Herba siegesbeckii

Herba siegesbeckii

(bielu)

[synonyms] Youlong (the book of songs), Longgu (Erya), Hongcao (Erya? GuoPu), Tianliao (Tianliao), Shilong (bielu), Longgu (Tang materia medica), Shuilong, Dahou (materia medica Collection), Huangliao (Hanying Yunfu), dahaoliao (botany Dictionary), dongfangliao (Chinese materia medica Zhi), shuipenghu (northeast materia medica Zhi), jiujielong, dajiegu Guoma and zhuifengcao (Hunan medicinal records), eight character Polygonum, Daohua, hot Polygonum and danyaotou (Mindong materia medica), jialiao and shuihonghua (Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual).

[source] it is the whole grass or the whole grass with roots of Polygonum hydropiper.

[plant morphology] Polygonum hydropiper

Annual herb, 1-3 m high. The stem is erect, hollow, nodose, much branched, covered with thick long hairs. Leaves large, alternate, broadly ovate or ovate, 10-20 cm long and 6-12 cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded or slightly heart-shaped, entire margin shallowly undulate, petiole long; stipules membranous, hairy, apex often expanded into a spreading or reflexive leaflet. Panicle terminal, 2-8 cm long, slightly pendulous, pilose; bracts sheathed, with long hairs on the outside, glabrous on the inside, broadly ovate; flowers white or pink, perianth 5-lobed, elliptic, glabrous; stamens 7-8, slightly extending out of the flower; ovary slightly round, flat, style 2-lobed. Achene is flat, slightly round, slightly concave in the middle of both sides, brownish black, glossy, enclosed in the persistent perianth. The flowering period is from April to June. The fruit period is from July to August.

On the side of the road and on the edge of the water. Distributed several times throughout the country, but also cultivated.

The inflorescence and fruit of this plant are also used for medicine.

[collection] after the late autumn frost, the roots were dug and washed, the roots and stems were cut into small sections and dried in the sun; the leaves were placed in a ventilated place to dry in the shade and stored in a dry place.

[chemical constituents] the leaves contain flavonoid orientin, orientin and chloroquine. In addition, this product also contains β - sitosterol.

[pharmacological action] the water-soluble extracts of stems and leaves have inhibitory effects on frogs and mice, and the isolated hearts of frogs and rabbits, and are not antagonized by atropine. The inhibition of frog heart can be antagonized by ephedrine and calcium chloride. It can make the blood pressure of dog rise temporarily. It has no effect on isolated rabbit intestines, but has excitatory effect on eutopic uterus (anesthetized or non anesthetized rabbits).

It is pungent, cool and poisonous.

① Bielu: "Xin, poisonous. "

② The Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine in Xinjiang: "it is slightly cold in nature and slightly toxic. "

[function indications] for rheumatoid arthritis, malaria, hernia, beriberi, sore swelling.

① Bielu: "master evil sores, remove Bi Qi. "

② Tang materia medica: "in addition to sore swelling, beriberi, boiling thick juice stains.". "

③ Dictionary of Botany: "treating hernia. "

④ Summary of Chinese medicine: "to remove malaria, to treat the bite of poisonous insects. "

⑤ "Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual": "dispelling wind and promoting diuresis. For rheumatoid arthritis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: Sprinkle with grinding powder or rinse with boiling water.

[selected formula] ① for rheumatoid arthritis: Polygonum orientale herb or two. Take it in water. (Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual)

② Raw muscle: wash with the decoction, dry the leaves in the sun, grind them and sprinkle them on the sores once a day

Chinese PinYin : Hong Cao