Functions and indications of Fructus Toosendan. Toosendan Fructus is a traditional Chinese medicine with analgesic and anthelmintic effects. Many people may have heard of this Chinese medicine, but they don't know much about its function. Let's share the functions and indications of Toosendan Fructus.
Fructus Toosendan 1 Fructus Toosendan is a commonly used Chinese medicine. Shennong's materia medica was classified as inferior by the first edition. Formerly known as "Melia azedarach", there is no distinction between Melia azedarach and Melia azedarach. Materia Medica began to be called "Melia azedarach", especially produced in Sichuan. There are two kinds of commodities: Toosendan Fructus and Toosendan Fructus, and Toosendan Fructus is the main medicine.
Alias: Jin Lingzi and Kawabata Yasunari.
Source: Mature fruit of Meliaceae deciduous tree Toosendan. Wild or cultivated.
Origin: mainly produced in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Gansu and other places.
Character identification: the fruit is spherical or oval, with a diameter of 1.7~2.5 cm. The surface is yellow-brown, shiny, slightly wrinkled and with black spots. There is a round depression at one end of the fruit, which is the trace of fruit stalk falling off, and there is a brown punctate style base mark at the other end. The fruit is leathery and often has a gap with the pulp. The flesh is yellow to dark yellow and slightly soft. Stone oval, hard wood, 6~8 longitudinal edges on the surface, containing 6~8 dark brown oblong seeds. Nuts are milky white, rectangular and oily. Qi is single-minded and tastes sour and bitter.
Full, yellow, thick and soft are preferred.
Main ingredients: volatile fatty acids, such as acetic acid and caproic acid.
Efficacy and function:
1, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain.
2. Insect repellent. In vitro tests have a killing effect on ascaris suum, but the effect of applying insect repellent in Linchuan is not as good as that of Toosendan bark.
3. Antifungal drugs. In vitro, the experimental team showed that Trichophyton has inhibitory effect.
The ethanol extract of Toosendan Fructus has strong inhibitory effect on Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans (the water extract and decoction have poor antibacterial effect).
Processing: broken string, raw use.
Nature and taste: bitter, cold and slightly toxic.
Meridian tropism: entering the heart, liver, small intestine and bladder meridian.
Functions: clearing liver and purging fire, removing damp heat, relieving pain and killing insects.
Indications: heat syndrome, abdominal pain, hypochondriac pain, hernia, worm, etc. And topical ointment are used to treat alopecia and sores.
Clinical application: It is a commonly used drug to treat various kinds of heat abdominal pain. The analgesic effect is more reliable.
1, used to treat abdominal pain and hypochondriac pain caused by stagnation of liver qi and excess fire in liver and gallbladder. The pain is distended and stuffy, with occasional attacks, accompanied by emotional anxiety, poor sleep, loss of appetite, red tongue and rapid pulse. It is more common in chronic hepatitis, especially in liver pain, and is more suitable for people who feel pain with heat. At this time, Fructus Toosendan has the functions of clearing liver heat, relieving depression and relieving pain. It is often used with Rhizoma Corydalis, namely Jinlingzi Powder, or with Fructus Toosendan in the prescription for soothing the liver and regulating the stomach. Toosendan Fructus is superior to Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride in relieving liver depression and hypochondriac pain.
2, used to treat hernia pain. Local pain caused by hydrocele of testis, epididymitis and small intestinal hernia is often combined with Evodia rutaecarpa and fennel, such as Daoqi Decoction.
3. It is used to treat abdominal pain caused by insect accumulation. It mainly takes its analgesic effect and has little insecticidal effect. Should be combined with betel nut, thunder pill and other mosquito repellent drugs.
4, used to treat tinea capitis. Baking and grinding single Fructus Toosendan into powder, mixing with lard to make ointment, and applying to the affected area. Toosendan Fructus has the effects of loosening hair and inhibiting tinea, so it has a certain short-term curative effect.
Precautions: Toosendan Fructus can cause loose stool, and it is not suitable for people with gastrointestinal deficiency and cold.
