Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori

Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori

(Kaibao materia medica)

[synonym] daixingcao (Kaibao materia medica), wenxingcao (wenxingcao), xiaoxingcao (Gangmu), yixingcao (Modern Practical Chinese Medicine), Zhenzhucao (Jiangsu Zhi Yao Zhi), ichthyophyllum (Luchuan materia medica), tianxingcao (Nanning Yao Zhi), fudingzhu (fodingzhu) and guanercao (Sichuan Yao Zhi).

[source] it is the inflorescence with flower stem of oryzae.

[plant morphology] Polygonatum sibiricum

Annual herbs. Leaves clustered, linear lanceolate, 8-18 cm long, 3-4 mm wide in the middle, apex obtuse, glabrous. Flowering stems numerous, clustered, up to 25 cm long, sheath simple, upper oblique lobed; capitulum hemispherical, 5-6 mm in diameter, involucral bracts obovate, bracts membranous, cuneate, densely covered with short white stick hairs on the upper part and margin of the back; flowers unisexual, in bract axils, male and female Peanuts on the same inflorescence, with short pedicels; a few male flowers, in the middle of inflorescence, sepals more synthetic flame bract, obovate, lateral dehiscence. There are 3 lobes at the apex and short hairs at the margin; the petals are connected into an inverted conical tube with 3 lobes at the apex, the lobes are ovate, 1 Black gland above, stamen 6, anther round, black; the female flowers are mostly around the inflorescence, few pedicels, petals 3, free, spoon shaped oblanceolate, 1 Black gland on the inner surface of the upper side, thick; ovary 3-locular, 1 ovule in each locule, stigma 3-lobed. Capsule 3-lobed. The flowering and fruiting period is from June to November.

It grows in wet places near paddy fields or ponds. It is distributed in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Taiwan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi and other places.

[collection] harvest from August to September, pull out the flower stem, remove the mud and dry in the sun.

[herb] is a flower head with stem. Inflorescence is oblate, 4-5 mm in diameter; there are scaly light yellow involucre bracts at the bottom, closely arranged in disc shape; there are 30-40 small flowers, gray white, densely arranged, with white fine powder on the surface; most black small seeds and gray green small seeds can be seen after crushing by hand. Under the inflorescence is a slender flower stem, about 15-18 cm long, yellowish green, glossy, soft, not easy to break. It is odorless, tasteless and chewy. It is better to have big and tight pearl, gray white, short flower stem, yellow green, no root, leaf and impurity.

It is mainly produced in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In addition, it is also produced in Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi and other places.

The inflorescence with flower stem of saigu and baizhugu of the same genus is also used as medicine. The inflorescence is small, 2-4 mm in diameter, grayish yellow, with more than ten small flowers arranged loosely, and the flower stems are thin and soft, sometimes with leaves. Produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan and other places.

In Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places, it is customary to use the head inflorescence of Polygonatum odoratum and Polygonatum pubescens, commonly known as "Polygonatum odoratum".

[pharmacological action] the water extract of Polygonatum sibiricum (1:6) had different degrees of inhibitory effect on M. aureum and m. ferrugineum in vitro. It is also effective for dermatophytes such as Epidermophyton flocculent, Microcystis laniformis, tinea mentagrophytes, and Microcystis gypsum (double dilution method in test tube). The effective concentration was 1:320 (test tube method): the effect on pneumococcus and Escherichia coli was weak.

Sweet and cool.

① "Materia medica collection": "taste sweet, flat. "

② Rihuazi materia medica: "cool. "

[channel tropism] into liver and stomach channels.

"Entering the foot Jueyin and Yangming meridians" in the book of Materia Medica. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind and heat, improve eyesight and remove haze. Treatment of eye Yi, bird blind, headache, toothache, throat, epistaxis.

① Kaibao materia medica: "it mainly treats throat obstruction, toothache and scabies. "

② "Compendium": "treat head wind pain. Eye blind Yimo, after acne Yisheng, hemostasis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-4 yuan; or put into pill or powder. External use: burning, storing, researching and spreading.

[taboo] 1. In the book of materia medica: "taboo iron. "

② It is forbidden for the patients with blood deficiency. "

[prescription selection] 1. To treat wind heat and blurred vision or night vision: one to two grains of grass, one to two duck livers (white tofu if no duck livers). Add boiling water to stew for one hour, take after dinner, once a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② For the treatment of pannus membranaceus in the eye, it can be divided into three parts: the essence of grain, the herb of Saposhnikovia, etc. For the end, rice drink. (compendium)

③ Treatment of infantile pox and rash in the eyes of Yisheng: one or two grains of refined grass, five raw clam powder, two black bean skin, and three white peony (stir fried with wine). The upper part is made of fine powder. A leaf of pig liver is used. A bamboo knife is used to make a tablet. The powder is mixed with medicine. It is bound with straw rope. It is cooked slowly in a magnetic vessel. It can be eaten by children at any time. Take it with juice until January or February. (the wonderful recipe for life)

④ To cure infantile bird blindness, you can't see anything at night: a liver of Capricorn without washing, a bamboo knife, a pinch of grain essence grass, boiled in a earthen jar, and a solar eclipse. Avoid ironware. If you don't want to eat it, stir fry it and mash it into a pill. If it's big as mung bean, take 30 pills each time and take tea. (health home formula)

⑤ Treat migraine: Gu Jingcao or two, for the end, use white flour to spread paper flower seeds, paste pain, dry and change. (Yao Seng Tan's collected prescriptions)

⑥ Treatment of brain wind headache: Gu Jingcao (end), Tonglu (Research) each one money, Xiaoshi half money (Research). On the three flavors, pound research and even, with each word, blow into the nose, or migraine with the disease around the nose. (Gu Jing Cao San, Shengji Zonglu)

⑦ Treatment of teeth chancre, gingival xuanlu: grain essence grass (burnt ash), alum ash, toad crisp (fried), a little musk. On the medicine, with the research for powder, each take a little, apply to the affected area. (Gu Jing Cao San, Shenghui Fang)

⑧ For the treatment of epistaxis, it's not enough all day long, and the mind is upset: grain essence and grass, mashing is the end, and hot noodle soup is used to adjust the two coins. (Sheng Hui Fang)

⑨ Treatment of infantile liver heat, hand foot palm heat: grain essence grass whole grass two to three Liang, pig liver two Liang. Add boiling water to stew for one hour, once or twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Gu Jing Cao