Ailanthus altissima

Ailanthus altissima

(on medicinal properties)

[synonyms] Ailanthus altissima (rihuazi materia medica), Ailanthus altissima (Diannan materia medica) and Ailanthus altissima (Shaanxi traditional Chinese medicine records).

[source] it is the endodermis of root or stem of Ailanthus altissima.

[plant morphology] Ailanthus altissima (qunfangpu), also known as Chou Chu (dietotherapy materia medica), Ailanthus altissima, humu (materia medica gleanings), Huyan tree (Sisheng materia medica), Guimu (materia medica tujing), Dayan Tung (compendium), Ailanthus and Ailanthus altissima.

Deciduous trees, up to 20 m high. The bark is smooth with straight lines; the new branches are reddish brown with fine hairs at the beginning, and then fall off slightly. The leaves are odd pinnate compound, alternate, 45-60 cm long; leaflets are 13-25, short petiole, lanceolate ovate, 7-12 cm long, 2-4.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base obliquely truncated, slightly rounded, near base with 2 large serrations outside; there is an oil gland on the back of the tooth, dark green on the top, gray green on the bottom, and peculiar odor after rupture. Panicle terminal, 10-20 cm long; flowers small, green, hybrid, calyx short, 5-lobed, petals 5: male flowers with stamens 10, without pistillodes; hermaphroditic flowers and female flowers with short stamens; ovary composed of 5 carpels, style united, stigma 5-lobed. Samara long oval, light yellow green. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruit is hot from August to September.

It is distributed in most parts of the country.

The leaves of this plant (Ailanthus altissima) and the winged fruit (Pterocarpus heterophyllus) are also used for medicine. See the special section for details.

[collection] in spring, the roots of trees are dug, the rough bark is scraped off, and the bark is gently hammered with a wooden stick to loosen the bark from the wood, and then the endothelium is peeled and dried on the back, or the dry bark is peeled.

[medicinal material] 1. Ailanthus alba (Jinxiao Fang), also known as Ailanthus alba (materia medica).

The dry root bark is irregular in shape. It is usually flat and flaky, or slightly rolled inward into tile or reel shape. Its size, length and thickness vary greatly. It is 3-10 cm long or longer, 1-5 cm wide and 5-10 mm thick. The outer surface is yellowish brown or slightly light, rough, with obvious lenticels, extending longitudinally, protruding and slightly rolling, sometimes the outer cork is left, and the yellowish white cortex is exposed; the inner surface is light yellow to light brownish yellow, relatively flat, densely covered with regularly arranged punctate protrusions or punctate linear longitudinal protrusions, sometimes breaking into small holes. The fracture surface is not flat, the outer side is granular, the inner side is slightly fibrous, brown yellow. It has a smell of oil, strong after breaking, bitter and lasting taste.

② Ailanthus bark

The dry bark is thicker than the root bark and irregular, varying in size, about 1.5-2 cm thick. The outer skin is dark gray to grayish black, very rough and uneven, with cracks. Sometimes the cork is scraped off to expose the light brown yellow cortex. The others are the same as the root bark. The root bark and dry bark are thick, big, yellow white, without outer skin is better, generally used root bark.

In most parts of the country, there is a lot of production.

Ailanthus altissima (Ailanthus altissima) and Toona sinensis (Toona sinensis) belong to two different families and genera. However, in the materia medica of the past dynasties, every time they are described together, the Ailanthus altissima and Toona sinensis bark are often referred to as "toon white bark" or "Toona sinensis root bark" in commodities, because their functions are basically the same. At present, Ailanthus Ailanthus is widely used in Sichuan and Hubei. See "chunbaipi" strip.

[chemical constituents] the root bark contains azadirachtin, tannin, ochromophene, etc. The bark contains ailanthurone, ailanthurolide, acetyl ailanthurolide, bitter lignin, new bitter lignin and so on. The oil content of seed is about 35% and 2,6-dimethoxyquinone, ailanthone, ailantholide, chaparanone, and bitter lignin, etc. The leaves contain isofraxidin, vitamin C, etc.

[processing] Ailanthus altissima Bunge: remove the embolus, soak it in water, take it out, moisten it thoroughly, cut it into shreds or cubes in time, and dry it in the sun. Stir fry Ailanthus altissima: first, sprinkle the wheat bran into the pot and heat it until the smoke rises. Then, pour the Ailanthus altissima into the pot and stir fry until both sides are scorched yellow. Take it out, sift off the bran and let cool. (100 Jin of Ailanthus, 10 jin of wheat bran)

Bitter and astringent, cold.

① Materia medica notes: "it tastes bitter and has little poison. "

② "The nature is cool. "

③ "Materia Medica from the new": "bitter, cold, astringent. "

[channel tropism] entering stomach and large intestine.

① In the explanation of Lei Gong's processed medicinal properties, the three meridians of heart, liver and spleen are introduced. "

② "Yao Yao Fen Ji": entering stomach and large intestine. "

③ "Into the lung, stomach two channels. "

Functions and indications: remove heat, dry dampness, astringent intestines, stop bleeding and kill insects. It can cure dysentery, diarrhea, intestinal wind, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, spermatorrhea, Ascaris.

