"Shen Nong's Materia Medica"
It is the above-ground part of the sweet potato seedling of the Lamiaceae plant. wild. It is produced in most parts of the country, mainly in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Hubei and other places. Harvest when the stems and leaves are lush in summer and autumn and dry in the sun. Remove impurities and soil, moisten thoroughly, cut into sections, dry and use raw.
Bitter, pungent, and slightly warm properties. Returns to liver and spleen meridians.
Efficacy: activate blood circulation and regulate menstruation, remove blood stasis and carbuncle, diuretic and reduce swelling.
Applications
1. Blood stasis, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum stasis and abdominal pain. This product is pungent, dispersing, bitter, and warm, with no harsh action. It is good at promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation. It is a commonly used medicine for menstrual blood stasis in gynecology. It is often used in combination with angelica, chuanxiong, cyperus and other medicines, such as Zelan Decoction in "Medical Insights" 》. If there is blood stasis and blood deficiency, it can be used with angelica and white peony root to activate and nourish blood, such as Zelan Decoction in "Jiyin Gangmu".
2. Bruises, bruises, pain, sores and carbuncles. This product can activate blood circulation, remove blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain. To treat bruises, bruises, swelling and pain, it can be mashed alone or combined with angelica root, safflower, peach kernel and other medicinal ingredients, such as Zelan Decoction in "Medicine Insights"; to treat chest and hypochondrium injuries and pain, it is often used with salvia miltiorrhiza and turmeric. , Corydalis , etc.; to treat sores, carbuncles, and swollen poison, it can be mashed alone, or can be used in combination with Yinhua, Coptis, red peony root, etc., such as Duimingdan ("Surgery Complete Collection").
3. Edema and ascites. This product can not only activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, but also diuretic and reduce swelling. It is especially suitable for edema caused by blood stasis and water stasis. "Emergency Prescription on the Go" is made of equal parts of this product and Fangji, and mixed with vinegar soup to treat postpartum edema. To treat ascites and body swelling, it is compatible with Atractylodes, Poria, Fangji, Plantago, etc.
Usage and Dosage: Decoction and take, 10-15g. Appropriate amount for external use.
Use with caution in patients with blood deficiency and no stasis.
Identification and use of medicines Motherwort and Zeelandia can promote blood circulation and regulate menstruation, remove blood stasis and eliminate carbuncle, diuretic and reduce swelling. They are often used in gynecological diseases such as menstrual blood stasis and bruises, bruises and pain, sores, carbuncles and poisonous sores. Edema and other symptoms. However, Motherwort has a strong pungent effect in releasing bitterness, is cold in nature and can clear away heat and detoxify. Its functions of activating blood circulation, detoxifying and diuretic are stronger than those of Adenophora, and its clinical application is wider.
Summary of ancient books
1. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica": "The main nurse has epistaxis, residual stroke disease, abdominal edema, four kinds of edema on the body and face, water in the joints, and golden sores , carbuncle, swollen and sore degree."
2. "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "opens the nine orifices, sharpens the meridians, nourishes the blood and qi, breaks the blood, eliminates the syndrome, and relieves all kinds of diseases before and after childbirth. In the small intestine, it can grow meat and muscle, eliminate damage and blood stasis, treat nasal congestion, vomiting blood, headache and eye pain, women are tired and thin, and the husband has a yellow face."
3. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Ze. Blue drains the blood, so it can cure edema, treat carbuncle poisons, break blood stasis, eliminate acne, and is a medicine for women. ”
Modern Research
1. Chemical composition. : Contains volatile oil, glucoside, tannins, tree substances, as well as flavonoid glycosides, phenols, amino acids, organic acids, saponins, adenose, stachyose, galactose, fructose, etc.
2. Pharmacological effects: Water decoction can resist thrombosis in vitro, mildly inhibit the coagulation system and enhance fibrinolytic activity. The whole herb preparation has cardiotonic properties.
3. Clinical study: 30-60g of adenophora leaves, decoction in water, add appropriate amount of brown sugar, 1 dose per day, divided into 2 times, used to treat 20 cases of postpartum abdominal pain. As a result, 19 cases were cured and 1 case was ineffective. The total effective rate was 97.5% (Barefoot Doctor Journal, 1977, (1): 33). Zeelan Chenpi Decoction (mainly Zeelan) has achieved satisfactory results in the treatment of acute mastitis and mumps (Heilongjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1989, (3): 46). Decoction the blood-activating yellow orchid decoction (rhubarb, adenophora, red peony root, and Houttuynia cordata) in water for external use, fumigation and washing, and add Shuangbai ointment (rhubarb, adenophora, mint, and borneol, grind into powder, and mix with water and honey into a paste). , 54 cases of hemorrhoids were treated exclusively. As a result, 30 cases were cured, 23 cases improved, and 1 case was ineffective (New Chinese Medicine, 1981, (11): 22). In addition, Zeelan or compounds containing Zeelan are also clinically used to treat chronic bronchitis, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, soft tissue infections, etc.