("Materia Medica")

Different names of evil fruit (Bielu), mouse sticky fruit (Materia Medica Illustrated Classic), millet sticky fruit (Pearl Capsule), strong fruit (Hygiene Easy Simple Prescription), bat sting (Compendium), Maoranzi, Heifengzi (Qinghai Medicinal Materials) and Maoawl (Guizhou Folk Prescriptions Collection)

The source is the fruit of Arctium lappa L. of Compositae.

Plant forms of burdock, also known as: mouse sticky grass (Bielu), hag head (Herbal Medicine for Saving the Famine), potherb cabbage, petunia (Compendium), grass in the bag of starvation (Compilation of Medical Forest), like ears, old mother's pig's ears, a knot in one's head, mouse's sorrow and mouse's sorrow.

Biennial herb, high1~1.5 m, with many branches in the upper part. Rooted leaves are clustered and cauline leaves alternate; Large leaves with long petioles and longitudinal grooves on the surface; The leaves are broadly ovoid or heart-shaped, the lower leaves are 40-50 cm long and 30-40 cm wide, the upper leaves on the stem gradually become smaller, the apex is obtuse and round with a small tip, the base is heart-shaped, the edge is slightly wavy or toothed, the upper part is dark green and smooth, and the lower part is densely covered with gray short fluff. The heads are clustered, inserted at the ends of branches, arranged in an umbrella-shaped shape, with a diameter of 2 ~ 4 cm; Pedicels are 3 ~ 7 cm long, with shallow grooves on the surface and dense puberulent; The involucre is spherical and consists of a plurality of bracts arranged in a shingle shape. The bracts are wrapped or linear, the base is closely connected, the apex is extended into a needle shape, the end is hooked, and most simple bisexual flowers are born; Corolla apex is 5-lobed, lobes are long and narrow triangle, and the lower part is connected into a tube; Stamens 5, born in the upper part of corolla tube, alternate with lobes, filaments separated, anthers connected into a tube, surrounding the style; Ovary oval, inferior, 1 room, top disc-shaped, with separated white crown hairs on the disc, slender style, and 2 bifurcated stigmas. Achenes are slightly curved and obovate, grayish brown. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruiting period is from July to August.

Distributed all over the country. Generally cultivated products.

The roots (burdock roots) and stems and leaves (burdock stems and leaves) of this plant are also used for medicine, and each is detailed in a special article.

Collect the fruits in batches from August to September when they are ripe. Sun drying, fruit production, impurity removal, and sun drying until completely dry. Raw or fried.

Achenes are oblong, about 6 mm long and 3 mm in diameter in the middle. The outer skin is grayish brown, with several slightly protruding longitudinal lines, one of which is obvious in the middle, and the whole skin has sparse spots and looks like dense reticulate. One end is slightly narrow and slightly curved, with a light spot on the top; The other end is blunt and round, slightly wider, with a small dimple. The longitudinal surface is slightly raised, and the edge is round and thick. The outer skin is hard, and the seed kernel has two petals after being broken, which are gray and oily. Odorless and slightly bitter. It is better to have large, full and grayish brown skin.

Mainly produced in Hebei, Jilin, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang and other places. In addition, Sichuan, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi and other places are also produced. The output in Northeast China is large, and the quality of products produced by Zhejiang Institute is excellent.

Chemical constituents include arctigenin, arctigenol A and B, fatty oil, etc.

Processing Arctium lappa L.: Remove impurities, and screen off mud scraps. Stir-fried Fructus Arctii: Take clean Fructus Arctii, put it in a pot, stir-fry with slow fire until it bulges slightly, and the outside is yellowish and slightly fragrant. Take it out and let it cool.

"On Leigong's Baking": "Whoever makes evil things, pick them clean: don't make miscellaneous things, then steam them with wine, and when there is a thin frost on them, wipe them with a cloth, then bake them, and don't pound them as powder."

Sexual taste is hard and cold.

(1) Bielu: "pungent and flat."

② Notes on Materia Medica: "Bitter taste."

③ The Origin of Medicine: "The Secret of Indications: pungent and warm."

④ Drug Meaning: "pungent, cold in nature."

Meridian entering the lung and stomach meridians.

(1) Shushu of Materia Medica: "Start with Taiyin and Zuyangming meridians."

② Drug Meaning: "Entering the liver and lung meridians."

Functions are mainly used to disperse wind and heat, diffuse lung and penetrate rash, reduce swelling and detoxify. Treat wind-heat cough, sore throat, impenetrable macula, rubella itching, carbuncle swelling and sore poison.

(1) "Don't record": "Improve your eyesight, tonify the middle, and remove wind injury."

② The Theory of Medicinal Properties: "Apart from the wind, it is beneficial to the waist and feet, and it also disperses the nodes and muscles, which annoys the heat and toxicity."

(3) Herbal Medicine for Dietotherapy: "If you stir-fry it at the end, it will help you urinate."

(4) Addendum to Materia Medica: "Dominating wind, toxic swelling and various flaccidity."

