Asparagus? Asparagus Asparagus is the root tuber of the Liliaceae plant Asparaguscochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.?, also known as Asparagus. Cold in nature, sweet in taste, slightly bitter. It has the effects of nourishing yin, clearing away heat, moistening the lungs and nourishing the kidneys. It is used to treat yin deficiency, fever, cough and vomiting blood, lung abscess, sore throat, thirst, constipation and other diseases. Aspartame contains asparagine, B?-sterols, steroidal saponins, mucus, furfural derivatives and other ingredients. Experiments have shown that Asparagus can increase blood cells, enhance the tongue phagocytosis function of the reticuloendothelial system and prolong the existence time of antibodies. "Famous Doctors" records that it "removes cold and heat, nourishes the skin, and replenishes qi and strength." "Yuehua Yu Materia Medica" records that "it calms the heart, moisturizes the five internal organs, benefits the skin, and pleases the color." It can make the skin beautiful and maintain youthful vitality. Note on use: Do not eat carp. It should not be used for cold symptoms and diarrhea. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Asparagus, also known as Asparagus grass, has bright green leaflets growing in an orderly manner on scattered overhangs. On the stems, there are red fruits in autumn and winter. It has the beauty of asparagus and the elegance of spider plant, and is very ornamental. Asparagus likes sunshine and tolerates shade. It grows well in humid climates. In winter, it must not be lower than ?5℃, otherwise it will grow poorly. Potted Asparagus is suitable for decorating home interiors or halls, and the stems and leaves can also be cut and used as linings for flower arrangements. Explanation: Also known as Mendong, Dianle, Dianji, Tianji, and Long live Vine. Odor: (root) bitter, flat, non-toxic. ? Indications: 1. Pulmonary insufficiency, cough, vomiting of saliva, dryness without thirst. Use raw asparagus to pound a dou of juice, a dou of wine, a liter of glutinous rice paste, and four asters, and thickly fry them into meatballs. Take one pill each time, as big as an almond. Take it three times a day. 2. Lung labor and wind-heat. Use asparagus (peeled and cored) to cook, or dry it into powder, add honey to make balls and take it. 3. Attack of the wind (ears ringing like cicadas, both sides of the body pulling and hurting). Use asparagus (remove the heart and skin), dry it in the sun and pound it into powder. Take one spoonful each time and drink the wine. Take it three times a day. It should be taken for a long time. 4. The small intestine falls sideways. Use three qian of Asparagus and five qian of Wu Yao, decoct them in water and take them. 5. Carbuncle. Use three or five ounces of Asparagus, wash it, pound it finely, strain it with good wine and take the juice at one time. If it doesn't work, you can take the medicine again and it will be cured. Asparagus (1) Overview: Also known as Wu bamboo, Asparagus grass, etc. It is a plant of the genus Asparagus in the Liliaceae family. The root tuber of Asparagus (Asnaragus? cochinchinensic) nourishes yin, clears away heat, moistens dryness and promotes fluid production. Mainly used to treat tuberculosis, bronchitis, diphtheria, whooping cough, dry mouth and throat, fever and thirst, diabetes, dry stool; external use to treat sores, swelling and poison, and snake bites. It grows in damp mountain forest edges, hillside grass or bushes in hilly areas; distributed in South China, Southwest, Central China, Henan, Shandong and other provinces. (2) Plant characteristics are green for many years, semi-vine herb, lignified at the base of the stem, multi-branched and drooping, 80-120 cm long, clump-like flat leaves like pine needles, green and shiny, mostly white flowers, flowering period 6-8 Moon, the fruit is green, red when mature, and the spherical seeds are black. (3) Growth characteristics: It likes warm, humid and semi-shady conditions, is resistant to drought and barrenness, and is not cold-tolerant. The temperature must be maintained above 6°C in winter. (4) Cultivation technology 1. The propagation method is mainly sowing. The seeds can be harvested when they turn from green to red in December. The seedlings will emerge in half a month under the moist conditions of 25℃ in hole sowing. Propagation by division: remove excess roots and old roots from old perennial forests, and divide them into several plants depending on the size of the plant. 