Liu Yinu is the whole grass of Artemisia ArtemisiaanomalaS.Moore, a compositae plant. Location: Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places. They are all wild. When flowering in August-September, the aboveground parts are cut, the soil is removed, dried in the sun, and cut into sections for medicine.
the medicine is bitter and warm. Heart, liver and spleen meridians.
it has the functions of removing blood stasis and relieving pain, healing and stopping bleeding, breaking blood and dredging channels, and resolving food stagnation.
application
1. traumatic injury, swelling and bleeding. This product has the effects of warming, dispersing blood stasis, relieving pain, stopping bleeding and healing. For the treatment of traumatic injury, blood stasis, swelling and pain, it can be taken by grinding powder alone and adjusting with wine; It can also be combined with Rhizoma Drynariae and Rhizoma Corydalis, such as Liushang Decoction (Secret Recipe of Traumatology); For the treatment of traumatic bleeding, fresh products can be mashed and applied externally; Or with madder, gallnut, etc., such as black wool for stopping bleeding (Supplement to Traumatology).
2. Blood stasis amenorrhea and postpartum abdominal pain. This product is good at dispersing bitterness, dispersing blood, dredging channels, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. For amenorrhea due to blood stasis, it can be combined with peach kernel, angelica, Ligusticum chuanxiong, etc. Treatment of postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis, with equal parts of licorice as the end, mixed with water and wine
3. Abdominal pain due to indigestion, red and white dysentery. This product has a fragrant smell, which can not only stimulate the spleen to stimulate appetite, but also help digestion. It is suitable for indigestion, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and can be decocted alone, or combined with hawthorn, malt, Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli and Atractylodis Macrocephalae.
usage and dosage: decoct, 3-1g. Appropriate amount for external use, grinding, spreading or applying, or mashing fresh products for external use.
Use with caution for pregnant women.
Abstract of ancient books
1. Newly-revised Materia Medica: "Bleeding and bloating. Taking more than one dose makes people diarrhea. "
2. "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "Treat abdominal pain, lower qi and water swelling, blood gas, dredge women's syndrome, and stop cholera and watery diarrhea."
3. The Classic of Materia Medica: "Liu sent slaves, suffering can descend, pungent and warm can pass, and blood can be heated, so it can break blood and swell down. In the past, people said that they needed medicine for gold sores, treated postpartum diseases, and took blood to relieve pain, so they were looking for quick results with their blood circulation. "
Modern research
1. Chemical constituents: coumarin, Isopatorium flavum, sago rhododendron alcohol, promethazine, artemisia flavone, artemisia lactone alcohol, etc.
2. pharmacological action: it can accelerate blood circulation, relieve smooth muscle spasm and promote blood coagulation; The decoction can increase the perfusion flow of guinea pigs and has obvious anti-hypoxia effect on mouse hypoxia model. The decoction has inhibitory effect on Shigella sonnei and Shigella flexneri.
3. Clinical study: 5-1g of dry herb of Herba Artemisiae Anomalae was used (double the fresh herb), which was decocted in water and reduced for children. 16 cases of mild, moderate and severe heatstroke were cured (Jiangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1982, (3): 23). Decoct Herba Artemisiae Anomalae in water twice, adde starch, and making into tablets, each tablet containing 1g crude drug. Adults take 6 tablets each time, 4 times a day, and 5 days is a course of treatment. 34 cases of bacillary dysentery were cured (Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1983, (1): 21). In addition, Liu Yinu has a certain curative effect in treating hemorrhoids, acute infectious hepatitis and prostatic hypertrophy.
efficacy and function
the efficacy of the slave sent by Liu Bei: it has the effects of breaking blood and dysmenorrhea, healing sores and reducing swelling, and it can treat amenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis and traumatic injury. Traumatic bleeding and local swelling can also be treated with Beiliu Jinu, which has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects and prevents infection. In addition, the herb has the effects of reducing transaminase and treating viral hepatitis.
Effects of Herba Artemisiae Scopariae:
1. Effects on liver: Herba Artemisiae Scopariae can obviously reduce the increase of high serum alanine aminotransferase in rats, and also has obvious cholagogic effect on anesthetized dogs and rats. The total alkaloids and total flavonoids in Herba Artemisiae Scopariae can prevent the high SGPT caused by liver injury in rats.
2. Antibacterial effect: SGPT has a good bactericidal effect on Shigella dysenteriae and Shigella sonnei, and has a certain antibacterial effect on Shigella flexneri, Escherichia coli, Shigella baumannii and Proteus.
Treatment of mental diseases: Like many Chinese herbal medicines, Liu Yinu's efficacy and function include the treatment of mental diseases, and its effect is very obvious. Many psychotropic drugs contain Liu Yinu's ingredients.
treatment of female diseases: besides mental diseases, it can also treat female diseases. For example, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain or female private parts problems, in the treatment of these aspects, Liu Yinu is a good medicinal material.
Treatment of loss of appetite: Liu Yinu's efficacy and function also include improving people's appetite, absorbing nutrients and enhancing human functions.
However, every food has a negative side. I have talked so much about the efficacy and function of Liu Jinu. Let's talk about Liu Jinu's taboo, that is, you can't take too much, which will cause nausea and vomiting. Also, people with weak constitution should not take it, otherwise they will have diarrhea.