Gleditsia sinensis, a traditional Chinese medicine.
Alias Gleditsia sinensis, Gleditsia sinensis, Gleditsia sinensis, Hanging Knife and Chicken Habitat.
English name Gleditsia sinensis
Mature fruit of Gleditsia sinensis. Leguminosae
Deciduous trees in plant form. The trunk and branches have solitary or branched spines, which are thick and reddish brown. Even pinnate compound leaves; 3 ~ 8 pairs of leaflets; Leaflets are nearly leathery, oblong or ovate-lanceolate. Racemes axillary or terminal, with mixed flowers; Calyx campanulate, lobes 4; Corolla symmetrical, pale yellow, petals 4, oval or oval; 6 ~ 8 stamens; Ovary strip, ovules are numerous. Pods are long and flat, with reddish-brown or purple-black surface and luster, and frosted with white waxy powder. Seeds are numerous, rectangular, flat, reddish brown and shiny. Flowering in May and fruiting in September ~ 65438+ 10.
Distribution of origin is born on hillsides and forests. It is cultivated in most areas of China.
Harvesting and processing: fruits are harvested in September-65438+10, removed impurities and dried.
Medicinal materials are characterized by being long, flat or slightly curved. The surface is uneven, reddish brown or purplish red, covered with grayish white powder cream, shiny after wiping off, slightly sharp and hard at both ends. It is light yellow after cutting and contains most seeds. Seeds oblate, oval, yellow-brown, smooth and hard. The smell is pungent.
Sexual taste is warm, pungent and salty. A little poisonous. Enter lung meridian and large intestine meridian.
Efficacy and function: resuscitation, phlegm-resolving, stagnation-resolving, swelling-reducing, dryness-moistening and constipation-relieving. It belongs to emetic.
The clinical dosage is 1 ~ 1.5g, Duoren Pill Powder; Appropriate amount for external use, grinding into powder, blowing your nose when sneezing, or sticking plaster on the affected area. It can be used for treating middle-aged rheumatism, coma, epilepsy with excessive phlegm, ignorance, throat obstruction with excessive phlegm, stubborn phlegm, and dry stool. External treatment of carbuncle and swelling.
Pharmacological study of antibacterial drugs. Toxicity: hemolysis and cytotoxicity to other tissues, especially to the central nervous system. Pharmacological experiments show that saponins can increase respiratory secretion and produce expectorant effect; It also stimulates gastrointestinal mucosa to produce diarrhea, corrodes gastric mucosa and produces absorption poisoning; It can inhibit some gram-negative intestinal pathogens and some skin fungi.
The chemical composition contains many kinds of saponins, and the seeds contain fatty oil. In addition, it also contains fisetin, lutein, betulinic acid, betulin, corticosterone and other components.
Contraindications: It is not suitable for people with weak constitution, pregnant women and patients with hemoptysis and hematemesis.
Related prescriptions 1. For cough due to adverse qi, but I can't sleep: 240 grams of Gleditsia sinensis (peeling off the skin and frying it crisp), honey pills of buttonwood, three pills of jujube paste, soup, three nights a day. ("Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" Zaojiao Pill)
(2) Treating children's cheeks with poisonous gas: Gleditsia sinensis (peeled) 60g, Rhizoma Arisaematis (raw) 6g and glutinous rice 6g. Top with fine powder and mix with ginger juice. (Puji Fang)
(3) cure fishbone, not for long: blow a little saponin into your nose, and sneeze will come out. (Sheng Huifang)
(4) Treatment of toxic carbuncle in stool: Mash a piece of Gleditsia sinensis (more than one foot long), boil it in vinegar, grind it into paste and apply it externally. ("direct direction")
⑤ It is not feasible to treat urine and urine, and it is unfavorable to remove it: Gleditsia sinensis is burned and finely ground. Drink 9 grams of porridge, Litong. ("Zheng Bencao" quoted Sun Zhenren's prescription)
pay attention to
(1) Gleditsia sinensis. It is not suitable to be used with choleric alum, which will enhance its toxicity.
(2) The maximum oral dose of decoction shall not exceed 6g. If it is made into pills, it is best to take honey and pills together, or take it with jujube soup to reduce side effects.
(3) Gleditsia sinensis should be taken with mature vinegar, which will also accelerate the toxicity.