2． Cultivation management requires loose, fertile, well-drained soil. Apply decomposed organic thin fertilizer once every 8-10 days in spring and autumn, and less in summer and winter. The soil should be kept moist and breathable. Avoid direct sunlight in summer and no lower than 6℃ in winter. It can survive the winter safely and has few diseases and insect pests. (5) Harvesting and processing: Plant for 2 to 3 years, excavate after the beginning of autumn, wash the soil, remove fibrous roots, boil in water until the skin cracks, peel off the outer skin, cut into sections, and dry in the sun. ?Asparagus? Introduction to the efficacy of Asparagus: ?Asparagus? ("Herbal Classic")? Synonyms: Dadangmengen ("Shi Yao Er Ya"), Asparagus Asparagus ("Medicine Meaning"). ? The textual research comes from "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". ? 1. "Baopuzi": Tianmen grows in the highlands in winter. The roots are short and sweet and fragrant. Those that grow on the water side go to the ground. The leaves are thin and slightly yellow, and the roots are long and bitter. Those with smelly smell are the best. . ? 2. "Compendium of Materia Medica": Although Asparagus is dried out, it is still moist and difficult to pound. It must be cut thinly and exposed to the sun or fire. ? 3. "Compendium of Materia Medica": Although it is said to remove the heart of Asparagus, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc., it should be soaked in water and soaked in water to moisten and penetrate into the muscle. When it is soft, slowly break it out, and the fat liquid cannot be leached. Those who don't know, just soak it in the soup for one or two hours, and it will be soft, but the smell will be gone, and it will not be effective after using it. It is said that the medicine is not effective. How can it be obtained? The source is the root tuber of the Liliaceae plant Asparagus. ? Plant forms of Asparagus, also known as: Dianle ("Ben Jing"), Banzai Vine, Brahma tree ("Compendium of Famine Rescue"), Tiancan ("Compendium"), Bailuoshan ("An Illustrated Study of Plant Names and Facts") , Duoer mother, eight hundred cubs, Silk winter. ? Climbing perennial herb. ? The roots are fleshy, clustered, oblong or spindle-shaped, 4 to 10 cm long, grayish yellow. ? The stems are thin, up to 2 meters long, and have longitudinal grooves.

? The leaf-like branches have 2 to 3 bundles in the leaf axils, linear, flat, 1 to 2.5 (~3) cm long, about 1 mm wide, slightly curved, with a sharp tip. ? The leaves degenerate into scales, and the scaly leaves on the main stem often turn into short, downwardly curved spines. ? 1 to 3 flowers clustered in leaf axils, yellow-white or white, drooping; perianth 6, arranged in 2 whorls, long oval or oval-elliptical, about 2 mm long; 6 stamens, T-shaped anthers; 1 pistil, The ovary has three rooms and three stigmas. ? The berries are spherical, about 6 mm in diameter, and red when ripe. ? Flowering period is May. ?Grown in the mountains and fields, and also cultivated in gardens. ? Distributed in central, northwest, Yangtze River Basin and southern parts of my country. ? It is collected in autumn and winter, but the quality is better in winter. ? After digging out, wash the soil, remove the fibrous roots, separate according to size, boil or steam in boiling water until the outer skin peels off easily. ? Take it out and immerse it in clean water, remove the skin while it is hot, wash it, dry it over low heat or smoke it with sulfur and then dry it. ? The dried root tuber of the medicinal material is oblong and spindle-shaped, with a plump middle and tapered and blunt ends. It is 6 to 20 cm long and has a diameter of 0.5 to 2 cm in the middle. ? The surface is yellow-white or light yellow-brown, oily and translucent, sometimes with fine vertical lines or grooves, and occasionally an unremoved yellow-brown skin. ? The dry ones are hard and brittle, while the undried ones are soft and sticky. The cross section is waxy, yellow-white, translucent, with an opaque white center in the middle. ? It has a slight odor and a sweet and slightly bitter taste. ? The ones that are plump, dense, yellow-white, and translucent are better. ? Those with long and thin strips, yellowish-brown color, and dull color are of inferior quality. ? Mainly produced in Guizhou, Sichuan and Guangxi. ? In addition, it is also produced in Zhejiang, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Hubei, Henan, Jiangxi and other places. ? Guizhou has the largest output and good quality. ? The roots and tubers of Asparagus ferns (see Tubaibu Article) and Asparagus microstem (distributed in Yunnan) of the same genus are also used as medicine in a few areas. ? Pharmacological anti-tumor effects? In vitro tests (methylene blue method and Valsalva respirator assay), Asparagus has certain effects on the dehydrogenase of white blood cells in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia and acute monocytic