Bletilla striata

Bletilla striata

(Ben Jing)

[synonyms] Gan Gen (Ben Jing), Bai Gen (Wu Pu Ben Cao), Bai gei (BIE Lu), Bing Qiu Zi (collection of Guizhou folk prescriptions), Bai Wu Er TOU (Zhi Yao Zhi of Jiangsu Province), di Luo, Yang Jiao Qi (Yao Zhi of Hunan Province), Qian Nian Zong, Jun Qiu Zi, Yi Dou Zong, Bai Ji Er, Cha Kou Yao, Li Zhi Zi (herbal medicine manual of Jiangxi Province).

[source] it is the tuber of Bletilla striata.

[plant morphology] Baiji, also known as lianjicao (Ben Jing), Ruolan and Zhulan (Huajing), Zilan, Zihui and Baili.

Perennial herbs, 30-70 cm high. The tuber is thick and fleshy, with triangular oval thick mass connected, slightly flat and yellowish white; the fibrous root is gray white and slender. Leaves 3-5, lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 15-30 cm long and 2-6 cm wide, apex acuminate, base decurrent, sheath like, entire. Raceme terminal, 3-8 flowers, sparse; bracts lanceolate, 1.5-2.5/cm long; flowers purplish red or yellow white, perianth narrow oval, apex pointed, labellum obovate, inner surface with 5 raised longitudinal lines, upper 3-lobed, central lobe rectangular round; stamen and pistil combined into pistil column, on both sides with narrow wings, stigma top with 1 stamen, 4 pairs of pollen pieces, flat and long, waxy Ovary inferior, terete, twisted. The capsule is cylindrical, 3.5 cm long and 1 cm in diameter, slightly narrow at both ends, with 6 longitudinal ribs, and the top is often marked by withered petals; the flowering period is from April to May. The fruit period is from July to September.

It grows in humid places of mountains, rivers and valleys. It is distributed in Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, etc.

[collection] from August to November, the stumps and fibrous roots were removed, and the soil was washed. After steaming until there was no white heart on the inner surface, the rough skin was knocked off, and then dried or dried.

[medicinal material] the dried tuber is slightly palmate and flat, with 2-3 divergences, 1.5-4.5 cm in length and 0.5 cm in thickness. The surface is yellowish white with fine wrinkles. There is a raised stem mark on the top and a mark connecting another tuber on the bottom. With the stem mark as the center, there are brown concentric rings around it, and there are fine root marks on it. It is hard and not easy to break. The transverse section is translucent horny with scattered vascular bundles. Without Qi, it tastes light and slightly bitter, and has mucinous nature. It is better to have thick rhizome, white and bright color, big and solid, and no fibrous root.

It is mainly produced in Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Zhejiang, Shaanxi and other places; in addition, it is also produced in Anhui, Yunnan, Jiangxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Guangxi and other places.

[chemical constituents] fresh tubers contain 14.6% water, 30.48% starch and 1.5% glucose. It also contains volatile oil and mucus. The root contains Bletilla striata mannan, which is composed of 4 phr mannose and 1 phr glucose.

[processing] remove impurities, soak them in water, take them out, air them to the right humidity, slice them and dry them.

It is bitter, sweet and cool.

① Ben Jing: "it tastes bitter and flat. "

② Wupu materia medica: "Shennong, Huangdi: Xin. Li: very cold. Lei Gong: Xin, non-toxic. "

③ Bielu: "pungent, slightly cold, non-toxic. "

④ Li Gao: "bitter and sweet, slightly cold, astringent. "

[meridian tropism] entering lung meridian.

① "Into the lung. "

② Ben Cao Zai Xin: "entering the lung and kidney meridians. "

Functions and indications: tonifying the lung, hemostasis, detumescence, promoting muscle growth and restraining sores. It is used to treat lung injury, hemoptysis, bleeding, carbuncle, swelling, ulcer pain, burn of soup fire, and chapped hands and feet.

① "Ben Jing" says: "the main carbuncle swelling, ulcers, gangrene, injury Yin dead muscle, stomach evil, thief wind heat slow do not close. "

② Bielu: "in addition to the white tinea scabies. "

③ "Theory of medicinal properties": "it can't eliminate the heat in the treatment of knot, it can control the impotence of Yin, and it can treat the blisters on the face, which makes the skin smooth. "

④ "Tang Materia Medica": "remove the chapped hands and feet, chew them and apply them. "

⑤ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "Zhijing Xie, Xuexie, dysentery, red eye, Baijie, fabei, Fuhuang, Changfeng, Zhiying, Daojian Chuang, Wenre malaria, Xueli, tanghuo Chuang, Shengji Zhitong, fengbi. "

⑥ "Ben Cao Tu Jing": "it is often used in the prescription of carbuncle and gangrene to treat golden sores. "

⑦ Li Gao: "stop lung blood. "

⑧ "Diannan Materia Medica": "treat tuberculosis and damage lung qi, tonify lung deficiency, stop cough, eliminate tuberculosis and cough blood, and astringe lung qi. "

⑨ "Treating Silicosis" in Chinese medicine and plant Atlas. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan; or into pills, powder. External use: grind, sprinkle or mix.

[should avoid] it should not be taken in patients with exogenous hemoptysis, lung carbuncle and excess heat in lung and stomach.

① Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu: "to make it. Halliday. Fear of plum kernel, apricot people. "

② Shu Ben Cao: "anti Aconitum.". "

③ "The classic of materia medica:" carbuncle has been ulcerated, not with bitter cold medicine. "

[selection] 1. Treatment of pulmonary flaccidity: Bletilla striata, Tussilago, Astragalus. Take it in water. (baijisan, medical Enlightenment)

② Treatment of lung flaccidity and lung rot: one pig lung, one or two pieces of Bletilla striata, remove the blood tendon and blood membrane from the pig lung, wash it, put it into a earthen jar with Bletilla striata, boil it with wine, eat lung soup, or use a little salt. Or the lung dipped in white and end food is better. (the heart method of laryngology: Bletilla and lung)

③ Treatment of hemoptysis: Baiji one or two, < U > Ye < / u > (hairless, honey fried), lotus root five money each. On the other hand, with donkey hide gelatin five money, file as big as beans, clam powder fried into beads, yellow natural juice transfer, stew on the fire, into the pill as big as longan. Take one pill each time and hold it in water. (Baiji Pipa pill, standard of syndrome differentiation and treatment)

④ Treatment of lung heat and hematemesis more than: white and research fine powder, each take two money, white soup. (invention of Materia Medica)

⑤ Treatment of sores, swelling and poisons: Baiji end half money, clear it with water, remove water, spread it on thick paper. (Pocket recipe)

⑥ Cure all sores, furuncles and carbuncles: Bletilla, hibiscus leaves, etc,. The upper part is the powder, which is mixed with water and rubbed around. (iron hoop powder of baby protection summary)

⑦ Treatment of hair back: Baiji Wuqian (fried, end), Guangjiao one or two (closed). And even, apply the affected area, empty a vent, with white zhecui paste it. (Health Hongbao Baiji ointment)

⑧ Treatment of lung abscess is not dry: Baiji, Baiji, Jing each half two, 30 paste. For the first three flavors, file and bake them at the end. Still use light powder in the same pestle. Copy one to two coins. Rub the affected area with oil. When using it, first boil it with quercetin powder and wait for temperature. Then wash and wipe it dry. (Bai Jisan, huoyouxinshu)

⑨ Treatment of traumatic fracture: Baiji powder mixed with wine. (Yonglei Lingfang)

⑩ Treatment of knife and axe injury muscle, bleeding more than: white and, research fine powder mixed. (Ben Cao Hui Yan)

(11) treatment of soup burn: Baiji powder, mixed and applied. (Ji Ji Xian Fang)

(12) treatment of chapped hands and feet: white and end, water withered plug, do not make water. (Ji Ji Xian Fang)

(3) Zhifu Renzi Zang: Aconitum (cannon) and bletilla (four points each). Take a square inch dagger and wrap it in the inner Yin. Make it enter three inches and stop the heat in the abdomen. Once in the day, still more in the morning. (Guangji Fang)

(14) treatment of nasopharynx: Baiji, Mo, Jiurou pills. Every time you take three yuan, you will get better in half a month. (Baiji pill in surgical Dacheng)

The treatment of postpartum injuries, urine drenching more than: Baiji, fenghuangqing, sang Luojuan, etc., into the pig, cooked rotten food. (new edition of Mei's prescription)

(16) treatment of heart qi pain: Baiji and Yiqian each. For the end, refining honey pill, soybean big, every three pills, AI soup. (Sheng Bian)

She has a bloody nose. Use saliva to adjust Baiji powder and apply it to the upper and lower parts of the bridge of the nose (named "Shangen"); take another Baiji powder and wash it with water.

(18) heartache. Use two buckwheat and pomegranate peel, grind them fine, add honey and make them into balls, as big as soybeans. Take three pills each time, and send the vinegar soup.

(19) women's vaginal discharge. Divide Baiji, Chuan, etc. into the end, wrap a coin in a thin cloth, put it into the vagina, and feel the internal heat of victory. Once a day.

There are many kinds of sores. Use Baiji to clear the water. After the water is clear, remove the water and stick it on the thick paper of the medicine stand.

(21) traumatic fracture. With white and two money, wine transfer service.

(22) knife wound. Divide it into powder and sprinkle it on the wound.

(23) chapped hands and feet in winter. Mix the Bletilla powder with water and fill in the crack. Don't touch the affected area with water.

(24) tanghuo all over the country. Apply Bletilla striata powder with oil.

(25) serious injury and hematemesis. Take Baiji powder and rice soup everyday.

(26) hemorrhage of lung and stomach. The treatment is the same as above.

[clinical application] 1

It is better to add Bletilla striata to all types of pulmonary tuberculosis which are ineffective or slow in the treatment of antituberculosis drugs. According to the observation: 60 cases of long-term refractory patients, 3 months after medication, 42 cases were clinically cured, X-ray showed that the lesions were completely absorbed or fibrosis, cavity closed, ESR normal, sputum negative, clinical symptoms disappeared; 13 cases were significantly improved, 2 cases had no change. Another 40 patients with infiltrative cavity and thick walled cavity had cavity closure in 24 cases, significantly reduced in 12 cases, and improved absorption in 16 cases. Some people think that Bletilla striata therapy has better effect on infiltrating pulmonary tuberculosis with caseous lesions; in terms of symptoms, it has obvious effect on cough and hemoptysis. usage

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