Malva seed is a less commonly used Chinese medicine. Shennong Herbal Classic is listed as the top grade.
Alias: sunflower seeds, sunflower seeds, and hemp seeds.
Source: dried seeds of Malvaceae. The roots and leaves of winter sunflower are also used for medicine. Mostly wild.
Origin: It is produced in most parts of the country.
Character identification: dry and seeds are kidney-shaped, and both ends of the central depression are raised. The diameter is about1.5 ~ 3mm. The surface is grayish brown, one end is long and sharp, and the other end is short and slightly round. Strong quality. There are yellow and white seeds in the broken shell, which are oily. Odorless, light and slightly sweet.
Main ingredients: seed contains fatty oil and protein. Flowers contain anthocyanins. Fresh mallow contains monosaccharide 6.8% ~ 7.4%, sucrose 4.1~ 4.6%, maltose 4.5% ~ 4.8% and starch 1.2%.
Efficacy and function: diuresis, bowel movement and lactation.
Processing: clean impurities, raw use.
Sexual taste: sweet and cold.
Meridian tropism: entering the large intestine, small intestine and bladder meridian.
Functions: promoting diuresis, moistening intestine and promoting lactation.
Indications: constipation, gonorrhea, edema, breast milk failure, breast swelling and pain.
Clinical application: Malva seed is sweet, light, cold and moist, and it is a product of smoothing and inducing resuscitation. It can not only promote defecation, but also reduce lactation and reduce swelling. Its function of promoting lactation is similar to that of Akebia stem and Akebia stem.
1, used to treat gonorrhea, edema, etc. The former is often combined with Plantago Seed and Lygodium japonicum, while the latter is combined with Poria.
2. For constipation, it can be combined with peach kernel and Prunus mume kernel, and has the functions of relaxing bowels, moistening dryness, smoothing intestines and softening hardness.
3. It is used for the symptoms of mammary obstruction, breast pain, etc. It is often combined with Pangolin, Semen Vaccariae, Radix Astragali, trotters, etc., and has the function of promoting blood circulation and promoting lactation.
Caution: people with spleen deficiency and intestinal slippery should avoid taking it, and pregnant women should take it with caution.
Dosage: 6 ~15g, or into pill powder.
Examples of prescriptions: 1, for treating blood stranguria and asthenia and hematuria. Qian Jin Fang: Malva seed 100g, water 300g, juice, three times a day.
2, cure dystocia, if you don't get it. Materia Medica for Dietotherapy: 200g of sunflower seeds, smashed, boiled with 400 ml of water, 100g, deslagging and taken immediately.
3. Treat blister sores on the face. Tao Hongjing said: Malva seed, Platycladus orientalis seed, Poria cocos and melon petals are 30g each, which is the end. Take wine after eating 1g, three times a day.
Attached one
: winter sunflower root
This product is a less commonly used Chinese medicine. First published in "A Record of Famous Doctors".
Alias: sunflower root.
Source: Tongdongkuizi.
Nature and taste: sweet, pungent and cold.
Function: clearing away heat and toxic materials, inducing resuscitation and treating stranguria.
Indications: thirst quenching, gonorrhea, adverse defecation and less milk.
Caution: Do not take it if the spleen yang is weak.
Dosage: 30 ~ 60g, external use: burnable, ground and mixed.
Examples of prescriptions: treating heat stranguria, unfavorable small intestine, and acute pain in stems: "Shenghui Fang": 30g of plantain seeds and 30g of winter sunflower roots, which are decocted in water and taken separately.
Attachment II: Winter sunflower leaves
Alias: winter sunflower seedling leaves.
Source: Tongdongkuizi.
Main ingredients: leaves contain mucilage.
Sexual taste: sweet and cold.
Functions: clearing away heat, promoting water circulation and smoothing intestines.
Indications: cough due to lung heat, diarrhea due to heat toxin and jaundice.
Caution: It is forbidden for people with spleen deficiency and slippery bowel, and forbidden for pregnant women.
Dosage: 30 ~ 60g, or taken by pounding juice, for external use: pounding the affected area.
Examples of prescriptions:
1, cure pneumonia, and cook porridge with winter sunflower leaves to take Chongqing Caohong.
2. To treat jaundice, 60g of whole mallow, 90g of coriander, 60g of viola yedoensis, 30g of plantain seed and 90g of lean meat are stewed with water.
3, cure sore throat, winter sunflower leaves, flowers, dry in the shade, decoction with gargle, Jiangxi Herbal Manual.
Compatibility:
1, mixed with winter melon seeds, promoting diuresis and relieving pain, used for lung carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle, suspended drinking, edema and constipation. This product is sweet, cold and slippery, diuretic and slippery; When winter melon seeds enter the blood, they can cool the serum, remove phlegm, reduce swelling and expel pus, which can clear heat in the lung and guide the accumulation of dirt in the intestine. The combination of the two drugs can promote diuresis and relieve pain, and enhance the effect of promoting diuresis and expelling pus.
2, with Amomum villosum, this product has the function of promoting lactation and smoothing intestines. Amomum villosum is matched with it to promote qi and stomach, so as to increase appetite and strengthen nutrient absorption. The combination of the two drugs has the effect of promoting qi circulation and promoting lactation, and can treat symptoms such as hypogalactia, qi stagnation and full pain.
3, with poria cocos, can cure pregnancy edema, urine adverse.
4. The milk-promoting effect is enhanced when matched with cowherb seed.
5, with hemp seed, it has the effect of moistening dryness, smoothing intestines and relaxing bowels. Commonly used for constipation caused by loss of body fluid.
6, with Akebia manshuriensis, can be used for constipation, heat stranguria, inflammation of the heart, sores on the mouth and tongue, upset urine after delivery, loss of body fluid.