Category whole grass

Zanthoxylum bungeanum (A Famous Prescription on the Sea), Thyme (A Dictionary of Botany), Zanthoxylum bungeanum (A Picture Book of Medicinal Plants in China) and Zanthoxylum bungeanum (Flora of Economic Plants in Liaoning).

The source is the whole grass of thyme in Labiatae.

Plant form thyme

Small perennial shrubby herb. The stems are creeping, rooting everywhere, multi-branched, lignified in the lower part, reddish brown, with straight flowers, 3 ~15 cm high and strong aroma. Leaves opposite; Small, oblong or oval, up to 15 mm, up to 7 mm wide, entire, blunt, with bristles at the base and short stalks. Flowers are small, purplish red, clustered at the ends of branches, forming a corymbose spike: calyx green, calyx tube bell-shaped, apex 5-lobed, throat hairy; Corolla lipped, lower lip 3-lobed; Stamens 4, 2 strong; Pistil 1. Nutlets elliptic, located at the bottom of persistent calyx. The flowering period is from June to July.

Growing in dry hillside sandy texture. Distributed in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Shaanxi, Northeast China and other places.

Wild thyme, which belongs to the same plant, is also used for medicine. It is characterized in that the stems are sparsely retrorsely pilose. The leaves are elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 5 ~10mm long and 3 ~ 5mm wide. The flowers are small and purplish red; Sepal margin and throat with white hairs; Corolla longer than calyx. Nutlets are about 1 mm long.

Distribution in Neibeigu, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and other places.

Collect from June to July, dry in the shade or use rarely.

The chemical constituents include baicalein glucoside, luteolin -7- glucoside, apigenin and other flavonoids, and the volatile oil is 0.8 ~1.33%. The volatile oil contains carvacrol 53%, p-cymene 17%, γ-terpinene 8%, α-terpineol 5% and terpineol 5%. It also contains ursolic acid, tannin, gum, resin, fatty oil, thymol and so on.

Sexual taste "Jia You Ben Cao": "pungent, warm and slightly toxic."

Functions are mainly used to warm the middle warmer, dispel cold, dispel wind and relieve pain. Treat vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, anorexia, swelling, cough due to wind-cold, swollen throat, toothache, body pain and itchy skin.

① Jia You Ben Cao: "Treating stranguria with swelling and pain."

② "Illustration of Medicinal Plants in China": "It is a tonic for relieving spasm, expelling wind. Indications: spastic cough, whooping cough, inflammation, sore throat. "

③ Manual of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Xinjiang: "Dispelling wind, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, treating cold."

④ Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine: "Warming the middle warmer to dispel cold, invigorating the spleen to promote digestion, expelling wind and relieving pain. Treat stomach cold pain, small abdominal distension, indigestion, general pain and toothache. "

⑤ Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai: "Clearing summer heat and relieving fever, regulating stomach and stopping vomiting."

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 3 ~ 4 yuan; Grinding or soaking in wine. External use: grind, sprinkle or decoct with water.

Option 1: to cure a cold, whooping cough and pepper are one yuan, and they are decocted in water. (Ningxia Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine)

② Prevention of heatstroke and cold: Soak the ground pepper in water as tea. (Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines from Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia)

③ Treatment of whooping cough and sore throat: sweet pepper, three needles and plantain each San Qian. Decoct with water. (Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines from Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia)

④ Treating stomach cold pain and indigestion: San Qian, a sweet pepper. Decoct with water. (Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine)

⑤ Treatment of indigestion and diarrhea: five yuan for sweet pepper, one or two yuan for talc, two yuan for licorice and four yuan for malt. Decoct with water. (Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines from Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia)

⑥ Treatment of traumatic body pain: one to two peppers. Soak a catty of white wine for 24 hours, take two to three small handleless wine cups each time, twice a day. (Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine)

⑦ Treatment of irregular menstruation: five yuan for ground pepper and one or two for cabbage. One dose a day, decocted twice. (Selected Materials of New Medical Law of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Inner Mongolia)

8 Treatment of chronic eczema and itchy skin: five yuan for ground pepper and one or two for dandelion. Decoct in water and wash outside. (Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines from Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningken)

9. Treatment of toothache: divide Zanthoxylum bungeanum and Ligusticum chuanxiong into equal parts, and rub them as the end. ("Famous Maritime Party")

Clinical application ① Treatment of arthritis

Thyme is made into injection, each milliliter is equivalent to 3 grams of the original crude drug, and acupoint injection is performed. Acupoint selection: Waiguan, Shoulder Three Needles and Quchi are selected for upper limbs; The lower limbs are taken from Hanging Bell, Zusanli, Kunlun, Yanglingquan, Chengshan, Fengshi, Huantiao and Xuehai; Take Shoulder Well, Feishu, Zhiyang, Shenshu, Shenji and Bajiao from the back. The above acupoints are used alternately, taking 2 ~ 3 acupoints each time, and injecting 1 time every day, and injecting 0.5 ~1ml into each acupoint, and 10 day is a course of treatment. 28 cases of arthritis were treated and 24 cases were effective; 20 cases of rheumatoid arthritis, effective 16 cases. Among them, there were 3 cases and 4 cases whose symptoms disappeared, joint swelling basically subsided and joint activity gradually recovered. There is often local pain during injection, and there is less pain at acupoints in muscle fullness. No other abnormal reactions were found during the treatment.

② Treating Kaschin-Beck disease.

The injection is made of Zanthoxylum bungeanum 100% and injected intramuscularly, once a day, 1 ~ 2ml each time,10 ~15 times as a course of treatment. 533 cases were observed, of which 3 17 cases were cured (self-conscious symptoms disappeared, joint movement improved obviously, and labor force recovered or mostly recovered), 2 14 cases were basically cured and improved (self-conscious symptoms were alleviated, joint function improved, and labor force partially recovered), and 2 cases were ineffective. The curative effect is the highest within 45 days after taking10, and the effective number accounts for 66.8%. After 45 days, the curative effect is slow. The average days of cured cases was 40.39 days. Long-term efficacy remains to be seen.

③ Treating acute gastroenteritis.

Take 3 ~ 4 yuan of dried sweet pepper (wild thyme) (5 ~ 7 yuan of fresh pepper), soak it in boiling water 10 minute and then decoct it. If you vomit badly, add 3 yuan to the kitchen soil. 48 cases were observed, among which 23 cases were combined with acupuncture at Zusanli, Neiguan, Jingwan and Dazhui. The results showed that the symptoms were quickly controlled. Vomiting stops within 0/5 minutes after taking medicine/kloc-; 1 0 ~ 30 minutes, abdominal pain will be relieved or disappeared, and the slowest one will be relieved1hour. No severe dehydration and coma occurred during the treatment; Two cases with dehydration were not rehydrated, and their physical strength basically recovered within 24 hours after taking the medicine; 1 coma patient, plus needling points such as Zhonghui and Baihui, all symptoms were basically relieved within 24 hours.

④ Treating chronic stomachache.

Make tea with sweet pepper (wild thyme) 3 yuan twice a day for 7 days as a course of treatment, and it often takes 2 ~ 3 courses to take effect. 26 cases were treated with * * *, and 9 cases were cured. 13 cases were significantly improved, and 3 cases were discontinued. 1 case with severe heartburn, pantothenic acid and stomachache on an empty stomach was ineffective.

Wild thyme has a small toxicity, and there is no adverse reaction when it is used normally. If it exceeds 2, dizziness, eye swelling and a slight increase in blood pressure may occur.

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