("The Theory of Leigong Firemaking")

Du You (Classic), Tomorrow Ma (Clinical Guide to Medical Records), Water Potato (Identification of Morphological Experience of Traditional Chinese Medicine) and Dong Peng (Tibetan name).

The source is the rhizome of Gastrodia elata of Orchidaceae.

The plant morphology of Gastrodia elata, also known as: red arrow, divorced from mother (Ben Jing), Shencao (Wupu Materia Medica), Duyao Zhi (Baopuzi), red arrow fat, Dingfeng Cao (on medicinal properties), combined with separation (Youyang Zayu), combined with separation from grass, Duyao (Youyang Zayao)

Perennial parasitic herbs, 60 ~100 cm high, all without chlorophyll. Tubers are thick, fleshy and oblong, about 10 cm long and 3-4.5 cm in diameter, with some inconspicuous links. Stems erect, cylindrical, yellow and red. The leaves are scaly, membranous,1~ 2 cm long, with veinlets and short sheaths at the lower part. The inflorescence is a spike-shaped raceme, with a length of10 ~ 30 cm and yellow-red flowers; Pedicel short, 2 ~ 3 mm long; Bracts membranous, narrowly lanceolate or linear-oblong; Perianth tube crooked pot-shaped, mouth oblique, 7 ~ 8 mm long, slightly enlarged at the lower side of the base, small lobes, triangle; The lip is higher than 2/3 of the perianth tube, with 3 lobes, the central lobe is larger, and its base is short-stalked in the perianth tube; The ovary is inferior, 5 ~ 6 mm long, smooth and has several edges. Capsule oblong to oblong-obovate, about 15 mm long, with short peduncle. The seeds are numerous, small and powdery, and the flowering period is from June to July. The fruiting period is from July to August.

Born in a damp place with thick humus under the forest. Distributed in Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Tibet and other places.

The stems and leaves (stems and leaves of gastrodia elata) and fruits (hemp seeds) of this plant are also used for medicine, each of which is detailed in a special article.

Collecting and digging in winter and spring, the winter picker is named "Dongma", with good quality; The name of the spring picker is "Chunma", and the quality is not as good as that of Dongma. After digging out, remove the stems and fibrous roots on the ground, wash the soil, soak in clear water, wipe off the rough skin in time, then soak in clear water or alum water, then boil or steam thoroughly until there is no white spot in the center, take it out to dry, dry or dry.

The dried rhizome of medicinal materials is oblong, slightly flat, shriveled and curved, with a residual stem base at one end, red or brownish red, commonly known as "Ying Ge mouth", and a round root scar at the other end, with a length of 6 ~10cm, a diameter of 2 ~ 5cm and a thickness of 0.9 ~ 2cm. The surface is yellowish white or yellowish brown, semi-transparent, often with light-colored flaky skin residue and many longitudinal wrinkles, and several lines of inconspicuous fibrous root marks can be seen arranged in a ring. Winter hemp wrinkles are thin and few, and spring hemp wrinkles are thick. Hard, not easy to break. The section is slightly flat, horny, yellowish white or light brown, and shiny. Chewing is crisp and sticky. The gas is unique and sweet. It is better to be yellow, white, translucent, plump and solid. The color is gray and brown, the skin is not clean, the body is light, and the cross section is hollow.

Location: Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

Processing Gastrodia elata: removing impurities, grading, soaking in water to 70%, taking out, airing slightly, moistening until the humidity inside and outside is uniform, slicing and drying in the sun. Stir-fry gastrodia elata: first heat the pot with slow fire, then pour in the slices and stir-fry until it is slightly yellow. Stew gastrodia elata: spread gastrodia elata slices on the surface paper sprayed with water, put them in a pot, burn them with slow fire until the paper is brown, and turn the tablets until the two sides are old yellow.

(1) The Theory of Lei Gong's Baking: "To repair twelve pieces of gastrodia elata, use a caltrop of tribulus terrestris seeds. After simmering and cooking, first put twelve pieces of gastrodia elata in a bottle, put it in the cover of tribulus terrestris seeds with fire, and cover it with triple paper. From the beginning to the end, the seeds of tribulus terrestris were put out, and then they were boiled and fried. They were put in the gastrodia elata bottle before, and the seeds of tribulus terrestris were put in the middle, covered by the front cover, and then put out after a volt. "Do this for seven times. After the bottle is taken out, wipe the sweat with a cloth, chop it with a knife, bake it, file it carefully and stamp it alone."

(2) Compendium: "If you treat liver meridian wind deficiency, you should only wash it, wrap it in wet paper, simmer it in chaff fire, take out the slices, soak it in wine for one night, and bake it for use."

Identify 1. Some residual epidermal tissues. The cell wall of the lateral cortex is slightly thickened from single row to multiple rows, and sparse wall holes can be seen; Thick-walled cells are polygonal or oblong, often thickened and slightly lignified in the form of beads. The stele parenchyma cells are large, round or polygonal, and sometimes pits can be seen. The vascular bundle is externally tough or peritough, scattered, with two to several vessels in groups, not lignified. Needle crystal bundles of calcium oxalate can be seen in parenchyma, and some are scattered; Thin-walled cells contain polysaccharide lumps, which are brown or light brown-purple when exposed to iodine solution.

2. Take the powder, make it into 10% water immersion solution, add 2-4 drops of iodine test solution, and it turns purple to burgundy.

3. Take the powder, make it into 10% ethanol (45%) immersion liquid, add 0.5ml of mercury nitrate test solution, and heat it, and the solution will appear rose red and produce yellow precipitate.