leukemia. It has an inhibitory effect and can inhibit the respiration of white blood cells in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. ? Process and remove impurities, wash with water and moisten until the internal and external humidity is even, cut into sections and dry. ? The nature and flavor are sweet, bitter, and cold. ? ① "Ben Jing": Bitter taste, flat. ? ② "Bielu": sweet, cold, non-toxic. ③ "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": Cold in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste. ? Returns through the lung and kidney meridians. ? ① "Decoction and Materia Medica": start with Taiyin and Foot Shaoyin meridians. ? ② "Compendium of Materia Medica": start with Taiyin Lung Meridian and Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian. ? Functions and Indications - Asparagus has the functions of nourishing yin, moistening dryness, clearing the lungs and reducing fire. ? Treat yin deficiency and fever, cough and vomiting blood, lung weakness, lung abscess, sore throat, thirst, and constipation. ? ① "Herbal Classic": It controls all kinds of rheumatism and paralysis, strengthens the bone marrow, and kills three insects. ② "Bielu": Baoding lung qi, removes cold and heat, nourishes the skin, replenishes qi and strength, facilitates urination, cold and tonifying. ③ "Medicinal Property Theory": It regulates lung qi, cough and shortness of breath, removes heat, unblocks kidney qi, treats lung flaccidity and carbuncle vomiting pus, treats scabies due to dampness, relieves thirst, and removes heat and stroke. ? It should be taken for a long time. ④ "Qianjin Prescription": It can treat exhaustion, severe injuries, old age, emaciation, dryness, rheumatism, cold paralysis, accumulation of heart and stomach, malignant sores, carbuncle and swollen skin. It can also treat impotence, deafness, and dark eyes. ⑤ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": calms the heart, moisturizes the five internal organs, benefits the skin, pleases the color, tonifies the five kinds of fatigue and seven injuries, cures lung qi and cough, eliminates phlegm, wind numbness and heat poison, wandering wind, boredom and vomiting blood. ⑥Wang Haogu: Mainly due to heart disease and dryness, heartache, thirst and desire to drink, impotence and sleepiness, and heat and pain under the feet. ⑦ "Materia Medica Mengquan": It can remove hot stranguria, stop bleeding and excessive bleeding, and moisturize feces and dryness. ⑧ "Compendium": moisturizes dryness and nourishes yin, clears gold and reduces fire. ? ⑨ "An Illustrated Study of Plant Names and Facts": Remove boil poison. ? Usage and dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 2 to 4 qian; make paste or make into pills or powder. ? It should be avoided by those with diarrhea due to deficiency and cold and cough caused by exogenous wind and cold. ? ① "Compendium of Materia Medica": Yuanyi and Rehmannia glutinosa are used for it. ? Afraid of Zeng Qing. ? ② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": Fritillaria is the messenger. ③ "Compendium of Materia Medica": Deficiency of winter and false heat, loose spleen and kidney are the most taboo. ? Selected prescriptions ① Treat cough: divide ginseng, asparagus (heart removed), and dried rehmannia glutinosa into equal parts. Make it into fine powder, refine it into honey and make it into pills as big as cherries. (Sancai Pills in "Rumen Shiqin") ② To treat hemoptysis and hemoptysis: one liang of asparagus (blister, remove the heart), licorice (broil), almond (peeled, sharp, fried), Fritillaria (remove the heart, stir-fry) ), white poria (peeled), donkey-hide gelatin, fried clam powder into beads) half and two each. The upper part is fine powder, and the honey pill is as big as a marble. Take one pill and swallow it, and you can take ten pills day and night. ("Ben Shi Fang" Tianmendong Pills)? ③Cure women's asthma, irritability in the hands and feet, bone steaming, sleep sweating, dry mouth and swollen face: 10 liang of Asparagus, 8 liang of Ophiopogon japonicus (with heart removed), 3 liang of Rehmannia glutinosa. Jin (take the juice into paste). The upper two flavors are at the end, and the paste and pills are as big as Wuzi. Take 50 pills each time, boil Xiaoyao Powder and give it away. Remove licorice and add ginseng to Xiaoyao Powder. ("Su Wen Pathogenesis Bao Ming Collection" Tianmendong Pills) ④ To treat patients with pruritus in the lungs, cough, spitting, warm heart, dry throat but not thirsty: pound raw Asparagus and take one dou of juice, one dou of wine, and one can of glutinous rice. Sheng, four pieces of aster, put it into a copper vessel and fry until it becomes a pill. Take it like a big apricot pill, three times a day.