⑤ The Origin of Medicine: "Relieving the pharynx and diaphragm. The secret of attending: moistening the lungs and dispersing qi. "

⑥ Li Gao: "Treat rheumatism addiction rash, wind-heat in throat, disperse the poison of swelling, sores and ulcers, and help to stagnate the qi of waist and knees."

⑦ Compendium: "Eliminating maculovirus."

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction,1.5 ~ 3 RMB; Or into powder. External use: decoct in water and gargle.

Should avoid the "Herbal Classics": "Vaccinia practitioners are only suitable for constipation due to blood heat, and should be careful not to take it if the stool is self-interested or diarrhea. Diarrhea is not taboo for rash, so it is no harm to use it. The carbuncle is ulcerated, and it is not suitable for taking unless it is constipation. "

Prescription ① Dispelling wind, causing excessive salivation and unfavorable pharynx and diaphragm: Fructus Arctii (slightly fried), Herba Schizonepetae each one or two, and Radix Glycyrrhizae (roasted) half two. And for the end, lie down at night after eating, and take two yuan for soup, which should be taken slowly. ("Materia Medica")

② Treatment of laryngitis: Fructus Arctii is six points, Fructus Iris is eight points. The first two flavors are pounded into powder. Take a square inch of Bi with warm water on an empty stomach, and gradually increase it to one and a half, and then take it again every day. (Guang Ji Fang)

③ Treatment of wind-heat blocking the throat and swelling all over the body: once the burdock is mixed, it is half-cooked, and the pestle is the end, and the hot wine is mixed with a penny. (Classic Prescriptions)

(4) Treating wind-heat guest's upper energizer, hanging carbuncle, swelling and pain: one or two of evil fruit (fried) and licorice (raw) respectively. It is scattered on the top, and each time you take two yuan Bi and one lamp of water, you can fry it for six minutes, spin it and swallow it for a long time. ("Puji Fang" Qiguan San)

⑤ Treatment of furuncle and rash is not thorough: Burdock (finely ground) is five yuan, Tamarix is decocted, and it is adjusted to be thorough. ("Herbal Words")

⑥ Treat skin wind-heat and get addicted rash all over the body: Fructus Arctii and duckweed are equally divided. Adjust two yuan with mint soup and take it twice a day. ("Essential Prescription for Health Preservation")

⑦ Treatment of wind swelling and itching: burdock, Scrophularia, Bombyx Batryticatus and mint cost five yuan each. For the end, every time I take San Qian, the white soup is adjusted. ("Authentic Fang Mai")

⑧ Treatment of phlegm and syncope headache: one or two Inula flowers and one or two Arctium lappa (slightly fried). The medicine is pounded into fine powder, and if it is not timed, the next money will be made with preserved noodles tea. ("Shenghuifang")

⑨ Treatment of headache with even eyes and unclear eyes: Fructus Arctii, Fructus Xanthii and Flos Chrysanthemi Indici each San Qian. Decoct with water. ("Authentic Fang Mai")

⑩ Treating wind-heat into a calendar festival, attacking fingers for swelling and numbness, or even attacking shoulders and knees. In case of summer heat or constipation, it is made as follows: three ounces of Fructus Arctii (fried through paper), one or two ounces of fresh fermented beans (fried), one or two ounces of Notopterygii Rhizoma (reed removed), two and a half pieces of dried Radix Rehmanniae, and one and a half pieces of Radix Astragali (baked with honey). For the fine powder, the soup is mixed with two yuan, and it is taken three times a day before eating. ("Skill Prescription" burdock powder)

⑾ For the treatment of wind-heat in the head and face, or phlegm poison in the neck, tooth carbuncle caused by wind-heat is decocted with water, including Fructus Arctii, Herba Menthae, Herba Schizonepetae, Fructus Gardeniae, Cortex Moutan, Herba Dendrobii, Radix Scrophulariae and Prunellae Spica. (Burdock Jieji Decoction, Collection of Experience from Selected Diseases)

⑿ Treatment of toothache due to wind caries: stir-fry burdock, and rinse it with decoction. ("Yan Nian Fang")

[13] Treatment of breast-blowing: add musk deer and wine to the mouse glue and swallow it. (Pocket Square)

[14] Treatment of carbuncle: stir-fry San Qian with mouse paste, fine powder, add a spoonful of honey, a spoonful of pure nitrate, and take it with warm wine. (Pocket Square)

Clinical application to prevent scarlet fever

Parching Fructus Arctii into powder, sieving and storing. 2 ~ 5 years old 1 g each time, 5 ~ 9 years old1.5g each time,10 ~15 years old, 2g each time, 3g each time for adults, three times a day, with warm boiled water after meals for 2 days. During the epidemic period, in addition to taking medicine for prevention, attention should still be paid to controlling the source of infection and cutting off the route of transmission. Clinical observation of 344 cases, 7 patients; 327 cases (98%) did not get sick within 0/2 days after taking the medicine. Generally, the preventive effect of taking medicine within 3 days after contact is better, and the preventive effect of taking medicine after 6 days is not good. If you contact again, you need to take it again 1 time. No adverse reactions were found during taking the medicine.

Reminder: Fructus Arctii, a Chinese herbal medicine, comes from the Internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before using it.