitable entrance and slightly fishy smell; Third, pickles are processed into pickles, which are crisp and appetizing.

Wild houttuynia cordata Thunb. It has a strong fishy smell and is not suitable for first-time consumption. Its underground stem is rich in fiber, and its palatability is not ideal, so it developed late as a commercial vegetable. At first, Houttuynia cordata was eaten as a vegetable, and most doctors knew its efficacy. In recent years, due to the influence of "returning to nature" and "homology of medicine and food", more and more people dig and sell Houttuynia cordata and eat it as a characteristic wild vegetable. Especially in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places, the scale of development and utilization of Houttuynia cordata Thunb is expanding, and the supply of wild resources is in short supply, and the market price is high. At present, in order to alleviate the contradiction between supply and demand, a large number of artificial planting has begun to appear and formed a certain production scale. After Houttuynia cordata changed from weeds to cultivated crops, due to the improvement of habitat, the growth cycle was short, the plants grew rapidly, the underground stems were thick, the starch content increased, the fiber content decreased, it was fresh and tender when eaten, easy to digest and absorb, the unique fishy smell faded, and the palatability was enhanced, which was more popular with consumers.

In Xishuangbanna, Houttuynia cordata. It is a traditional medicinal plant. Many folk doctors think that it tastes pungent and cool, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and discharging pus, and inducing diuresis to relieve stranguria. Can be used for treating lung abscess, cough and asthma due to lung heat, dysentery and stranguria due to heat, edema, fibrosis, urinary tract infection, leukorrhagia, and carbuncle. Therefore, houttuynia cordata. It often becomes the main medicine for lung diseases and urinary system diseases in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions.

Modern medicine has a newer and deeper understanding of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. Its odor mainly comes from Houttuynia cordata Thunb. (decanoyl acetaldehyde), an effective component in its volatile oil. Lysimachia christinae is the main antibacterial component of Houttuynia cordata Thunb, which has obvious inhibitory effect on mucositis, influenza, pneumococcus and Staphylococcus aureus. In addition, Houttuynia cordata Thunb also contains effective components such as quercitrin, which has antiviral and diuretic effects. Clinical practice has proved that Houttuynia cordata Thunb has a good curative effect on upper respiratory tract infection, bronchitis, pneumonia, chronic tracheitis, chronic cervicitis and whooping cough, and also has a certain curative effect on acute conjunctivitis and urinary tract infection. In addition, Houttuynia cordata Thunb can also enhance the immune function of the body, increase the phagocytosis of white blood cells, and have the functions of relieving pain, relieving cough, stopping bleeding, promoting granulation, dilating capillaries and increasing blood flow.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb. can be used as wild vegetables for industrial production, deep development and utilization, and can also be used as raw materials for medicine, processed into western medicine injections or Chinese patent medicines, which has an ideal market prospect at present.