Sourced from "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine"
Pinyin name ("Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine"), red root, red seven grass, golden chicken's foot, Baijiancao, frog grass ("Guangxi Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicinal Plants"), yellow loach, red head rope, blood silk grass ("Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine") ), Red Dagger ("Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource Directory"), Hongjinzai ("Eastern Fujian Materia Medica"), Datianjihuang, Maqiaoli ("Guangxi Folk Commonly Used Herbal Medicine"), Redweed, Dimuhui, Phaxuehong , Hongxiangzi, Honggencao, Tian'anchai ("Commonly Used Folk Herbal Medicines in Zhejiang"), Dingjingcao, Shuike, Honggenzai, Aihezi ("Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine").
The source is Bao The whole plant or the whole plant of Asteraceae. Harvested from April to August, used fresh or dried.
The original form is a weak perennial herb with often branched stems. , with thin black spots, reddish base, 30-70 cm high, alternate leaves; broad-lanceolate, or oblanceolate, 4-9 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, apex short or acuminate, base acuminate. Narrow, nearly sessile, with dark brown glands on the surface, convex after drying; the bracts are triangular-lanceolate, about 2 mm long, and the pedicel is 1 to 3 mm long; the calyx is 5. lobes, lobes are elliptical and ovate, apex is blunt and pointed, the edges are ciliate, membranous, with black spots in the middle, about 1.5 mm long: corolla is white, about 3 mm long, with short glandular hairs on the throat, 5 lobes, obovate, The apex is blunt and pointed, and there are black spots on the back; the stamens are 5, inserted in the middle of the corolla, the filaments are short and have glandular hairs; the style is shorter than the stamens, and the capsule is about 2-2.5 mm. The fruit matures in September. .
Habitat distribution occurs in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Hunan, Hubei and other places.
Nature and flavor.
Bitter, mild. 1 "Herbal Medicine for Relief of Famine": Bitter and astringent. 2 "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine": Slightly bitter, mild.
3 "Mindong Materia Medica": Sour and bitter in taste, slightly warm in nature.
Functions and Indications: Activating blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis, diuresis, and removing dampness. Pain, amenorrhea in women, breast carbuncle, scrofula, red and swollen eyes, edema, jaundice, malaria, dysentery
1 "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine": Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, diuresis and water removal. p>
2 "Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine": Treats bruises, swelling and pain, red eyes, and malaria
3 "Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource Directory": Treats vomiting blood and cough.
< p> 4 "Mindong Materia Medica": Promotes blood circulation and unblocks collaterals, relaxes tendons and reduces swelling. Treats irregular menstruation, blood deficiency, cold and heat, scrotal enlargement, bruises, fractures, hemorrhoids, body and bone aches.5 "Guangxi Folk Herbal Medicines": Treats malnutrition, hernia, jaundice, gastrointestinal pain, hot and swollen eyes, stranguria, tuberculosis and cough
6 Jiangxi "Herbal Medicine Handbook": Treats gastritis and mastitis. , otitis media, women's leucorrhea.
7 "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine": dispels wind and circulates qi, activates blood circulation and unblocks collaterals. Treats heatstroke, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, dysentery, rheumatic joint pain, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, scrofula, mastitis, and centipede stings.
Usage and dosage: Take orally; decoction, 3 to 5 qian (1 to 3 taels for fresh). External use: pound and apply or boil in water, fumigation and washing.
Attached Recipe
1. Treat swelling and pain caused by bruises: 5 to 7 qian of the root of Xingxiu vegetable, decoction with water and wine; in addition, mince and mash the fresh whole plant and green onion, and sprinkle with Mash the brewed grains evenly and apply it to the injured area, changing it once a day. ("Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine")
2. To treat rheumatism in joints: three liang each of Asteria striata and Polygonum rhizome, and two liang Nanfengvine. Decoction half and half of water and wine. If you have muscle pain, take it stewed with Xingxiu vegetables and old wine. ("Mindong Materia Medica")
3. Treat abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea: one or two dried whole herbs of Xingxiu Cai, a little salt, decoction in water and take. ("Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine")
4. To treat amenorrhea in women: two to three liang of Xingxiu root and one liang of brown sugar. Add half rice wine and half water, fry into half a bowl, take it before meals, twice a day. ("Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")
5. Treat leucorrhea, irregular menstruation, and difficulty in urination: one or two pieces of Xingxiu root. Decoct in water and drink with sweet wine. (Jiangxi "Handbook of Herbal Medicine")
6. Treat red, swollen and painful eyes: 5 to 7 qian of Xingxiu root, decocted in water and taken. Use one or two ounces of decoction water to fumigate and wash.
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7. Treat edema all over the body: 1 to 2 liang of Xingxiu Cai. Add water and boil into half a bowl, take it before meals, twice a day. ("Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")
8. To treat jaundice hepatitis: one or two each of constellation root, wild pumpkin root, Daqing root, and Imperata root, three or two pieces of refined meat, stew in water, take one dose per day. (Jiangxi "Herbal Medicine Handbook")
9. Treat malaria: Xingxiu cabbage root costs five to seven cents. Decoction of half and half water and wine, the first decoction should be taken two hours before malaria occurs, and the second decoction should be taken as tea. ("Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine")
Ten cures for blood dysentery: two liang of Xingxiu Cai. Mash it well, mix it with honey or brown sugar and drink it with water. ("Commonly Used Folk Medicinal Herbs in Guangxi")
⑾Cure colds and body aches: 2 to 3 liang of Xingxiu Cai. With half a tael of brown sugar, fry the *** into half a bowl and take it with rice shield within two hours. ("Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")
⑿Treat hemorrhoids: half a pound of Xingxiu vegetable. Decoction and fumigate the affected area. ("Eastern Fujian Materia Medica")
⒀Treatment of snake bites: Mash the whole plant of fresh Xingxiancai and twist the juice, add rice and wine to drink, and apply the dregs to the wound. ("Eastern Fujian Materia Medica")
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