Medicinal value

1, "Herbal Atlas": purple Dong Sheng Jiangnan Wuxing County, Huainan name Chu Kwai, Yichun County, Shu Dong, Yuzhang County, moss cabbage, Jiling County, the name of the water divider.

2, "Compendium": Su Song said, out of the Tang Xuanzong "Tianbao single square", does not have the shape of the purple violet. Today, according to "Xuanyuan said treasure theory" cloud: red celery that purple celery, waterfront, leaf shape such as red peony, green, three inches long, yellow spots on the leaf, bitter taste. Another "Tuju Zhenjun Materia Medica" cloud: red celery, born in the shade of the cliffs and swamps near the water between the stones, like red peony, its leaves deep green, and the back is very red, stems and leaves like buckwheat, flowers red lovely, fruits are also like the Pi buckwheat, the roots like spiders. Chewing the extremely sour and bitter, Jianghuai people in March and April to pick seedlings, when the vegetables to eat, the South is quite small, Taihang, Wangya mountains are also the most numerous.

Taste and flavor

Bitter, astringent, cool. The first is a poisonous.

①Guizhou Herbal Medicine: bitter, pungent, flat, poisonous.

② "Shaanxi Herbal Medicine": bitter, astringent, flat, toxic.

Pharmacological Actions

The 25% decoction has a significant inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus in the test tube, followed by Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Utilities and Indications

To treat tuberculosis, coughing up blood, spermatorrhea, sores, and ringworm.

①Guizhou Herbal Medicine: sedative, hemostatic. Coughing up blood in pulmonary tuberculosis.

② "Shaanxi Herbal Medicine": clearing away heat and detoxification, stopping itching, astringent, essence. Treatment of sores, ringworm, bald sores, herpes zoster, snake bites, prolapse, spermatorrhea.

Use and Dosage

Internally: decoction, 2 to 3 qian. Externally: pounding compresses, grinding and mixing compresses or decoction of water to wash.

Selection

①Treatment of consumption and coughing up blood: the root of the broken intestine grass three money, decoction or wine. ("Guizhou Herbal Medicine")

② treatment of spermatorrhea: scorpion flowers three to four money, soaked in rice swill and dew overnight, with the original rice swill decoction, mash as a drink, even served three to four doses.

③ treatment of sores: scorpion flower root appropriate amount, decoction and wash the affected area.

④ Treatment of bald sores, snake bites: fresh scorpion flower roots, mashed and applied externally. (② party below out of the "Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine")

Clinical application

Treatment of purulent otitis media: fresh broken intestinal grass (the whole grass) washed, mashed to extract juice. After swabbing the pus in the ear, the juice is dripped into the ear 3 to 4 times a day, 32 cases were observed, 8 cases were cured and 18 cases showed obvious effect. Some of them were cured in 1 to 7 days with the medicine. Broken intestines have a small poison, should not be imported, such as the Eustachian tube is clear, it is appropriate to use a cotton ball dipped in a small amount of medicinal juice into the ear.

Small comment purple cordial alias Chu Kwai, Shu Cordial, moss cabbage, water divider, red celery, purple celery, start poor grass, broken intestines grass, wildflower, scorpion flower, boredom flower, wheat grass, ground Ding grass, it has a very high medicinal value as well as ornamental value, the above is the effect and role of purple cordial that I share with you!