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(Nanchuan Handbook of common Chinese herbal medicine)
Another name is jiuguanxue. Eight claw golden dragon, eight claw dragon, open throat arrow, pig Manager (Nanchuan "manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine"), aituotuo, tuanye eight claw golden dragon, diganzi (Guizhou herbal medicine), dalangsan (Guangxi Medicinal plant directory).
[source] it is the root or whole grass of Ardisia crassifolia.
[plant morphology] cinnabar root with short stem
Small evergreen shrub, 10-40 cm high, with light purple brown roots and fleshy branches. Stem glabrous and smooth. Leaves alternate, ovate, oblong, 5-12 cm long, 2-4.5 cm wide, apex obtuse, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin microwavy, glandular punctate, purplish red below, pubescent; petiole 0.5-1 cm long. Umbels; flowers red; calyx 5-lobed, lobes ovate lanceolate. Drupe globose, purple red when ripe, ca. 5 mm in diam. The flowering period is June.
Most of them live on the hillside. It is distributed in Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Guangxi and other places.
This product is also used in a few areas.
[collection] from June to July.
[nature and taste] ① Nanchuan's Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine: "whole herb: bitter, astringent, slightly sweet, slightly cold. "
② Guizhou herbal medicine: "pungent, bitter, smooth. "
Functions and indications: dispelling wind, clearing heat, dispersing blood stasis and detumescence. It is used to treat sore throat, toothache caused by wind fire, rheumatism, muscle and bone pain, lumbago, traumatic injury, nameless swelling and poison.
① "Tongqiao, Hexue, Qufeng" is one of the most important works in the history of Chinese medicine. "
② "The list of medicinal plants in Guangxi": scattered blood. It's a cure for injuries. "
③ Nanchuan "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "whole herb: in addition to rheumatism, detoxification. It is used to treat rheumatism, pain in muscles and bones, injuries caused by falls, tuberculosis, cough, moth in throat, nameless swelling and poison, snake bite. "
④ Guizhou herbal medicine: "clearing away heat, promoting swallowing and removing blood stasis. "
[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine.
[taboo] Chinese herbal medicine earthwork Law: "pregnant women should use it with caution. "
[selection] 1. Control diphtheria: one fresh and two short stem cinnabar roots. Add 2 jin of water, fry over low heat for 2 hours, filter off the residue. Take eight servings every two hours. (Chinese herbal medicine earth method) two fresh and three short Tuotuo. After shredding, swallow the juice slowly in your mouth and change it once an hour. (Guizhou herbal medicine)
② Treatment of throat fire: appropriate amount of aituotuo. Mince, soak and wash rice in water. (Guizhou herbal medicine)
③ Treatment of low back pain: short stem cinnabar root, wine service, twice a day. (Chinese herbal medicine earthwork law)
④ Treatment of traumatic injuries: aituotuo Er Liang. Wine making clothes. (Guizhou herbal medicine)
⑤ Treatment of wind fire toothache: a little short Tuotuo. Cut it up, put it on the toothache, let it flow out, and change it at any time. (Guizhou herbal medicine)
Chinese PinYin : Ai Jing Zhu Sha Gen
Cinnabar root
Parasitism of Melia azedarach. Ku Lian Ji Sheng