① "Theory of medicinal properties": "it can treat red and white dysentery, smooth intestines, hemorrhoids, diarrhea and blood stasis. "

② "Dietotherapy Materia Medica": "it can cure dysentery and kill Ascaris lumbricoides. "

③ "Materia medica gleanings": "the main red white long dysentery, chancre insects, to scabies hidden, the main blood. "

④ Rihuazi materia medica: "it can relieve diarrhea and intestinal wind, and can reduce urine. "

⑤ "Can astringent blood. "

⑥ Zhu Zhenheng: "treatment of red and white turbidity, red and leucorrhea, dysentery of dampness, fine and smooth dream, dryness and dampness, removing phlegm accumulated in lung and stomach. "

⑦ Yilin zuanyao: "Xie Fei Ni, Zao Pi Shi, Xing Qi Fen Shi Re.". "

⑧ New materia medica: "remove the phlegm fire of lung and stomach. "

⑨ Modern practical Chinese medicine: "it can be used to treat women's uterine bleeding and postpartum hemorrhage, uterine inflammation, enteritis, dysentery, intestinal bleeding, bladder and urethritis, gonorrhea, etc. it has the functions of anti-inflammatory, secreting and hemostasis; it can also treat neuralgia, liver, spleen and other diseases. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-4 Qian; grind powder or into pill or powder. External use: wash with boiling water or apply with boiling cream.

[should be avoided] "in the classic of Materia Medica," it is not applicable to those with deficiency of spleen and stomach and cold, and it is also forbidden to those with collapse of kidney and deficiency of true Yin. It is not suitable to use it immediately if the stagnant Qi is not exhausted. "

[prescription selection] ① dysentery treatment: one or two Ailanthus altissima bark, three coins for Jue bed and five coins for Fengwei grass. Take it by frying. (Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment of chronic dysentery: chunbaipi (Ailanthus altissima) 42. Baking powder, two money each time, twice a day, boiled water. (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

3. Treat the intestines and wind and blood, and treat blood dysentery: Wutong root skin, not much, wash and file with water, and make drumsticks and sticks at the ventilation point. Each is called 22, and the cold noodles are one or two. For each serving, first moisten the pill with water, then roll it over the plate with white flour, boil it with water for five or seven days, pour it out, and then take it at any time. (Shengji Zonglu rushenwan)

④ Treatment of blood for years: Ailanthus root, white skin, three coins, one cup of water, fried seven minutes, into the wine half cup service. (Ren Cun Tang experience prescription)

⑤ Treatment of red leucorrhea, cystitis and urinary tract infection: Chuanbai, chungenbaipi (Ailanthus altissima), Zhimu, Baizhu, shenggancao, Zexie, shenghuangqi tablets, Decoction and water. (Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

⑥ Treatment of red leucorrhea: chunbaipi (Ailanthus altissima), cockscomb each five money. Take it in water. (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

⑦ Trichomonal vaginitis: chunbaipi (Ailanthus altissima) Wuqian. Decoct; another with Senecio one or two, mint five money, Cnidium five money. Boiling water, wash out. (Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

⑧ Treatment of spermatorrhea: three coins of Liangjiang, two coins of Huangbai and Shaoyao, one hundred and twenty-five coins of Ailanthus root bark. The last is the paste, such as the Wutong seed. Take 30 pills each time, and take the hollow tea soup. (chushugen pill in the wonderful prescription for taking care of life)

⑨ After treatment, the intestines can not be cleaned up: Ailanthus Ailanthus root (peel, bake) a grip. Five liters of water, five stems of green onion and a pinch of Chinese pepper. Fry them together until three liters. Remove the dregs and pour them into a basin. Wash them with hot water and reheat them when they are cold. One serving can be used for five times. After washing, sleep less. Avoid salt, vinegar, sauce, noodles, hair wind poison, and heart, labor and other things. (women's prescription)

⑩ Treatment of hemorrhoids: chunbaipi (chubaipi) three money, honey one or two. Take it in water. (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

(11) treatment of ringworm: chunbaipi (chunbaipi) is appropriate. Wash the affected area with boiling water. (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[clinical application] ① treatment of acute bacillary dysentery

Take 1 liang of fresh Ailanthus altissima Bunge, fry it twice, mix the juice and take it twice, one day for adults. Systematic observation of 82 cases, 81 cases were cured. After taking the medicine, the fever mostly decreased to normal within 3 days, abdominal pain and tenesmus disappeared in 2 days on average (combined with Compound Camphor Tincture), and pus blood mostly decreased within 2-3 days, and then gradually turned to normal. 48 cases were followed up. The results showed that 2 cases recurred after 2 months and were cured after 3 months. Or use 100% Toona root extract, 10-15 ml for adults and 1-2 ml for children, three times a day before meals. For retention enema, the dosage should be 1 times larger than that of oral administration, and diluted 10 times with water. After treatment of 70 cases, 68 cases were cured and 2 cases were invalid. The average cure time was 6.3 days. It took 1.35 days for body temperature to reach normal, 2.4 days for diarrhea control and 3 days for stool to return to normal.

② Treatment of amoebic dysentery

Take 100 g of dried Ailanthus altissima Bunge, add water to 600 ml, and concentrate the decoction to 100 ml to make a 1:1 decoction. Take 3 times a day, 10 ml each time, generally 7 days as a course of treatment. The dosage and course of treatment can be increased or decreased according to age, constitution and condition. In severe cases, the daily dose was up to 60 ml, and there was no adverse reaction after continuous administration for more than 15 days. 31 cases were observed. After 7-24 days (average 8.5 days), 30 cases were cured and 1 case was improved (course of disease 20 years). 8 cases were followed up and no recurrence occurred in 6 months.

③ Treatment of hematochezia

Chop 4 liang white skin of Ailanthus altissima root, 4 liang green bean sprouts and 4 liang white radish to extract fresh juice. After mixing, add water to fry and filter the juice, and then pour in water

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