4. Take the powder, make it into 5% ethanol immersion liquid, and show stone green fluorescence under ultraviolet lamp.

Sex is sweet and flat.

① Classic: "pungent and warm."

② Theory of Medicinal Properties: "Non-toxic. Sweet and flat. "

③ The Origin of Medicine: "The qi is flat, but the taste is bitter."

Meridian tropism and liver meridian tropism.

(1) Compendium: "Entering the Liver Meridian to Divide Qi."

② "Explanation of the nature of drugs processed by Lei Gong": "Entering the liver and bladder."

③ New Edition of Materia Medica: "Entering spleen, kidney, liver, gallbladder and heart meridian."

The function is mainly to stop wind and calm the alarm. Treat dizziness, dark eyes, headache due to head wind, numbness of limbs, hemiplegia, unsmooth speech, infantile convulsion, epilepsy and wind.

(1) The Classic: "Dominate evil qi, replenish qi for a long time, nourish yin and nourish health."

② Bielu: "Eliminating carbuncle swelling, full lower branch, hernia and bleeding."

③ The Theory of Medicinal Properties: "Treat the obstinacy of cold-air, paralysis, delirium, and confusion."

④ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "Help yang qi, tonify five strains and seven injuries, dredge blood vessels and enlighten people."

⑤ "Kaibao Materia Medica": "Treating rheumatism and arthralgia, limb contracture, infantile wind epilepsy and convulsion, benefiting the waist and knees and strengthening muscle strength."

⑥ Zhang Yuansu: "Treat dizziness and headache due to wind deficiency."

⑦ Materia Medica: "Headwind, headache, dizziness, convulsion, limb spasm, language disorder, all strokes and wind phlegm."

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction,1.5 ~ 3 RMB; Or into the pill, scattered.

It is advisable to avoid the theory of Lei Gong's roasting: "Let the wind take root, not gastrodia elata. If the two pieces are used together, it will make people suffer from intestinal knot."

Prescription 1: Treatment of headache due to head wind, eye swelling and dim pain, head rotation and inability to sit up and down: Gastrodia elata, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (processed, peeled and umbilical), Pinellia ternata (washed in soup for seven times, removed from slippery), Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Radix Aucklandiae, Cortex Cinnamomi (peeled), and Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong. On the seven flavors, pound Luo as the end, add frankincense and mix well, and drop water into pills as big as buttonwood. Take five pills each time, gradually increase to ten pills, and clear the tea, three days. ("Sheng Ji Zong Lu" Tianma Pill)

② Dispelling wind and resolving phlegm, clearing the head, widening the chest and benefiting the diaphragm, and treating boredom, dizziness, acute neck, shoulder and back fatigue, drowsiness, painful limbs, itchy skin, headache, stuffy nose, and vain face: gastrodia elata, palpitation. At the end, honey pills are as big as medlar. Chew a pill after each meal, and take tea and wine. ("Xijifang" Tianma Pill)

③ Treatment of stroke with hemiplegia of hands and feet, pain in bones and muscles, difficulty in walking and heavy waist and knees: gastrodia elata, Sanguisorba officinalis, myrrh, Radix Scrophulariae, Aconitum (processed, peeled, umbilical cord) and musk. The first six flavors, except musk and myrrh, are ground into powder, mixed with ground medicine, and refined into honey and pills as big as buttonwood. Take 20 pills each time, under warm wine, and before eating in the hollow. ("Sheng Ji Zong Lu" Tianma Pill)

(4) Women with wind arthralgia and hand and foot paralysis: gastrodia elata (cut), Achyranthes bidentata, Aconitum carmichaeli and Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. Apply a fine file, put it in a raw silk bag, use a bucket of good wine for five liters, soak it for seven days, and drink a small cup each time. ("Ten Convenient Prescriptions" Tianma Wine)

⑤ Treating rheumatic beriberi, aching muscles and bones, and heartless skin: gastrodia elata (raw) is five taels, ephedra (removing roots and joints) is twelve taels, Aconitum kusnezoffii (processed, peeled), Pogostemon leaves, Pinellia ternata (processed yellow) and white flour (fried) are five taels each. On the six flavors, Dao Luo is fine powder, dripping pills are as big as the head of a chicken, and cinnabar is the clothes. Take one pill each time, chew tea and wine, and take it three times a day, regardless of time. ("Sheng Ji Zong Lu" Tianma Pill)

⑥ Treatment of infantile wind-phlegm convulsion, sudden and slow convulsion and wind epilepsy: Gastrodia elata Qu Liang (washed with wine, fried), Danxing San Liang, Bombyx Batryticatus Er Liang (both fried), Tianzhu Huang Yi Liang, Ming Xiong Huang Wu Qian. All are finely ground, and the sum is even. Pinellia is two or two, which is the end, and the paste pill is as big as a marble. Soak mint and ginger in thick soup and make one pill, or two or three pills. ("Herbal Words")

⑦ Treatment of children's convulsions: gastrodia elata, scorpion (detoxified and fried), rhizoma arisaematis (processed and peeled), and Bombyx Batryticatus (fried and shredded). * * * is fine powder, and the batter cooked with wine is a pill, which is as big as hemp seed. Take ten to fifteen pills every year. Under the decoction of Schizonepeta, this medicine is mild and can be taken often. ("Wei's Family Collection" Tianma Pill)

Remind you: Gastrodia elata, a Chinese herbal medicine, comes from the Internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before using it.