Goldenrod

("Illustrated Research on Plant Names and Facts")

Also known as Wild Goldenrod ("Nanning Drug Chronicles"), Mountainside Scutellaria, Sajinhua ("Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine"), Asarum Asarum, Huanghua Yizhixiang ("Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine"), Qiangenhuang ("Minnan Folk Herbal Medicine"), Tuzelan, Baitiaogen, Tiejinguai "Quanzhou" "Compendium of Materia Medica"), cognac, small white dragon's whisker, yellow flower Malan, Dabaidu, red Bupleurum ("Hunan Medicine End"), Huanghuazai, red gum kulai ("Eastern Fujian Materia Medica"), Yizhixiang, Daphne Ye Qixingjian ("Guangdong Chinese Medicine"), Snakehead King ("Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine in Shanghai"), Jinsuosui, Manshanhuang, Huanghuaer ("Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine in Zhejiang"), Huang Bupleurum (Sichuan).

The source is the whole plant or the whole plant with roots of Goldenrod, a member of the Compositae family.

Plant form Solidago

Perennial herb, 15-80 cm tall. The stem is erect, the lower part is smooth and hairless, and the upper part is slightly hairy. The leaves are alternate; ovate to oblong, 1 to 5 cm long and 0.2 to 2.5 cm wide. The lower leaves are petiolate and have very small serrations. The upper leaves are smaller and narrow, nearly full-margined, dark green above, and dark green below. Gray green, almost smooth and hairless on both sides. Panicle, formed by aggregation of axillary racemes; the flower head is small, 5 to 8 mm in diameter, solitary or 2 to 4 gathered on the short axillary inflorescence stalk; the involucre is narrow and pointed, with a stem Membranous edge, 2 to 5 mm long, of varying sizes, arranged in imbricate-like rows; the receptacle is bare; the peripheral tongue-shaped flowers are yellow, female, about 8 in number; the central tubular flower is bisexual, with a 5-lobed corolla and anthers. Aggregated, base blunt. Achenes are nearly cylindrical, bald or pubescent. Flowering period is October. The fruiting period is November.

Born in the mountains and forest edges. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

Harvested in summer and autumn.

Its nature and flavor are bitter and cool.

① "Southern Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine": "Bitter, cold."

② "Shanghai Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Hard, cool."

Meridian Return " "Mindong Materia Medica": "enters the liver and gallbladder meridian."

Functions: Dispelling wind, clearing away heat, reducing swelling and detoxifying. Treat colds, headaches, sore throat, and jaundice. Whooping cough, infantile convulsions, bruises, carbuncles on the back, goose palm wind.

① "An Illustrated Study of Plant Names and Facts": "Cleanses swelling and poison."

② "Nanning Drug Chronicles": "Clears heat and detoxifies. Treats snake bites, qi, and sores." . "

③ "Hunan Medicine Chronicle": "Dispelling wind and detoxifying, reducing fever and promoting blood circulation, reducing swelling and relieving pain." ④ "Mindong Materia Medica": "Promotes sweating and relieves symptoms." Treats cold and heat, exogenous wind-cold, head and body pain. "

⑤ "Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine": "Breaking blood, clearing the orifice. Treats bruises, itchy skin, and sores."

Usage and dosage Oral administration: decoction, 3 to 6 qian (0.7 to 1 tael for fresh). External use: Pound and apply or decoct and wash with water.

Recipe ① Treat colds, sore throat, and tonsillitis: - Take goldenrod from 3 qian to 1 liang. Decoction. ("Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine in Shanghai")

②Treatment of head wind: Goldenrod root three qian. Decoction in water. ("Hunan Drug Chronicles")

③Cure jaundice: goldenrod is one or two and five qian, and water clove is 5 qian. Decoct in water and take once. ("Mindong Materia Medica")

④ To treat acute convulsions in children: one or two fresh Goldenrod flowers and one piece of ginger. Mash it together to get the juice and drink it with boiling water. ("Mindong Materia Medica")

⑤Treat bruises and bruises: 3 to 5 qian of goldenrod root. Decoct in water and take twice a day.

⑥Treatment of hairy back, mastitis, and inguinal lymphadenopathy: 7 cents to 1 tael of goldenrod. Mash, decoct in wine and take, mash the residue and apply to the affected area.

⑦Treatment After the carbuncle is swollen and the rotting flesh does not come off: 2 liang of goldenrod and 1 liang of wild chrysanthemum root. Fry the sores with vinegar.

⑧Cure all swelling and poisoning at the beginning: two liang of Goldenrod. Rinse with boiled water, or use a towel soaked in concoction to apply warm compress to the affected area.

⑨ To treat swollen throat: Goldenrod is seven cents. Decoct it in water, add one or two ounces of honey and drink it.

⑩To treat snake bites: one or two Goldenrod flowers. Decoct it in water, add one or two ounces of honey and drink it. For external use, apply the whole plant together with distiller's grains and pestle. (⑤The following recipe is from "Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine")

⑾Treatment of goosefoot, onychomycosis, and athlete's foot: use one to two taels of goldenrod every day, decoct the thick juice, soak the affected area, half a time each time hour, 1 to 2 times a day. Seven days is a course of treatment. ("Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine in Shanghai")

Clinical Application ① Used as a heat-clearing and anti-inflammatory agent

Injection made from the whole goldenrod plant, 2 ml each time (equivalent to 2 grams of dry grass), Intramuscular injection, 2 to 3 times a day, was used in 62 cases of various surgical infections and infection prevention after major operations, all of which were effective. No side effects were seen during treatment. Or use the whole plant to process it into granules, 6 grams per bag (equivalent to 6.7 yuan of hay), 2 to 3 times a day, 1 bag each time, or less for children, and drink with boiling water. Treatment of upper respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis, mastitis, lymphangitis, sores, boils and swelling, post-surgical infection prevention and other acute inflammatory diseases*** 412 cases, more than 92% of which were cured and improved . Clinically, the decoction is also commonly used for oral administration. Each dose uses 2 liang of fresh grass and 1 liang of dry grass, 1 dose per day. Or decoct it with Baiying to treat colds; or decoct it with Guanzhong and fresh pine needles to prevent colds. Make a decoction with a bit of red, or make a capsule with Prunella vulgaris and licorice to treat pneumonia, enteritis and upper respiratory tract infections.

②Treatment of chronic bronchitis

1 tael of goldenrod whole plant (dried) or 2 taels (fresh), decoction in water, 1 dose per day, 10 days as a course of treatment, continuously Take 2 to 3 courses of treatment. 184 cases were treated, 16 cases were recently controlled, 39 cases were markedly effective, and the patient rate was 35.3. After taking the medicine, you may experience discomfort such as numbness in the throat, but most of them can disappear within 30 to 60 minutes. Some may also cause nausea, vomiting, dizziness, dry mouth, cough, burning urine, etc. Overdose may cause diarrhea and discontinuation. It can heal itself after taking medicine.

③Treat traumatic bleeding

Dry goldenrod, grind it into powder, and sprinkle it on the wound; take it orally at the same time, 1 to 2 yuan each time. 100 cases were treated and all were effective.

④Treat tinea manuum and pedis

Goldenrod decoction has the ability to kill ringworm rubrum in the test tube. This liquid has been used on 6 patients with disease duration of 5 to 10 years. After washing 5 to 6 times, the symptoms were all cured. Remind you: Goldenrod. This Chinese herbal medicine comes from the Internet. Please follow your doctor's advice before use.