(Guiyang folk herbs)

Different names of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Berberis spinosa, Sanzhen, Yamei Spine (Guizhou folk prescription collection) and Huanglian Spine (Guiyang folk herb).

It comes from the root of Berberidaceae Berberis Anhui.

Plant Morphology of Tillering Plants in Anhui Province

Evergreen or deciduous shrubs, about 2 meters tall. Branchlets are grooved, yellow or red-yellow when they are young, with verrucous processes; After the second year, it turns gray, the old stem cork is grayish yellow, with longitudinal texture and yellow inside; The spinor is trigeminal and stout, about 1 ~ 2 cm long and about 1 ~ 2 mm thick at the base. The leaves are hard, oval, obovate, 2 ~ 5.5 cm long and 0.8 ~ 1.5 cm wide. The apex is sharp or blunt and prickly, with 2 ~ 8 prickly teeth on the edge, slightly shiny at the top, white or grayish yellow at the bottom with white powder, and the base gradually narrows to a petiole of about 8 mm, or almost sessile. Racemes axillary, pendulous, pedicels 5 ~ 12 mm long; Sepals 6, with 2 ~ 3 bracts in the lower part; Petals 6, bright yellow, smaller than sepals, with 2 nectaries at the base; Stamens 6, sensitive, with two petals dehiscent; Pistil 1, ovary ovoid, stigma sessile. Berry oval, or oblong-ovoid, about 6 ~ 10 mm long, white powder, persistent style. Flowers bloom in spring.

Distributed in Anhui, Jiangxi and Guizhou.

You can dig up collections all year round. Wash and dry.

The dried roots of medicinal materials are thick, cylindrical, slightly curved, brown in appearance, with fine longitudinal wrinkles, and most hard fibrous roots are clustered around. The section is white and yellow and the wood is hard.

Guiyang folk herbs: bitter, cold and non-toxic.

Function is mainly used for clearing away heat and toxic materials. Treat diarrhea, dysentery, damp-heat jaundice, red eyes, swelling and pain, and sore poison.

① Guizhou folk prescription drug collection: "antipyretic, stomach-invigorating, anti-inflammatory. Eliminate eye heat and improve vision. "

② Guiyang folk herbs: "Clearing fire and detoxifying, invigorating stomach and improving eyesight. Treat damp-heat jaundice. "

Oral administration and dosage: decocted, 3 ~ 5 yuan (fresh 0.5 ~ 1 2). External use: decocting, washing, grinding, coating or applying.

Prescription 1 for dysentery: five dollars for three injections, five dollars for Potentilla chinensis and one dollar for green vine. Decoct with water three times a day. (Handbook of Common Folk Herbs in Guizhou)

② Treatment of acute gastroenteritis: decoct one or two of the roots or stems of three needles in water or take them instead of tea. (Manual of Chinese Herbal Medicine Commonly Used by Guangzhou Air Force)

③ Treatment of hepatitis: Three needles San Qian, Dixing Yier, San Qian Acorus gramineus, Xiao Mu San Qian. Decoct with water. (Handbook of Common Folk Herbs in Guizhou)

④ Treatment of damp-heat jaundice: three or two needles, decoction.

⑤ Fire eye treatment: grind human milk with three needles, or steam it, and the eyes are spotted.

⑥ Treatment of redness and swelling caused by wind and fire: three needles and one or two, sharp leaves of iron broom and one or two, ten contributions and one or two, coptis root and borax and borneol. Put the first four herbs into a vegetarian casserole, add 3 kg of clear water, decoct for 1 hour, then add borax, decoct for half an hour with civil fire, filter off the residue with white cloth, add Borneolum Syntheticum into the liquid medicine, put it in a glass bottle, and take it one week later. Use ampelopsis as eye drops.

⑦ Treatment of toxic sores and itching: five yuan for three needles, five yuan for Senecio scandens, five yuan for mint, five yuan for salt San Qian and five yuan for first-class green tea. Boil the water, cover it tightly, and take the immersion liquid to warm the wound.

⑧ Treatment of yellow water sore: dry three needles and grind them into powder, and sprinkle them on the sore to collect yellow water. If it is a sore, you can add sesame oil or vegetable oil for dressing. (4) The following are Guiyang folk herbs)

⑨ Treatment of swelling and pain, erysipelas, eczema, scald and traumatic injury: take a proper amount of rhizome of three needles, remove rough skin, bake into powder, and mix with water or sesame oil and vaseline. (Manual of Chinese Herbal Medicine Commonly Used by Guangzhou Air Force)

Mind you, this Chinese herbal medicine is from the Internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before use.