Name of traditional Chinese medicine: crane lice
Medicinal part: dried and mature fruit of Compositae plant Tianmingjing.
Plant morphology: perennial herb, 50 ~ 100 cm high. The stem is erect, the upper part is much branched, densely pubescent, and the lower part is nearly glabrous. Leaves alternate; The lower blade is oval or oblong, with a length of10 ~15cm and a width of 5 ~ 8cm. The apex is acute or blunt, the base is narrow into a winged petiole, the edge is irregularly serrated or entire, there are attached short hairs on it, there are pubescence and glandular spots below, and the upper leaves gradually become smaller, oblong and sessile. The heads are numerous, axillary along the stems and branches, short-stalked or subsessile, 6-8 mm in diameter, erect or pendulous; The involucre is bell-shaped, with three layers, the outer layer is extremely short, oval, with a sharp apex, pubescent, the middle layer and the inner layer are oblong, and the apex is dull and hairless; The flower is yellow, and the corolla of the peripheral female flower is filiform with 3 ~ 5 teeth; Central bisexual flower corolla tubular, apex 5 teeth. Achenes are strip-shaped, with thin longitudinal strips, short beaks at the top, glandular spots and no hair. The flowering period is June-August, and the fruiting period is 9-65438+1October.
Distribution: Born on slopes, roadsides or lawns. Widely distributed in all parts of China.
Harvesting and processing: harvesting, drying and removing impurities when the fruit is ripe in autumn.
Characteristics of medicinal materials: this product is cylindrical, small, 3 ~ 4 mm long, less than 1 mm in diameter, with yellowish brown or dark brown surface and multiple longitudinal edges. One end shrinks into a thin beak, and the top expands into a gray-white ring; The base is a little sharp and scarred. The pericarp is thin and fibrous, and the seed coat is thin and transparent. Cotyledon 2 is white and a little oily. Qi is single-minded and tastes slightly bitter.
Nature and taste: flat, pungent and bitter. Entering spleen meridian and stomach meridian.
Pharmacological research: insecticidal; Anticonvulsive; Cooling down; Lowering blood pressure; Get rid of roundworms. The decoction or water extract has antibacterial and central inhibitory effects. The product can be used as skin disinfectant.
Chemical composition: The fruit contains flavonoids, such as chrysin, apigenin, luteolin, kaempferol, kaempferone, humulone, humulolactone, palmitic acid, quercetin and volatile oil. The oil contains about 50 components, mainly 8- juniper and calamine, accounting for 43. 12%.
Taboo: there is a small poison, so pregnant women should use it with caution.
Efficacy and function of crane lice
1, ticks have the effect of treating ascaris.
The crane louse is pungent, flat and poisonous. The average person takes about 15-25g of decoction orally. How to treat ascariasis? Bian Xiao shared the following recipes: ticks, crushing sieve, honey and pills. Take 40 capsules of honey soup on an empty stomach and increase it to 50 capsules a day.
2. The crane louse has the function of treating abdominal diseases in children.
The folk prescription is as follows: Hu Fen (fried) 50 taels, crane louse (removed soil), Banlang, bitter tree root (removed floating skin), alum (dried) 12 and a half. It's not good on it, and the batter is pills, such as pockmarked. One-year-old children take five tablets, warm water and sesame oil, mix well and drink warm rice.
3. The crane louse has obvious insecticidal effect.
In ancient times, the crane louse was a good medicine for the heartache of ascaris lumbricoides. The recipes that Bian Xiao needs to share here are as follows: 0.6 grams of crane lice, which is the end, a warm water, and a kimono.
4. Other functions of crane lice
The most important function of crane lice is to kill insects. In addition, it can clear away heat and toxic materials, strengthen the spleen and regulate the stomach, and treat diseases such as hemorrhoids, fistula and purulent blood. It should be noted that the crane louse has certain toxicity, so pregnant women or some special people must ban it.