I lost my stick

I lost my stick

(essential preparation of raw herbs)

[synonyms] wind chasing stick, wind chasing debt (preparation of raw herbal medicine), wind driving firewood (seeking the origin of Materia Medica), salted fish head (Handbook of common Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army).

[source] it is the root and leaf of Jatropha curcas.

[plant morphology] Jatropha curcas

Shrubs or trees, 3-9 m high. Young branches pilose. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate to ovate oblong, 10-20 cm long and 6-13 cm wide, apex obtuse or acute, base cuneate or rounded or slightly oblique, margin irregularly serrated; petiole 5-14 cm long, apex with 2 glands. Raceme axillary, pubescent, male inflorescence 10-30 cm long, female inflorescence 5-8 cm; flowers green white, male flowers several gathered and scattered, sepals 3-4-lobed, oblong, pubescent outside; stamens 20-25; female sepals 3-lobed, triangular, densely pubescent outside; ovary densely pubescent, style 3, free. Capsule globose, ca. 8 mm in diam., pilose, 3-lobed at maturity, red. Huashuo is from May to August.

It grows on the hillside, in the wild bush or under the sparse forest. Distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

[flavor] bitter and pungent, slightly warm, with little poison.

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

② "Ben Cao Qiu yuan": "bitter and pungent, slightly warm. "

③ Guangzhou army "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "light, flat, with small poison. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and removing dampness, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, lumbocrural pain, traumatic blood stasis pain.

① "Preparation of raw herbal medicine nature": "dispel wind dampness, foot pain, wine top, use seven leaves to challenge wine. Apply Dieda to relieve swelling and pain. It's better to soak the root in wine. "

② "Seeking the source of Materia Medica": "cure all rheumatism and wine wind. "

③ According to the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army, "Fa Feng can remove dampness, disperse blood stasis and relieve pain. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, lumbocrural pain, traumatic blood stasis pain, beriberi edema. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-6 yuan (0.5-1 Liang fresh); or soak in wine.

[taboo] according to the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine published by Guangzhou army, "it should not be used in weak and pregnant women. "

Chinese PinYin : Diu Le Bang