(Lingnan Herb Collection Record)

Different names Mao Qi, Mao Qi Ge (Lu Chuan Ben Cao), Mao Qi Gong, Da Mao Qi, Abacus, Wild Pumpkin (Nanning Pharmacology), Qi Dabo (Guangzhou Army Handbook of Common Chinese Herbal Medicine), Yang Qi Gu (Main Poisonous Plants in South China), rattan basket fruit (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine), and Yang Shu Tree (Yunnan)

It is derived from the branches and leaves of Euphorbiaceae.

Plant morphological hairy abacus

Shrub, much branched, with branches densely covered with yellow and spreading coarse hairs. Leaves alternate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 4-5 cm long, rarely 7 cm wide1.5-3.5 cm, tapering at the apex, wedge-shaped at the base, coarse hairs on both sides, and yellow hairs on the veins; Petiole short, densely covered with yellow hairs; Stipules taper. The flowers are unisexual, and the male flowers are born in bundles in the axils of leaves with short stalks; Sepals 6, oblong, slightly obtuse, ca. 2 mm long, outside coarsely hairy; 3 anthers. Female flowers are sessile and usually solitary, with 5-loculed ovary, coarse hair, short style, oblong, upright and adhesive. Capsule oblate, pressed in at the top, coarsely hairy, with a diameter of 8 ~10mm. Flowering in April.

Born in Shan Ye. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

The root of this plant is also used for medicine. See the article for details.

Chemical composition The whole grass contains phenols and tannins.

Sexual taste ① "Lu Chuan Ben Cao": "pungent and astringent, cold."

② Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine: "Bitter and astringent in taste, and flat in nature."

Functions: It is mainly used for expelling wind, promoting diuresis, removing blood stasis, stopping bleeding and reducing swelling. Treat acute gastroenteritis, dysentery, rheumatic joint pain, traumatic injury, traumatic bleeding, lacquer sore, eczema and dermatitis.

① Lingnan Herb Collection Record: "If the skin suffering from lacquer sore is red, swollen and itchy, take its leaves and wash them with water."

(2) "Lu Chuan Ben Cao": "Stop bleeding, expel wind and reduce swelling. Treat knife wound bleeding, blood wind itching, sores and pox. "

③ Annals of Medicine in Nanning: "detumescence, analgesia, diuresis and blood stasis. Treat falls, snake wounds, lacquer erosion, scabies and dysentery. "

Usage and dosage for external use: decocting, washing or tamping. Oral administration: decoction,1.5 ~ 5 yuan.

Formula 1: Treat Rhus verniciflua allergy, paddy field dermatitis, skin pruritus, exfoliative dermatitis, urticaria and eczema: fresh or dry leaves of Rhus verniciflua are decocted and washed outside. (Handbook of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines of Guangzhou Army)

② Treatment of acute gastroenteritis, dysentery, proctoptosis, toothache and rheumatic joint pain: the whole plant of Maoguo abacus costs five yuan to one or two yuan. Decoct with water. (Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine)

③ Treatment of burns and eczema: fresh leaves of abacus are decocted in water and washed outside, or root grinding is used to spread the wound. (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine)

Remind you: Aunt Qi, this Chinese herbal medicine comes from the Internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before using it.