Erigeron breviscapus

Erigeron breviscapus

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Gentianaceae and Erigeron breviscapus (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), dichaoyang, shuangsunflower and Dongju (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Erigeron breviscapus.

[plant morphology] Erigeron breviscapus

Perennial herbs, 20-30 cm high. The rhizome is stout and densely covered with fine fibrous roots. The leaves are simple, the basal leaves are dense, spoon shaped, 3-5cm long and 1.2-1.5cm wide, hairy on both sides, the edge is often wrinkled, the base extends into a stalk, the stalk is reddish; the stem leaves are oblong, only 2cm long and 0.6cm wide. The head is terminal, often single, with two rows of purple ligulate flowers on the edge and yellow tubular flowers in the center. Achene flat, with soft corolla. It blooms in summer.

Born on sunny slope. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[chemical constituents] the same genus contains phytosterol, gum (containing galactose), glucoside resin, glucoside tannin, volatile oil (limonene, etc.), pyrocatechol, amino acid, sugar, etc.

[nature and taste] 1. Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet, warm. "

② Selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "pungent, slightly warm. "

Functions and indications: dispersing cold and relieving exterior, promoting blood circulation and relaxing tendons, relieving pain and eliminating accumulation. Treatment of cold, headache, nasal congestion, rheumatism, paralysis, acute gastritis, infantile malnutrition, traumatic injury.

① "Guangxi medical plant directory": "treating children's head sores. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "it can disperse cold, invigorate the spleen, eliminate accumulation, diminish inflammation and relieve pain. "

③ Selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "dispersing cold, relieving exterior pain, relaxing tendons and activating blood circulation. Treatment of toothache, acute gastritis, high fever, traumatic injury, rheumatic pain, chest pain, malaria, sequelae of poliomyelitis, paralysis of sequelae of encephalitis, schistosomiasis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or steamed egg. External use: tamping.

[optional prescription] ① for cold, headache, muscle and bone pain, nasal obstruction: Erigeron breviscapus, decoction. (common folk herbs in Kunming)

② Treatment of poliomyelitis sequelae and encephalitis sequelae paralysis: Erigeron breviscapus two to three money. Grind the end, steamed eggs to eat. (common folk herbs in Kunming)

③ Treatment of infantile malnutrition, ascariasis, cold, rib pain: Erigeron three to five money. Take it in water. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of toothache: fresh Erigeron whole grass, mashed and brown sugar applied to the pain. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of poison, furuncle: Erigeron breviscapus, smash external application. (common folk herbs in Kunming)

[clinical application] Erigeron breviscapus, combined with other traditional Chinese and Western medicine, has a certain curative effect in the treatment of sequelae paralysis such as hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral thrombosis, cerebral embolism, multiple neuritis, chronic arachnoiditis, etc. Preliminary observation of 31 cases, clinical cure 36%, significantly improved 42%, improved 12%, invalid 10%. Among them, the effect of cerebral hemorrhage paralysis is better. Usage: 14 bulbs (about 10g), 1 steamed egg, or stewed pig feet, once a day. Two 500 breviscapus (430 grams), dip Baijiu (concentration is not limited) 500 milliliters. 10 ml each time, 3 times a day. E. Dengzhanhua Injection 4-6 ml, once a day or every other day, 1 ml per acupoint (equivalent to 0.5 g of crude drug). The acupoints used were general points for treating paralysis, such as buccal carriage and granary on the head and face, shoulder grate, Quchi, pension and Hegu on the upper limbs, Huantiao, Zusanli, xinfutu and Yanglingquan on the lower limbs. During the treatment, acupoint injections such as vitamin B1 or B12, galanthamine and angelica injection, massage and new acupuncture were supplemented.

Chinese PinYin : Deng Zhan Xi Xin