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Coptis chinensis

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Coptis, the name of traditional Chinese medicine. Another name: Weilian, Chuanlian and jizhaolian, are perennial herbs of Ranunculaceae and Coptis. They are hard papery, ovate triangular, three lobed, central lobe ovate rhombic, pinnately deeply lobed, margin sharply serrated, lateral lobes unequal to 2 deeply lobed, petiole length 5-300px. Wild or cultivated in the valley of 1000-1900m above sea level. It has the effect of clearing away heat and dampness, purging fire and detoxifying. Its taste is very bitter, there is a saying that "dumb eat Coptis, there is bitter can't say", that is to say the taste.

Application site

The dry rhizome of Coptis chinensis, Coptis deltoides or Coptis yunnanensis in Ranunculaceae.

Sexual taste

It is bitter in taste and cold in nature.

Meridian tropism

Heart, spleen, stomach, liver, gallbladder and large intestine meridian.

effect

Clearing away heat and dampness, purging fire and detoxifying.

Indications

Damp heat, fullness, vomiting, acid swallowing, diarrhea, jaundice, high fever, dizziness, heart fire hyperactivity, restlessness, blood heat, vomiting, red eyes, toothache, thirst, carbuncle, external treatment of eczema, wet sores, ear abscess.

Related compatibility

1. Heart channel heat: Xiexin Decoction, with Coptis seven money. Water one and a half, fry one, eat far warm. The number of children decreased. (Heji Jufang) 2. Dysentery and pus with heat: one or two in zaotu and one or two in Huanglian. It's the end. Two dollars per drink, two servings per day. (Sheng Hui Fang) 3. The blood of viscera poison: Coptis is the end, the garlic is simmered and grinded, and the pill is big. Drink 40 pills for each hollow rice. (jishengfang)

Usage and dosage

2-5g。 Suitable for external use.

taboo

This product is very cold. If taken too much for a long time, it is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach. It is easy to hurt Yin and fluid due to dryness.

Processing method

After removing impurities and moistening, Coptis slices are cut into thin slices, dried or mashed.

Physiological characteristics

Coptis likes to be cool, moist and shady, avoiding high temperature and drought. Generally distributed in 1200-1800m high mountain areas, it needs a natural environment with low temperature and high air humidity. Can not withstand strong sunlight, like weak light, so need shade. Shallow root, distributed in 5-250px soil layer, suitable for loose and fertile topsoil, rich in humus, deep soil layer, pH 5.5-6.5, slightly acidic. It grows under the shade of cold and wet trees in high mountains between 1500-2300 meters above sea level, wild or sometimes cultivated.

Place of Origin

It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei and southern Shaanxi.

Related discussion

1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "diarrhea liver fire, to heart orifices evil blood, stop palpitation." 2. Materia medica preparation: "enter the heart to relieve fire, soothe the liver and cool the blood, dry dampness to relieve depression, relieve thirst and trouble, benefit the liver and gallbladder, strengthen the intestines and stomach, eliminate heart stasis and stop night sweats." (3) in the book of Materia Medica, it is said that "all patients suffer from deficiency of blood, deficiency of Qi, weakness of spleen and stomach, deficiency of blood, resulting in palpitation and sleeplessness, and postpartum sleeplessness, blood deficiency and fever, diarrhea and abdominal pain, infantile acne, Yang deficiency for diarrhea, diarrhea after plasma discharge, deficiency of stomach and cold for diarrhea for the elderly, yin deficiency for loose diarrhea in the morning, kidney discharge for the disease name, deficiency of true Yin, internal heat and irritability, which should be avoided by using salty method It's in danger. " 4. Famous doctors: slightly cold, non-toxic. It is mainly used to treat five kinds of cold and heat, long-term diarrhea, purulent blood, stop thirst and shock, remove water, benefit bone, regulate stomach, thicken intestines, benefit gallbladder, and treat aphthous ulcer. " 5. The compendium of materia medica: "the main body is thin and short of breath." 6. In the book of materia medica: "Huanglian has many prescriptions for treating eye, while Yanggan pill is particularly strange. The disease of covering eyes is caused by blood stasis, so it is treated with Xingxue medicine and Huanglian. If the blood gets hot, it's OK, so it's better to wash it with hot water. " 7. Bencao Yanyi: "nowadays, people often treat dysentery with the meaning of bitter dryness. When I use it, I don't know how to stop it. Regardless of the amount of cold and heat, but with the best dose for the degree, so that more dangerous. If Qi excess initial disease, heat and blood dysentery, take it will stop, still do not have to do the agent. Or empty and cold, do not need to take. I'm just like the classic. " 8. Tangye materia medica: "Qi is cold and taste bitter. Thick taste, thin Qi, Yin in Yang. It's also non-toxic "It tastes bitter, and its Qi is cold. The taste is thick and the Qi is thin. It can rise or fall. Shen also, Yin also, Yin in micro Yang. non-toxic. In order to cure various fire evils, we should fry them according to different methods. "

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