Herba digitalis

Herba digitalis

(real record of plant names)

[synonyms] Tianjihuang (preparation of raw herbs), durian and vanilla (questioning materia medica), turtledove's nest and Sparrow's tongue (textual research on plant names and facts), shezhakou (herbal formula), hezhangcao and deshuicao (classified herbs), qicunjin and yitiaoxiang (Fujian folk herbs), jinsuozhuo, honger, cunjincao and tianbianju (Jiangxi folk herbs), Liuyi (Jiangxi folk herbs) Jinu (records of traditional Chinese medicine in Sichuan), shazicao, guangmingcao, tianjiamaranth, buckwheat shell grass, xiaowangbuliuxing, xiyehuang, guanyinlian (records of traditional Chinese medicine in Hunan), leigongjian (investigation of plant medicine in Guizhou), jianglongcao (manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Guangzhou Army), qicenta, tusanfeng, fengcaoer, xiaoyuanbaocao (commonly used folk herbal medicine in Zhejiang), huanghuazi, hexiaqi (Guangzhou Army) The results showed that there were three kinds of Chinese herbal medicines in Guangxi Province, namely, the East Chinese herbal medicine, the ear digging grass and the Xiaotian Jihuang (new selection of Guangxi practical Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Herba Rehmanniae.

[plant morphology] geordia

Annual herb, 15-40 cm high, glabrous. The roots are mostly bearded. Stem erect, or inclined, thin, 4-ribbed, nodes distinct, with fine roots near nodes. Leaf blade ovate, 4-15 mm long, entire; apex obtuse, leaf surface with fine transparent spots. Cyme terminal, forked and sparse, flowers small, yellow; sepals 5, lanceolate; petals 5, long elliptic, inner curved, several as long as sepals; stamens more than 10, base connected into 3 bundles; ovary 1-locular, style 3. Capsule oblong, ca. 4 mm long, surrounded by a persistent calyx of equal length. The flowering period is from May to June.

Born in the wild and humid places. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi.

[collection] collected in summer and autumn, washed and dried.

[medicinal material] it is a dry whole grass. The stem is slightly prismatic, smooth, about 1.5 mm thick, yellowish brown or dark reddish brown in appearance, and the internodes are about 1-2 cm long. It is easy to break. The leaves are yellowish brown or grayish green, wrinkled, papery and fragile, with small transparent oil spots. The inflorescence is mostly broken and incomplete, the calyx and petals are dry, yellow brown, or fall off, the stamen has only filaments, and the ovary is very small and easy to fall off. The capsule is reddish brown, long ovate, divided into three petals, with a sharp beak at the top; the seeds are small and numerous; the immature fruit still has broken calyx, petals and a few stamens. The air is weak and the taste is light.

Produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Fujian, Jiangxi and other places.

[chemical composition] it contains flavonoids, lactones (coumarin), tannins, anthraquinone, amino acids and phenols.

It is bitter, sweet and cool.

① "Raw herbal medicine nature preparation": it tastes bitter and sweet, and has a flat nature. "

② Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "bitter taste, cold nature, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and dampness, detumescence and detoxification. Treatment of infectious hepatitis, diarrhea, infantile convulsion, malnutrition, throat moth, intestinal carbuncle, furuncle, snake bite.

① "The preparation of the nature of raw herbal medicine" says: "to treat alcoholic diseases, to reduce swelling, to apply large ulcers, to treat chancre swelling. "

② "Interrogating materia medica:" applying fire poison can eliminate Yang syndrome. "

③ Classified herbal medicine: "it can relieve all snake and insect poisons, clear fire, stop diarrhea, and is good for knife wounds. "

④ Lingnan medicine collection records: "to remove the yellow fire poison, apply shrimp to clamp sores, manage injuries caused by falls and snakes. "

⑤ Fujian folk herbal medicine: "promoting blood circulation, breaking blood stasis, detumescence, detoxification. "

⑥ "Clearing internal heat, treating eye diseases. "

