Eupatorium odoratum

Eupatorium odoratum

(essential preparation of raw herbs)

[alias] Herba euphorbiae, kudizhen, pudijin (Lingnan medicine collection record), wufeiyicao (Leguminosae), dingguicao (Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou Army), pudicao, jinxiandiaojiao (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine), two leaf Herba euphorbiae, Feiyi, shaganli (Guangdong Chinese herbal medicine), Yitiao root (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine), wulongcao, Honggu Ding Diqing (Practical Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of the leguminous plant dingkui grass.

[plant morphology] Bidens decumbens

It is a small, bald and pure annual herb. Sometimes it has a thick rhizome. Stems slender, branched, scattered or erect, 15-40 cm high. Compound leaves, alternate; 2 leaflets, at the tip of petiole, lanceolate, 8-15 mm long, sometimes up to 2 cm long, apex short pointed; stipules ovate lanceolate, extending into a spur at the base, with obvious veins. Raceme 2-6 cm long, slender, with 2-10 florets, yellow flowers, covered by a pair of ovate bracts, the bracts are about 6 mm long, extending into a distance at the base; calyx 5-lobed, small and thin, upper 2-lobes united, lateral 2-lobes small, lowest 1-narrow; corolla extremely protruding, flag petal round, wing petal obovate or oblong, keel bent in, short pointed; stamen 1 bundle, flowers Anther type 2; ovary superior, sessile, with several ovules, style linear. The pod consists of 2-6 pods with round pods and usually small spines. The flowering period is April.

It grows in the wild. Distribution in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places.

The root of this plant is also used for medicine. See special article for details.

[collection] harvest in summer.

[chemical constituents] the whole herb contains flavonoid glycosides, phenols and amino acids.

Sweet and cool.

① "Raw herbal medicine nature preparation": sweet taste, warm nature. "

② Ben Cao Qiu yuan: "Gan, Ping. "

③ Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "insipid, cool nature. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, detoxifying and removing blood stasis. Treatment of cold, high fever, convulsions, diarrhea, jaundice, dysentery, infantile malnutrition, sore throat, red eyes, sore swelling, mastitis.

① "Lingnan medicine collection record" says: "it can promote the growth of muscles and heal all sores. "

② "Cool and detoxify. Treatment of infantile malnutrition, eye pain, throat pain, diarrhea, sores, snakebite, poison. "

③ "Wild medicine plant diagram said:" the treatment of Huang Sha disease. "

④ "Clearing heat, relieving exterior, removing blood stasis and detumescence" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. Treatment of cold, conjunctivitis, hepatitis, gastroenteritis, dysentery, infantile malnutrition, snakebite, traumatic swelling and pain. "

⑤ Practical Chinese herbal medicine: "relieving heat and diuresis. For diarrhea and malaria. "

⑥ Guangdong Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing liver heat, eliminating phlegm and fire, cooling blood and removing blood stasis. Treatment of intestinal carbuncle, high fever, cramps in children, cobra bite. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.3-1 Liang (fresh 2-3 Liang); or mashed juice drink. External use: fumigation or tamping with boiling water.

[selection] 1. Treatment of jaundice (Yang Huang): Ding GUI Cao (dry) five coins, a raw fish. Take it in boiling water once a day. (Lingnan herbal medicine)

② Treatment of diarrhea caused by heat stroke or food injury: fresh Ding GUI Cao 1 to 22. Wash and chop, fry in water. (Minnan folk herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of dysentery: fresh Ding Kui Cao five to eight money, the right amount of water fried, mixed honey service. (Minnan folk herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of infantile malnutrition: Ding Guicao three to five money, lean pork two to four Liang, water stew service. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of laryngitis: Ding Kui grass, sour vinegar rub, put in the mouth containing service. (Lingnan herbal medicine)

⑥ Cure big sores, disperse carbuncle and gangrene: Ding Kui grass leaves with stems, mash and apply. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)

⑦ Zhimazuzui (born in the middle of the upper class): Dinggui grass leaves, mashed, with a little honey. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)

⑧ For hemorrhoids: four taels of dingguicao, four taels of Yinhua and four taels of Melia azedarach. Fry it in water and pour it into the bath. Sit on the bath to smoke your anus. When the water is cool, soak it in the medicine for about half an hour, once or twice a day. (records of Lingnan herbal medicine)

⑨ Treatment of bamboo leaf snake bite: fresh Ding Kui grass four Liang, mash Jiaozhi clothing, residue external application. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

Early diagnosis of acute mastitis

Use 1-2 pairs of dried products, 1 mud carp (about 2 pairs), fried in water, take it once or twice. 18 cases were treated effectively.

Chinese PinYin : Ding Gui Cao