Impatiens

("Materia Medica for Famine Relief")

Synonyms: Goldilocks ("Effective Prescriptions of World Medical Doctors"), Erigeron ("Materia Medica for Southern Yunnan") "), good daughter flower ("Compendium"), henna ("Herbal Recipes"), sea lotus ("Hebei Medicinal Materials"), nail peach flower ("Shandong Traditional Chinese Medicine"), golden boy flower ("Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine") , Bamboo calendula ("Medicinal Materials Science").

Plant morphology: The flower buds of Impatiens, a plant of the family Impatiens, are detailed in the article "Winds".

The plant form of the impatiens used in Tibet is sharp-toothed impatiens, which is distributed in Tibet, Yunnan and other places.

During the flowering period, harvest every afternoon, remove impurities and dry them. It is generally believed that those with red and white colors are better for medicinal purposes.

The nature and flavor are sweet, slightly bitter, and warm.

① "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "Cold in nature, bitter in taste.,

② "Compendium": "Sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Bitter taste, cold, and poisonous. "

④"Materia Medica": "It tastes slightly bitter and is slightly warm in nature. "

Functions include dispelling wind, activating blood circulation, reducing swelling, and relieving pain. Treats rheumatism, waist and flank pain, amenorrhea and abdominal pain in women, postpartum blood stasis, bruises, carbuncles, furuncles, goosefoot Wind, onychomycosis

① "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "Treatment of purulent ears in children. "

②"Outline": "Activate blood circulation and eliminate accumulation. Treat snake bites and pain in the waist and flanks. "

③ "Ben Cao Qiu Yuan": "Cure partial waste. "

④"Tianbao Materia Medica": "Cure persistent nosebleeds. "

⑤"Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine in Tibet": "It stimulates menstruation, activates blood circulation and is a diuretic. It can be used to treat amenorrhea and abdominal pain, postpartum blood stasis, stillbirth, difficulty in urination, and boils and carbuncles. "

Usage and dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 0.5 to 1 qian (1 to 3 qian if fresh); grind into powder or soak in wine. External use: pound into juice and drop into ears, pound for application or decoct in water for fumigation and washing.

Prescription ① Treat rheumatism and bedridden condition: decoction of Buttercup, Baiziren, Puxi, and Papaya, take Duhuo Jisheng Decoction ("Fushou Jingfang") orally two or three times a day. p>

②Treat unbearable pain in the waist and flanks: Grind impatiens into cakes, dry them in the sun, make powder, take three qian for each cup of wine ("Compendium")

③Treat falls. Injury to bones and muscles, and poor blood circulation: 3 liang of impatiens, 2 liang of Angelica sinensis tail, soaked in wine ("Lantai Collection")

④ Treat fractures with abnormal pain and inability to undergo surgery. First take this wine medicine to relieve pain: soak the dried Impatiens flower for 1 qian (or 3 qian if fresh), and take it orally for one hour. After that, the affected area will become numb and the patient can be treated with the medicine ("Guizhou Folk Prescription Collection")

⑤Treatment of snakebite: Impatiens flower, taken with wine ("Compendium")

⑥Treatment of whooping cough, hematemesis, hemoptysis: 7 to 15 fresh impatiens flowers, decoction in water, or mixed with it. It is better to stew it with a little rock sugar ("Mindong Materia Medica")

⑦ To treat leucorrhea: five qian of impatiens (or one or two roots) and one or two of cuttlefish in water, one dose per day. ("Jiangxi Herbal Medicine")

⑧Treatment of goosefoot fungus: Apply fresh Fengxiang flower externally ("Commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Shanghai")

⑨Treat onychomycosis: Pound white impatiens flower and apply it externally. ("Selected Chinese Herbal Medicine from Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia") Remind you: The Chinese herbal medicine Impatiens comes from the Internet. Please follow your doctor's advice before use.