Category seed class

Different names: Egg Ling (Guanzi), Chicken Paralysis (Zhuangzi), Chicken Head, Wild Goose Beak (Classic), Chicken Head, Wild Goose Head, Aconitum (Dialect), Qiuzi (Tao Hongjing), Hongtou (Han Yu), Shuiliuhuang (Dongpo Miscellanies).

The source is the mature seed kernel of Nymphaeaceae.

Plant morphology (Zhou Li), also known as: Hong (Dialect), Hong (Cui Bao's Ancient and Modern Notes).

Annual aquatic herb with white fibrous roots and inconspicuous stems. The primary leaves are submerged and arrow-shaped; The epigenetic leaves float on the water, with long petiole, cylindrical hollow, and many spines on the surface. The leaves are elliptic kidney-shaped or circular shield-shaped, with a diameter of 65 ~130 cm. The surface is dark green, covered with wax, with many bumps, with spikes at the branching points of veins, dark purple on the back, and the veins are raised and fluffy. Flowers are solitary; Pedicels are long and spiny, sticking out of the water; Sepals 4, erect, lanceolate, fleshy, green outside, spiny, purple inside; Petals are numerous, arranged in 3 rounds, with purple color; Stamens are numerous; Ovary semi-inferior, 8-loculed, style-free, stigma red. Berry is spherical, spongy, purplish red, with prickles on the outside and persistent sepals on it. The seeds are spherical, black, hard and aril. The flowering period is from June to September. The fruiting period is July ~10 month.

Born in ponds and lakes. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Taiwan Province, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guangdong, Yunnan and Guizhou.

The roots (Euryale ferox roots), flower stems (Euryale ferox stems) and leaves (Euryale ferox leaves) of this plant are also used for medicine, and each of them has its own articles.

When the seeds are collected in September ~1October, the fruits are cut, the peels are broken, the seeds are taken out, and the hard shells are removed and dried.

The dried seed kernel of medicinal materials is spherical with a diameter of about 6 mm. One end is white, accounting for about1/3 of the total, with a circular depression, and the other end is reddish brown, accounting for about 2/3 of the total. The surface is smooth and patterned. Hard and brittle, after being broken, the section is uneven, the color is white and powdery. Odorless, tasteless. It is better to have full and uniform particles, sufficient powder and no broken powder and shell.

Location: Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei and Shandong. In addition, Fujian, Hebei, Henan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Sichuan and other places also produce.

Chemical composition seeds contain a lot of starch. Every100g contains 4.4g of protein, 0.2g of fat, 32g of carbohydrate, 0.4g of crude fiber, 0.5g of ash, 9mg of calcium, 0.4mg of phosphorus10mg of iron, 0.40mg of thiamine, 0.08mg of riboflavin and 2.2mg of nicotinic acid.

Processing stir-fried Euryale ferox: first stir-fry the bran in an exothermic pot until the smoke rises, then pour in the clean Euryale ferox, stir-fry until it is slightly yellow, take it out, sieve the bran and let it cool.

Meng Chang said, "You can use (Euryale ferox), steam it, and crack it in the hot sun to get kernel, and you can also use it to get powder."

Sexual taste is sweet and flat.

(1) The Classic: "Sweet and flat,"

② Bielu: "Non-toxic."

③ Compendium: "Sweet, flat, astringent and nontoxic."

④ Drug Meaning: "Sweet in taste, dry and warm in nature, fresh and cool."

Meridian entering spleen and kidney.

① Explanation of the nature of Leigong's processed drugs: "Entering the heart, kidney, spleen and stomach."

② Drug Meaning: "Entering the Spleen, Stomach and Liver."

Functions: it is mainly used for consolidating kidney, astringing essence, invigorating spleen and stopping diarrhea. Treat nocturnal emission, stranguria, leukorrhagia, urination and diarrhea.

(1) Spleen-invigorating and diarrhea-relieving: used for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, often combined with yam and Atractylodes macrocephala.

(2) Sewing spermatorrhea and stopping leukorrhagia: it is used for nocturnal emission, excessive leucorrhea, frequent micturition or urinary incontinence, and is often combined with Cherokee rose and lotus seeds.

(1) The Classic: "Treating dampness and arthralgia in the back, spine and knees, reinforcing the middle energizer and eliminating violent diseases, benefiting vital energy, strengthening the mind, and making the eyes and ears smart."

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "Appetizing appetite and helping qi."

③ "Compendium": "Quench thirst and benefit kidney. "I can't help urinating, nocturnal emission, white and turbid, and take it down."

4 "Materia Medica from the New": tonify spleen and kidney, help qi and astringent essence. Treating wet dream's spermatorrhea, relieving summer heat and toxic wine, treating turbid diarrhea and urinating. "

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 3 ~ 5 yuan; Or into the pill, scattered.

It is advisable to avoid "Eating with Interest": "Before and after exogenous diseases, malaria, dysentery, hemorrhoids, qi stagnation, constipation, indigestion and postpartum are all taboo."

Selection 1. Missing essence in treating dreams: one or two pieces of minced chicken head meat, minced lotus seed, keel (not researched) and smoked plum meat (baked and dried). The last boiled yam paste is a pill, as big as a chicken head. Take one pill each time, warm wine and salt soup, hollow. ("Yang's Family Collection" Yusuo Dan)

(2) Treating essence and slippery: Shayuan Tribulus terrestris (stir-fried), Euryale ferox (steamed), lotus root, keel (fried) and oyster (boiled in salt water for one day and one night, calcined powder). * * * for the end, lotus seed powder paste for pills, salt soup. (Jinsuo Gujing Pill, A Collection of Medical Prescriptions)

③ Treatment of turbid diseases: Euryale ferox powder and Poria cocos powder. Yellow wax melts into honey and pills, and buttonwood is big. Take 100 pills each time, with salt soup. (Distinguishing Pills in "Picking Yuan Fang")

④ Treatment of spleen deficiency, kidney deficiency, heat and chronic dysentery in old and young: Euryale ferox, yam, Poria, Atractylodes macrocephala, lotus seed, coix seed and white lentil, and ginseng. Stir-fried and dry as the end, white soup to take. ("Authentic Fang Mai")

⑤ Frequent urination and nocturnal emission. Qiu Shi, Poria cocos, Euryale ferox and lotus seeds are used, and grinded into the final powder. Add steamed dates and make them into balls, which are as big as wuzi. Take 30 pills each time, hollow clothes and salt soup. This prescription is called "Sijing Pill".

⑥ white turbidity. Gordon Euryale seed powder and Poria cocos powder are used. Make balls with yellow wax and honey. As big as Wu Zi. Take 100 pills each time, and send the salt soup. This prescription is called "Fenfen Pill".

Remind you that this Chinese herbal medicine comes from the Internet, so please follow the doctor's advice before using it.