Research: From "Shen Nong's Materia Medica".

① "Tang Materia Medica": The acanthus bed looks like incense, with long and large leaves, or as thin as stubble. The life is close to the road.

② "Compendium": There are many acanthus beds in the wilderness, and the square stems are opposite to each other. They are the same as big-leaf fragrant buds, but the scent of the fragrant buds is fragrant when rubbed, while the acanthus bed is not fragrant and has a slight smell. For farewell.

③ "Compendium Supplements": Small green grass, seedlings germinate in May, with short leaves, multiple stems, not very high, blooming in clusters, with two red petals, the same as Daqing, but with small ears. The "Compendium" "Xiao Qing" is quoted from the "Illustrations" in the explanation of the article, "It is born in Fuzhou, and the flower is born in March. It does not record its shape, which will miss the test, and the indications are also different." "Instructions for Gardening" Xiaoqing is called light bamboo flower, and Bi is another kind.

Synonyms: Haiercao, Jiejiehan, Jueqing ("Wu Pu's Materia Medica"), Xiangsu ("Bielu"), red-eyed motherwort ("Tang Materia Medica"), red eye ("Tang Materia Medica") "Pinhui Essence"), small green grass ("Baicao Mirror"), dragonfly, fly wing ("Compendium Supplement"), rat tail red ("Taiwan Plant List"), Wazicao ("Chinese Medicinal Plants") ), Wulei grass ("Nanjing Folk Herbal Medicine"), Hexagonal grass jelly grass ("Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine"), Guanyin grass, rickets grass, liver fire grass, inverted flower grass ("Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine"), Shansuma grass ("Guizhou Folk Herbal Medicine") "Folk Medicine"), Sijiqing, Grasshopper Leg ("Zhejiang Folk Herbal Medicine"), Dieffenbachia, Mao Zelan ("Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine"), Qu Jiaozai, Mai Suihong ("Eastern Fujian Materia Medica"), Hexagonal Ying, Daya Grass (Guangzhou Army "Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook"), Liufangjiicao ("Jiangxi Herbal Medicine"), Snake Grass, Water Bamboo Shoots ("Shanghai Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine"), Maisui Huang, Rattail Huang ("Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine"), Yin Niulang ("Jiangsu Medicinal Materials Chronicles").

Source: This product is the whole plant of Rostellularia procumbens (L.) Ness in the family Acanthaceae. Collected in summer and autumn, used fresh or dried.

Harvesting and storage: Harvest during the flowering period from August to September, cut the above-ground parts and dry them in the sun.

Processing: Take the raw medicinal materials, remove impurities, wash them with water, moisten them slightly, cut them into middle sections, dry them and sieve them to remove the dust. After processing, store in a dry container in a ventilated and dry place. Meridian distribution of nature and flavor: slightly bitter, cold. It tastes bitter, salty and pungent, and is cold in nature. It returns to the lung, liver and bladder meridians;

Functions and Indications: Clearing heat and detoxifying, diuresis and reducing swelling, and treating malaria. It is used for colds and fever, malaria, sore throat, malnutrition in children, dysentery, enteritis, nephritis, edema, urinary tract infection, chyluria; external use to treat carbuncles, furuncles, and bruises.

① "Herbal Classic": "For patients with lumbar and spinal pain, it is not possible to get into bed, and it is difficult to lie down. It can be used as a bath soup to remove heat."

② "Tang Materia Medica": "Cure blood "Materia Medica": "Detoxifies, kills malnutrition, clears away heat, relieves post-rash bone steam in children, stops bleeding and dysentery, and treats red intestine due to alcohol accumulation." /p>

④ "Compendium Supplement": "Remove small intestine fire. Treat malnutrition, swelling and pain of red eyes, typhoid fever, and sometimes sore throat in children."

⑤ "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine": "Relieve the poison of boils and carbuncles."

⑥ "Four Claws of Traditional Chinese Medicine": "Expel wind, clear away heat, relieve coughs. Treat rheumatism, headache and low back pain."

⑦ "Mindong Materia Medica" ": "Reducing cold and heat, diuresis and dampness, cutting malaria, treating stranguria and hernia, and relieving fever."

⑧Guangzhou Army's "Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine Manual": "Clear heat and detoxify, eliminate stagnation and dissipate blood stasis. Treat colds and fever, Sore throat, infantile malnutrition, mastitis, hepatitis, bruises."

Usage and dosage: 0.5 to 1 tael; apply an appropriate amount for external use, mash the fresh product and apply it to the affected area.

Oral administration: decoction, 10-15g, fresh product 30-60g; or pound into juice; or grind into powder. External use: take appropriate amount of fresh product, pound and apply; or make soup for bathing.

Pharmacological effects: Antibacterial tests show that acanthus decoction has a strong antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus.

For exogenous fever, cough, and sore throat, it can be used with dandelion, white ying, wild chrysanthemum, and loquat leaves. It can be used to treat nephritis and edema in children. You can use one to two taels of fresh grass every day, decoct it and take it continuously. After the swelling subsides, you can take medicine according to the dialectical syndrome. To treat malaria, you can use one liang of this product alone (or 3 liang of fresh grass), decoct it and take it 3 to 4 hours before malaria occurs. For boils, carbuncles, sprains, swelling and pain, it can be decoctioned and taken internally, or crushed and applied externally.

Suitable for: Pregnant women should take it with caution; those with spleen and stomach deficiency should not take it.

It is not suitable for those with spleen and stomach deficiency, qi and blood deficiency.