Cigu

Cigu

(compendium)

[synonyms] Cigu (theory of medicinal properties), Baidi Li (the book of Materia Medica) and Cigu (Southern Yunnan materia medica).

[source] it is the corm of Sagittaria Sagittaria.

[plant morphology] Cigu, also known as Jigu, Shuiping (bielu), Chaya (tangbencao), swallowtail (rihuazi Bencao), hefuzi, scissor grass (Bencao tujing), shuicizi and jiandacao (jiuhuangbencao).

It is a perennial aquatic herb with fibrous stolons. The ends of the stolons expand to form corms, from which new plants will be produced in the following spring. Leaves vary greatly, submersed narrow band shape, floating often ovate or nearly halberd shape, protruding halberd shape, 5-20 cm long, broad or narrow, apex blunt or short pointed, basal lobes more or less to both sides; petiole 20-40 cm long, triangular. The stem is 15-45 cm long, with 3-5 rounds of flowers in raceme or panicle, 3-5 flowers in each round, female flowers in the next round and male flowers in the upper round with slender stalk; bracts are short, short pointed or obtuse; flower diameter is about 1.8 cm; sepals are 3, ovate, obtuse; petals are 3, white, base is often purple, nearly round; stamens are many; carpels are many, gathered on the receptacle. Achenes obliquely obovate, apex short. The flowering period is summer and autumn.

In the swamp. It is distributed all over the country.

The flowers (cigus) and leaves (cigus) of this plant are also used for medicine. See the special section for details.

[chemical composition] it contains vitamin B and trypsin inhibitor.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "bitter and sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] 1. Bencao Zaixin: "entering the heart, liver and lung meridians. "

② Summary of materia medica: "entering the Taiyin and Jueyin meridians. "

[function and indications] it is used for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Treatment of postpartum blood stasis, retained placenta, gonorrhea, cough, phlegm blood.

① Qianjinfang: "xiashilin. "

② Tang materia medica: "the main 100 poisons, postpartum blood stuffy, attack the heart to die, difficult to produce, clothing not out, take a liter of mashed juice. "

③ "Diannan Materia Medica": "thick stomach, cough, phlegm with blood or cough blood. "

④ "Lingnan caiyao Lu" said: "to treat epileptic dog bite with salt, and to treat cow process (i.e. stone hard). "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction or mash juice. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of drenching: Six liang of Sagittaria Sagittaria root pieces were decocted with appropriate amount of water. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of lung deficiency and hemoptysis: give birth to several Cigu. Peel and mash, mix well with honey and rice swill, steam on rice, and take hot. (materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

Chinese PinYin : Ci Gu