(Essentials of Raw Herbs)

Five-claw dragon with different names (A Brief Introduction to Raw Herbs), Jiulong Root (Seeking the Original of Materia Medica).

The source is the root or root bark of Ficus palmatum of Moraceae.

Plant morphology: Ficus palmatum, also known as: Acer palmatum, Ficus davidiana (Textual Research on Plant Names and Facts), Dragon Leaf (Records of Medicinal Herbs Collecting in Lingnan), Ficus palmatum, Ficus tauschii, Ficus tomentosa, Trionyx, Paederia, and milk water.

Shrub or small tree, 2 ~ 8 meters high, with milk, branches, leaves, petioles and receptacle are rusted or yellowish bristles. Simple leaves alternate; Oval, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 8-25 cm long, tapering at the apex, narrow at the base, * * * or heart-shaped, serrated at the edge, whole or 3-5 parted, rough on both sides, but with bristles along the main vein, with 3-7 basal veins and 5-7 pairs of lateral veins; Petiole stout, 2 ~ 7 cm long; Stipules ovate-lanceolate, long12 ~18 mm. Receptacle (cryptocephalus) is spherical, axillary in pairs, sessile or subsessile, with a diameter of 8 ~ 20 mm; Basal bracts ovate, acuminate; Male and female flowers are born in different inflorescence receptacles; Tepals have stamens 2 or 3 in each male flower. Small fruit, bone, coarse hair.

Mostly born in valleys, water, dense forests and open fields. Distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places.

Collect after 8 months.

Sexual taste is sweet and bitter, flat.

① A Brief Introduction to the Nature of Raw Herbs: "Sweet and pungent in taste, flat in nature."

② Fujian Folk Herbs: "Sweet and bitter, warm."

③ Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "Sweet, flat."

Functions are mainly used to dispel wind and dampness, strengthen bones and muscles, remove blood stasis and reduce swelling. Treat rheumatism, flaccidity, fatigue, edema, traumatic injury, amenorrhea, leucorrhea and hypogalactia.

(1) The Essentials of Raw Herbs: "Disinfecting scabies. Wash malnutrition hemorrhoids. Remove skin swelling and pain; Root: cure heat, cough up phlegm and fire, manage falls and stab wounds; Soaking in wine: dispelling wind and strengthening bones and muscles. "

② Textual Research on Plant Names and Facts: "Cure ethos and remove redness and swelling."

(3) Fujian Folk Herbs: "Expelling wind and detoxifying, eliminating dampness and promoting qi circulation."

4 "Lu Chuan Ben Cao": "Strong, breast-feeding. "For rheumatism and bone pain, it can break bones from falls, and women have little milk."

⑤ Nanning Pharmacology: "Root bark: promoting qi, removing rheumatism, benefiting joints and strengthening bones and muscles. Treat traumatic fracture, rheumatism, flaccidity and arthralgia, remove blood stasis and promote regeneration. "

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 0.5 ~12; Or soak in wine. External use: decocting and washing.

Recipe 1 for rheumatic pain: Buddha's palm, Ficus carica root, pig's trotters (seven inches) and half a catty, and yellow wine. Add appropriate amount of water, fry half a wrist, and take it twice, once every four to six hours. (Fujian Folk Herbs)

② Curing overwork: one or two roots of Ficus microcarpa and one cuttlefish. Add two or two pieces of yellow wine as appropriate and decoct. (Fujian Folk Herbs)

③ Treatment of amenorrhea and postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis: one to two roots of Ficus microcarpa. Drinks are fried and served.

④ Treatment of testicular swelling: two to four fresh roots of Ficus crassifolia. Decoct with water.

⑤ Treatment of leucorrhea: two or two dry roots of Ficus crassifolia. Decoct with water.

⑥ Treatment of scrofula: Two to three roots of Ficus crassifolia. Decoct with water. (③ Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine is listed below)

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