Dosage: 4.5~ 12g should not be too large.
Examples of prescriptions: 1, Jinlingzi Powder (Sheng Huifang): Jin Lingzi (Toosendan Fructus), and Rhizoma Corydalis, each 60g, ground into powder, 6g each time, taken with warm water.
2. Daoqi decoction: 9 grams of Toosendan seed, 4.5 grams of fennel, 4.5 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa and 3 grams of woody root (bottom), decocted in water.
Functions and indications of Toosendan Fructus 2, alias Jin Lingzi and Toosendan Fructus.
Source This product is the dried and mature fruit of Melia azedarach of Meliaceae. In winter, when the fruit is ripe, it is harvested, impurities are removed and dried.
The height of source deciduous trees can reach 10 meter. The bark is grayish brown with longitudinal grooves, and the young part is densely covered with stellate scales. Leaves alternate, two to three odd pinnate compound leaves. Purple flowers in summer, axillary conical cymes. Drupe is large, oval or nearly round, about 3 cm long, red or chestnut brown, shiny, hard and lignified, with 6-8 cells. 3 ~ 5 seeds.
Method for making Fructus Toosendan: removing impurities. Mash it with time. Stir-frying Toosendan Fructus: Take clean Toosendan Fructus, cut it into thick slices or crush it, and stir-fry it according to the stir-frying method (Appendix II D) until the surface is brown.
Characteristics this product is spherical, with a diameter of 2 ~ 3.2 cm. The surface is golden yellow to brownish yellow, slightly shiny, with a small amount of depression or shrinkage and dark brown spots. There are vestiges of style at the top, depressions and fruit stalks at the bottom. The exocarp is leathery, and there is often a gap between it and the pulp. The pulp is soft and yellowish, and sticky when it meets water. The nucleus is spherical or ovoid, hard, with 6-8 longitudinal edges at both ends, and is divided into 6-8 chambers, each of which contains 1 dark brown oblong seed. Qi is specific, sour and bitter.
Bitter and cold in nature; A little poisonous. Liver, small intestine and bladder meridian.
Functions: soothing liver, promoting qi circulation, relieving pain and expelling worms. Used for chest and hypochondriac pain, hernia pain and abdominal pain caused by insects.
Usage and dosage: 4.5 ~ 9g.
Store in a ventilated and dry place.
Functions and indications of Toosendan Fructus 3 Is Golden Sakura Toosendan Fructus?
Rosa laevigata is not Toosendan, but their families, genera, shapes, principal values and places of origin are different. Rosa laevigata is a pear-shaped fruit produced by Rosaceae plants, which can be eaten directly and grows all over the country. Toosendan Fructus is a round fruit produced by deciduous trees of Toosendan genus.
Is Rosa laevigata Fructus Toosendan?
1, not toosendan.
Rosa laevigata is not Toosendan, but their families and genera are different. Rosa laevigata is the fruit of an evergreen climbing shrub in Rosaceae, and its height can reach 5 meters. Toosendan Toosendan Toosendan is the fruit of deciduous trees of Toosendan, which is their biggest difference, so we can distinguish them from families and genera.
2. Different shapes
Rosa laevigata and Toosendan Fructus are also different in shape. The fruit of Rosa laevigata is pear-shaped, obovate, sparse and nearly spherical, reddish brown in color, densely setose outside, pedicel about 3 cm long, and persistent sepals. Toosendan seeds are round in shape, pale yellow in color and slightly hard in stone.
3. Different values
The main value of Rosa laevigata is slightly different from that of Toosendan. Fructus Rosae Laevigatae can be eaten directly after maturity, and can also be used as traditional Chinese medicine. Toosendan seeds are weak in toxicity and cannot be eaten directly. Only after treatment can it be used as Chinese medicine.
4. Different places of origin
Rosa laevigata and Toosendan Fructus have different habitats. Rosa laevigata is very adaptable to the environment and can grow in most areas, so it is found all over the country. Toosendan Toosendan Toosendan Toosendan Toosendan Toosendan is generally produced in the south of China, which is more common in Sichuan, but not in other places.