The rhizome of Ziqiu is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. The medicinal name is Ziqiu or Ziqi Guanzhong. It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, moistening the lungs and regulating qi, stopping bleeding and killing insects, tonifying deficiency and stimulant, activating blood circulation and calming the stomach, clearing away heat and detoxifying. , blood pressure lowering, cancer prevention and anti-cancer functions. It can treat abdominal pain, functional uterine bleeding, mumps, dysentery, epistaxis, spermatorrhea, hypertension and other diseases. Soak the rhizome in water for about 7 days, take it out and mash it, and filter it to extract the starch (called aphrodisiac powder), which can be made into vermicelli and vermicelli, which has the health effects of nourishing, beautifying, and preventing and fighting cancer.
Meridian distribution of nature and flavor
Bitter; slightly cold; slightly toxic. Returns to the spleen; stomach meridian.
Effects and Indications
Clear heat and detoxify; remove blood stasis and stop bleeding; kill insects. Used for influenza, meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, mumps, carbuncle, measles, chickenpox, dysentery, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, vaginal discharge, pinworms, tapeworms, hookworms and other intestinal parasitic diseases.
Usage and Dosage
Oral administration: decoction, 3-15g; or pound into juice; or take into pills or powder. External use: Appropriate amount, pound fresh product for application; or grind into powder and mix for application.
Taboos
People with spleen and stomach deficiency should use with caution. Source of medicinal materials
The basic source of medicinal materials
is Osmunda japonica Thunb. The base of the rhizome and petioles.
Selected Prescriptions
⑴ Prevention and treatment of encephalitis: 15-30 grams of Purpura root and 15 grams of Daqing leaf. Decoction in water. (Hunan Drug Chronicles)
⑵ Measles and chickenpox are not clear: 3 grams of Guanzhong, 6 grams of red spoon, 3 grams of cohosh, 9 grams of reed root, decoction in water. (Shandong Chinese Herbal Medicine Manual) The characteristics are conical, nearly spindle-shaped, spherical or irregularly long spherical, slightly curved, with a blunt apex, sometimes branched, and a sharp lower end. Length 10-30cm, diameter 4-8cm. The surface is tan, densely covered with oblique petiole bases and black fibrous roots, without scales. The petiole residue is flat cylindrical, with a long diameter of 0.7cm and a short diameter of 0.35cm. The back is slightly raised and the edges are blunt. The ear-like wings are easy to peel off, and most of them no longer exist or are torn. It is hard in texture, with a crescent-shaped or oblate fracture surface, and is mostly hollow, with a "U"-shaped central column visible. The gas is weak and specific, and the taste is light and slightly astringent.
Microscopic identification of the cross section of the base of the petiole: the outermost part is the epidermis, and there are more than 10 rows of thick-walled cells in the basic tissue; the middle column of the body is "U" shaped, and the xylem tracheids are connected into half Ring-shaped, surrounded by phloem. There are reddish-brown secretory cells scattered in the phloem. There are rows of thick-walled cells in the "U"-shaped recess; there is a continuous thick-walled cell belt in the center of the ear-shaped wings.
Rhizome transverse section: thick-walled tissue on the outside, 11 divided central columns, arranged in a ring; the vascular bundles are tough, round or oblong. The rest of the structure is similar to the base of the petiole.
Physical and chemical identification thin layer chromatography: Take 5g of sample powder, place it in a Sabouraud extractor, reflux and extract with chloroform for 3 hours, recover the chloroform to 20ml; use β-ecdysing hormone as the reference substance. Spots were placed on the silica gel G plate, using chloroform-methanol (9:1) as a developing agent, with a spreading distance of 15cm. Spray with 5-phosphomolybdic acid ethanol solution, and the sample will show the same blue spots at the corresponding position on the chromatogram of the reference substance. The processed product of the sporophytic shoots of Purple Acupuncture is called Weiwei. Weicai is rich in protein, iron, calcium, selenium and other 17 kinds of elements needed by the human body. It is fresh and delicious, rich in nutrients, crisp and low in fiber. It can be eaten fresh, pickled, and dried. It is a good food supplement and delicious food. A delicacy, the unexpanded shoots are especially delicious.
Processing method
⑴ Ziqi Guanzhong: Take the original medicinal materials, remove impurities, wash, moisten, cut into thick slices or small pieces, and dry.
⑵ Ziqi Guanzhong Charcoal: Take Ziqi Guanzhong pieces (pieces), put them in a pot, stir-fry over high fire until the surface turns black and the inside turns brown, spray a little water to extinguish the sparks , take out and cool thoroughly.
Characteristics of the decoction pieces: See the "Identification of Medicinal Materials" item for Ziziguanzhong. Ziqi Guanzhong charcoal is shaped like Ziqi Guanzhong, with a burnt black surface and brown interior, which is brittle and brittle. Store it in a dry container and spread it over the charcoal to dissipate heat and prevent re-ignition.
Economic value: Its economic benefits are 4-5 times that of ordinary vegetables.
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