Red hair seven

Red hair seven

(collection of common folk herbs)

[synonyms] red hair lacquer (Emei medicinal plant), soshan cat, red hair Asarum (Guizhou folk medicine), flame fork (Guizhou herbal medicine), jinsiqi (Shaanxi herbal medicine), black sweat leg (Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningqing herbal medicine selection).

[source] it is the rhizome and root of Paeonia suffruticosa.

[plant morphology] leaf like peony, also known as weiyanxian.

Perennial herbs. The roots are strong and horizontal. The stem is 40-70 cm high. The leaves are ovoid, oblong or broadly lanceolate, 6-9 cm long and 2-3 cm wide, apex broad and pointed, entire or 2-3-lobed, base cuneate, green above and white below, terminal in short panicles; florets yellowish green; bracts 3-4; sepals 3-6, petaloid; petals 6, narrowed into a linear body, opposite to sepals; stamens 6 Anther 2-petal dehiscent; pistil 1, ovary superior, style short, stigma lateral. Capsule, early splitting. Seeds 2, globose, with fleshy testa. The flowering period is from April to June. The fruit period is from July to August.

It grows in shady and wet places on hillsides and in mountain forests. It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and other places.

[collection] from August to September, the stems, leaves and soil were removed and dried in the sun.

[herbal medicine] rhizome is thin, short, columnar, multi branched, purple brown in appearance, with round scar after rhizome breaking. The rhizome bears many fibrous roots with purple brown appearance and soft texture. The cross section of rhizome and fibrous root was red. Without Qi, it tastes bitter,

Produced in Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other places.

[chemical constituents] the roots and rhizomes contain Magnolia alkaloids, taspine alkaloids, methylgenistein alkaloids and d-lupine alkaloids. It also contains a variety of triterpenoid saponins, called weiyanxian saponins, including weiyanxian saponins a, B, C, D and E. The aglycones of weiyanxian saponins a, C, D and E are Ivy saponins.

The leaves and stems contain taspine and methylgenistein. The taspine content in leaves was 0.45% of dry weight.

[pharmacological action] root extract or tincture has little toxicity. It can contract uterus and blood vessels. The action of methylgenistein is similar to that of genistein, but weaker. Taspine has a significant antibacterial effect, 1:1000000 has a significant effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and has a therapeutic effect on experimental tuberculosis in mice, but it has a strong local stimulation during injection, which limits its application. Paeonia suffruticosa has been used in gynecology and Obstetrics (induction of labor, irregular menstruation, etc.). The glycosides contained in Paeonia suffruticosa have the effect of contracting smooth muscle (blood vessels, small intestine, uterus, etc.) and have strong local irritation.

[nature and taste] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "it is warm in nature, bitter and pungent in taste, and has little poison. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind, dredge collaterals, activate blood circulation and regulate menstruation. It is used to treat rheumatism, muscle and bone pain, traumatic injury and irregular menstruation.

① "Emei medicine plant": treatment of traumatic injuries and five tuberculosis seven injuries. "

② In the collection of commonly used folk herbs, it is said that "it can treat falling servants, remove rheumatism, eliminate swelling, treat muscle and bone pain, and dredge channels and activate collaterals. "

③ "Guizhou folk medicine": "treatment of Stomach Qi pain, external hemorrhoids. "

④ Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "promoting blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis, dispelling wind and relieving pain, lowering blood pressure, stopping bleeding, relieving Aconitum kusnezoffii poisoning. Treatment of irregular menstruation, menstrual less abdominal pain, postpartum blood stasis pain, arthritis, strain, tonsillitis, hypertension. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine.

[taboo] collection of commonly used folk herbs: "pregnant women should not take it. "

[selection] ① treatment of labor injury: search for five money of SM. Wine making clothes. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

② Cure stomachache: search SM for one money. Grind and swallow with wine. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of arthritis, injury: red hair 73 money. Soak in 300 ml wine for seven days. 10 ml twice daily. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai)

④ Treatment of irregular menstruation: hongmaoqi, Baishao, chuanxiong, Fuling each three money. Fried in yellow rice wine and water. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai)

⑤ Treatment of menstrual less abdominal pain: red hair 73 money, fennel five money, buckwheat Angelica three money, Chuanxiong two money. Decoct in water and drink with yellow rice wine. (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

⑥ Treatment of tonsillitis: red hair 73 money, eight clawed dragon one money. Water fried, mouth, can also swallow. (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

⑦ Treatment of external hemorrhoids: search for five money for SM, seven for Gunshanzhu, seven for ricinus, seven for pushing excrement, and seven for borneol. Add four taels of castor oil, soak for a week, apply external hemorrhoids. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Hong Mao Qi