("Replenishing the Back of the Elbow")? ⑤Treatment of blood deficiency and dryness of the lungs, skin cracks, and lung impotence, cough, pus and blood syndrome: Asparagus, no matter how many pieces are newly dug, wash thoroughly, remove the heart and skin, pound finely, wring the juice to clarify , use a cloth to filter out the coarse residue, use a silver pot or a casserole to simmer it into a paste, use one or two spoons each time, hollow it out and mix it with warm wine. ("Medical True Story" Asparagus Ointment) ⑥Treatment of tonsillitis and sore throat: 3 qian each of asparagus, Ophiopogon japonicus, isatis root, platycodon, and mountain bean root, 2 qian licorice, decoction in water. "Shandong Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook") ⑦ To treat dryness and blocked large intestine in the elderly: 8 liang of Asparagus, 4 liang each of Ophiopogon japonicus, Angelica sinensis, Asparagus, and Rehmannia glutinosa. Boil the ointment, refine the honey and collect it. Take ten teaspoons of white soup every morning and evening. ("Fang Family Treasures") ⑧Cure hernia: fresh Asparagus five qian to one liang (peeled). Decoct in water and drink some wine for oral administration. ("Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine") ⑨ Prolactin: Asparagus 2 liang. Stew served. ("Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine")? Clinical application ① Cangzhuang treats general benign breast tumors, especially breast lobular hyperplasia. Regardless of the size of the tumor, it is effective quickly and most of them can be cured. ? Among 52 patients with breast lobular hyperplasia and fibroadenoma, 30 cases were clinically cured after treatment, 16 cases were markedly effective, 5 cases were effective, and 1 case was ineffective. ? It also has a certain short-term effect on breast cancer, which is manifested in the shrinkage of the tumor and softening of the texture after treatment; however, the long-term effect is not significant, which is manifested in that after taking the drug for a period of time, it becomes a stalemate and no longer progresses significantly (fibroids also So), even though the dose was increased in individual cases, no significant improvement was seen. It is not effective for breast tumors that begin to ulcerate and bleed, and for advanced breast cancer that has spread extensively. ? Usage: Take 2 taels of fresh asparagus every day, peel off the skin, steam it in water, and take it three times. It can also be made into tablets for oral administration, or injections for intramuscular or intravenous injection. ? ② Used to dilate the cervix 12 hours before artificial abortion. Inserting Asparagus into the cervical canal can cause the cervix to naturally expand and soften. ? According to the observations of 84 cases, 94% of the patients achieved good results, and no infection was found. ? After application in cases of threatened abortion, uterine contractions can be initiated spontaneously and the contents of the uterine cavity can be discharged; this phenomenon does not occur in cases of artificial abortion. ? Usage: Choose 1 asparagus with appropriate size and curvature (length 5-7 cm, diameter 0.3-0.6 cm), smooth and complete surface, tie a yarn at the end, soak in 95% alcohol, and can be used after 4 hours . ? During the operation, follow routine disinfection, expand the vagina, expose the external cervical os, use long forceps to clamp the end of the asparagus cord, align the other end with the cervix, and slowly insert it until it reaches the internal os of the cervical canal. Fill the vagina with a piece of gauze to prevent asparagus from falling off.

Dilation and curettage can be performed in about 12 hours