⑦ Guangzhou army's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing heat and detoxifying, moistening and diuresis, detumescence and pain relief. It can be used to treat acute appendicitis, acute appendicitis, acute appendicitis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang (fresh 1-2 Liang, large dose 3-4 Liang); or mashed juice. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of infectious hepatitis (jaundiced or non jaundiced): two to three liang of Herba digitalis, decoction, one dose a day. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

② Treatment of fever and diarrhea: one money of Herba digitalis, fried in water. (Hunan medical records)

③ Treatment of dysentery: five money, water decoction, red dysentery with white sugar, white dysentery with brown sugar one or two tune service. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of infantile convulsion, malnutrition and diarrhea: one or two pieces of Herba digitalis, fried in water. Decoction of malnutrition and diarrhea plus chicken liver. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

⑤ Control throat moth: fresh ear grass seven money to one or two, mash, with cold water beat out juice clothes. Or five bucks of hay, fried in water. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑥ After the treatment of eruption, the patient's chancre: five to six coins of Herba digitalis, mash the juice, and rub the affected area with human milk. (Hunan medical records)

⑦ Treatment of eczema: appropriate amount of Herba digitalis, fried and washed. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑧ Cure blister furuncle swollen poison: the ear grass decoct water washes. (Hunan medical records)

⑨ Treatment of traumatic injury: five to eight yuan of Herba digitalis, drink rice wine or wine, water half, stew for an hour, warm, twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

⑩ For snake bites: five bucks for herb, one or two bucks for coriander and five bucks for green wood. Fried in water and wine. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

[clinical application] ① treatment of acute and chronic infectious hepatitis

The adults use 1.5 taels of crude medicine every day. Children under 1 year old cost 3 yuan, 1-3 years old cost 5 yuan, 3-7 years old cost 8 yuan, 7-10 years old cost 1 tael, 10-13 years old cost 1 tael 2 yuan. The decoction was taken orally twice with sugar for 20 days. 91 cases of adult acute infectious hepatitis were treated, 61 cases reached the cure standard; 21 cases of child yellow pox type infectious hepatitis were treated, all of them had different degrees of polyuria after taking the medicine. All the cases with fever subsided within one week, and the symptoms such as vomiting and anorexia subsided satisfactorily. About half of the cases had jaundice subsided within 10 days, but the change of liver function examination was not big, and the liver swelling was not reasonable Yes. No side effects were found during the treatment. 100 cases of acute infectious hepatitis in children were treated with whole herb injection (2 grams of crude drug per milliliter). Intramuscular injection of 2 milliliters once a day, 14 days as a course of treatment, two courses if necessary. Results 95 cases were markedly effective, 2 cases were improved, 3 cases were ineffective; 81 cases of persistent hepatitis and 15 cases of chronic hepatitis were given intramuscular injection of 2 ml twice a day, supplemented with vitamin B and C, the effective rate was about 70%. Tianjihuang injection can improve various symptoms of hepatitis and liver function in varying degrees. There was local pain at the injection site without other obvious side effects.

② Treatment of typhoid and paratyphoid

Take 1 ~ 5 pairs of hay, cut them into pieces, and decoct them twice. The two decoctions are combined, and they are taken orally three times. 10 days is a course of treatment. All the 44 cases were effective except 3 cases. The body temperature returned to normal in 1-14 days, with an average of 7.2 days. Although the effect is slightly inferior to that of the control group, the dosage of the drug is safe and there is no adverse reaction.

③ Prevention and treatment of cold

Prevention with hay 5 money, water fried 2 times, mix well, 2 times, continuous service for 6 days. A total of 150 people were observed. The incidence rate was 12, the incidence rate was 8%. In the control group, 250 cases were 60, and the incidence rate was 24%. The incidence rate of the herb was decreased from second days to no side effect. In addition, the treatment of 10 cases of common cold patients, also has a certain effect.

④ Treatment of carbuncle, furuncle and other subcutaneous suppurative infection

Wash 3 jin of fresh whole grass, add 10 L of water, boil and concentrate to 3 L, filter, add preservatives, and sterilize with high pressure steam. It can be used for cleaning infected wound, filling drainage with gauze or wet packing, and has certain effect.

Chinese PinYin : Di Er Cao