Mahogany

Mahogany

(collection of compendium)

[synonyms] zijinpi, jinguxiang, jinguxiang, mula (Wang Lianshi's book of collecting herbs), neifengxiao (textual research on the names and facts of plants), tuuxiang (Fujian folk herbal medicine), neihongxiao (Jiangxi traditional Chinese Medicine), Zhejiang Bauhinia bark (Pharmacology).

[source] it is the root or root bark of Schisandra longipes, a Magnoliaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Schisandra sphenanthera, also known as Guangfu Teng, Schisandra sphenanthera, Schisandra sphenanthera, Schisandra sphenanthera, Zijin Teng, fengsha Teng, Baishan Huanteng, houerquan, lengfantuan, houhouhoufantuan.

Evergreen twining shrubs, 2.5-4 meters long, all glabrous. Branchlets brown or purplish brown. The leaves are simple, alternate, leathery, oblong to oblong, oblanceolate or elliptic, 5-10 cm long and 2-5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin sparsely glandular, denticulate, occasionally entire, dark green above and light green below; petiole 1.5-3 cm long. Flowers unisexual, dioecious, solitary in axils of leaves; pedicels slender and drooping; sepals and petals are not very different, 6-9 pieces, often 3 pieces in a row, the outside is smaller, ovate to elliptic, the inside is larger, oblong to broadly obovate, yellow, fragrant; stamens are many, gathered into a head, filaments are very short; carpels are many, integrated into a sub spherical, stigma white, disk-shaped. The small berry is spherical, integrated into head shape, dark blue when ripe, with white powder, and 1-3 seeds inside. Seeds reniform, grayish brown, glossy. The flowering period is from May to July. The fruit is hot from September to October.

Wild on hillsides or beside streams. It is distributed in southwest, middle and southeast of China.

The stems and leaves of this plant (Schisandra sphenanthera) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details. The fruit is used as Schisandra chinensis in Zhejiang, Fujian and other places.

[collection] collect and dig before and after the beginning of winter, remove the residual stems, fine roots and soil, and dry them in the sun. Or peel the root skin to dry.

[medicinal material] the dry root is 1.5-2.3 cm thick, slightly curved, with branches and fine roots, purple brown skin, longitudinal furrows and transverse cracks. The root bark is as thick as 1 / 3 of the diameter of the wood, the wood is reddish brown, and there are vessel dots around. It is fragrant and bitter. The dry root bark is a roll or irregular piece of different sizes, about 1-4 mm thick. Most of the emboli on the outer surface fell off and showed purple endothelium. The inner surface is dark brown to grayish brown, hard and brittle. It is better to be dry, uniform, solid and purplish brown.

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

[chemical constituents] the fruit contains volatile turbidity, organic acids, protein, fatty oil, mucilage and pectin.

[processing] wash, remove, moisten, slice and dry.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

① "The smell is pungent. "

② Guangzhou army "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "slightly sweet and bitter, slightly warm. "

Functions and indications: promoting Qi, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. It is used to treat qi stagnation, abdominal distension, stomachache, muscle and bone pain, menstrual pain, traumatic injury, nameless swelling and poison.

① According to Wang Lianshi's book of collecting herbs, it can be used to spread Qi through blood. "

② "Gangmu Shiyi": "for the treatment of wind pain, injury, fall injury, stomach pain, food accumulation, Sha distension and other diseases, all wine decoction. "

③ "Xiaozhang, Quxue, Zhitong" is a folk prescription. "

④ "Promoting blood circulation, dispelling wind, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. Treatment of chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer, acute gastroenteritis, rheumatism, swelling and pain. "

⑤ "Zhejiang traditional Chinese medicine resources list": "treat heart Stomach Qi pain, menstrual pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or grind powder, 3-5 points. External use: grind end to adjust to apply or boil cream to apply.

[should not] pregnant women should use it with caution.

[selected formula] ① for abdominal pain due to cold stagnation: one or two roots of Schisandra sphenanthera. Fry the water in half a bowl, take it warm, twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of ascariasis: the root skin of Schisandra sphenanthera is dried in the sun. The research is very detailed. Take it three times a day, three to eight minutes each time. Take it with warm water on an empty stomach before meals.

③ Treatment of traumatic injury: 2 liang root of Schisandra sphenanthera and 2 liang root bark of lily. Grind very fine powder, one money each time, take warm sweet wine or sugar water. Once a day. Apply wine to the wound.

④ Treatment of nameless swelling toxin: the root skin of Schisandra sphenanthera in Panzhu was ground into very fine powder. Yin disease or half Yin and half Yang disease can be treated with ginger decoction with skin, and Yang disease can be treated with mint leaf soaking in water. (2) the prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine is listed below.)

⑤ Treatment of leitoufeng swelling and pain: zijinpi, Duhuo, Chishao, Baizhi, Changpu, scallion. Fried as thick as paste. (collection of compendium)

⑥ Treatment of traumatic bleeding: zijinpi dried powder. Mix with egg white. (selected materials for investigation of unilateral and verified prescriptions)

Chinese PinYin : Hong Mu Xiang