Chinese medicine terminalia chebula He Zi
Alias Hu Lile, Hu Li, Sui Fengzi and Hu Lili.
English name ChebulaeFructus
It comes from the mature fruit of the plum tree. Juniperaceae plants
A tree in plant form. The bark is dark brown with longitudinal cracks. Simple leaves alternate or subopposite, oval or oval to oblong, with fine lines on both sides. Spikes are terminal or axillary, usually arranged in panicles; Flowers bisexual, calyx tube cup-shaped, without petals; Stamens 10, inserted on calyx tube, anthers yellow and heart-shaped; Ovary inferior, 1 cell, cylindrical, hairy, long style. Drupe oval or obovate, with grayish yellow or yellowish brown surface and rough; 1 seed. Flowering in May and fruiting in July-September.
The origin is distributed in sparse forests at an altitude of 800 ~ 1540 meters, or on the edge of sunny slopes. Distributed in Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.
Harvesting and processing: harvesting when the fruit is ripe in autumn and winter, removing impurities and drying in the sun.
The medicinal materials are rectangular or oval. The surface is yellowish brown or dark brown, slightly shiny and solid. The flesh is yellowish brown or yellowish brown. This kind of stone is light yellow, rough and hard. The seeds are slender, spindle-shaped, with yellow-brown seed coat and white cotyledons. Tasteless, sour and sweet.
It tastes flat, bitter, sour and astringent. Enter lung meridian and large intestine meridian.
Efficacy and function: astringent intestine, astringent lung, and beneficial to water and pharynx. It belongs to the classification of convergent drugs.
The clinical dosage is 3 ~ 9g, and it is taken by decoction. Can be used for treating chronic diarrhea, dysentery, hematochezia, rectocele, lung deficiency, asthma and cough, persistent cough, sore throat, and hoarseness.
Pharmacological study on antioxidation; Bacteriostasis; It has spasmolytic effect on smooth muscle. Pharmacological experiments show that the decoction has inhibitory effects on Shigella dysenteriae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, diphtheria, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, pneumococcus, Proteus and Salmonella typhimurium.
Chemical components include tannin, terminal acid, prototerminal acid, gallic acid, tanning agent, etc.
Taboos for use: those with external evil unsolved, those with damp heat and fire evil inside should not take it.
Related prescriptions ① Treating abdominal pain gradually with less bleeding: terminalia chebula peel (half-cooked) 30g, Radix Aucklandiae 15g, Rhizoma Coptidis 1g, and Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata1g.. The top is good at the end. 6 grams each time, take it with Baizhu Shaoyao Decoction. ("Life-saving Collection" terminalia chebula peel powder)
② Patients who can't speak because of aphonia: four pieces of terminalia chebula (half cooked), 30g of platycodon grandiflorum (half cooked) and 7.5g of licorice (half cooked) are fine powders of more than two inches. Take a cup of urine with the lad and fry it for five or seven times. Accept it enthusiastically. ("On Xuan Ming")
(3) Long cough: terminalia chebula (denuded) 30g, almond (soaked and peeled) 30g, and medulla tetrapanacis 7.5g. Fine-cut, each serving12g, water Yi Deng, five pieces of simmered ginger, fry until medium-cooked, and take it warmly after eating. ("Fang Jisheng" terminalia chebula drink)
④ Treating hematemesis due to lung injury: terminalia chebula (raw, end) and white flour (fried). Divide the above two flavors equally. 6 grams each, in glutinous rice porridge. ("Sheng Ji Zong Lu")
⑤ Treatment of scabies: Don't use much terminalia chebula, burn ash as the end, and apply sesame oil. (Puji Fang)
Processing of terminalia chebula meat: break the peel of terminalia chebula with a hammer and remove the core. Stir-fried terminalia chebula: Wash with water, dry in the sun, stir-fry with strong fire until the surface is dark yellow, take it out and let it cool.