Tiger sting

Tiger sting

(Ben Cao Tu Jing)

[synonyms] Cihu (the classic of Materia Medica), shouxingcao (shouyushenfang), shoutingmu (Huajing), quebuta, xiuhuazhen (a textual research on the name and reality of plants), huangjiaoji, Tianzhen, mousei (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine), huyaci, qianjinci, ezuihuagen, huangjilan, Qiankou needle, Shangye, shunchafeng, jiaobuta, tujizhuhuanglian, maoerci, xiaohuanglian（ Hunan medicinal records, Zanthoxylum nitidum, Zanthoxylum minutum (Guangxi Medicinal plant directory), niaobuta (Jiangxi herbal medicine), shebutao, chaotianci, Nitraria, Huye, rat gun, laohuci, xiaoyecifeng, gaoguhuci, hongshuci, hongyuanzhi, baifengzhu (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass or root of Rubiaceae.

[plant morphology] huci

Small evergreen shrubs, 30-70 cm high. The root is thick and branched, or constricted to form a rosary, and the root bark is yellowish. The branches are thin, gray white, with many branches and straight spines, 1-2 cm long, often opposite to the petioles, yellow green, with gray black hairs on the branchlets. Leaves opposite, ovate or broadly elliptic, 1-2.5 cm long, apex convex, base rounded, surface glossy, leathery, entire; almost sessile. Flowers small, white, 1-2 in axils; calyx tube obovate, kiln; corolla funnel-shaped, lobes 4; stamen 4; pistil 1. Drupe globose, red when ripe. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruit period is from November to December.

It grows under the bamboo forest on the slope of Yinshan Mountain and in the shrubs on both sides of the valley. Like more fertile sandy or clayey soil. Distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hunan and other places.

In addition, the plants of the same genus, Viburnum giganteum and Viburnum giganteum, are equally used as medicine. The main characteristics of Nitraria gigantea are as follows: the root is large and mostly rosary, the leaf is oval or long oval, 3-9 cm long, soft, and the needle length is only about 3 mm; the root of Nitraria gigantea is cylindrical, some are rosary, the leaf is broad oval, 2-3 cm long, and the needle length is 2-8 mm.

The flowers of the above plants (Funiu flower) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] the whole grass and root can be harvested all year round, washed, chopped and dried in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the roots of Nitraria tangutorum contain many anthraquinones, such as nitrarin, nitraritol, nitraridine, hydroxynitrarin, demethylnitrarin, demethylhydroxynitrarin, benzyl violet alizarin, alizarin-1-methyl ether and 5-hydroxyalizarin-1-methyl ether.

[taste] bitter and sweet, flat.

① "Ben Cao Tu Jing": "it tastes sweet. "

② Zhejiang folk herbal medicine: "sweet taste, flat nature, non-toxic. "

③ "Jiangxi folk herbal medicine prescription": "the nature is flat, the taste is bitter and sweet, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation and detumescence. Treat gout, rheumatism arthralgia. Phlegm cough, lung carbuncle, edema, swelling, jaundice, amenorrhea, infantile malnutrition, urticaria, traumatic injury.

① Ben Cao Tu Jing: "manage all swelling, pain and wind diseases. "

② Textual research on the names and facts of plants: "tonifying qi and blood. "

③ Zhejiang folk herbal medicine: "roots and flowers: promoting blood circulation and benefiting joints. To control the general mood. "

④ "Treating rheumatism and pain" in Hangzhou medicine Zhi. "

⑤ "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "root: cough, blood gas. Treatment of lung disease, internal injury. "

⑥ "Diuresis and detumescence, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. Treatment of acute and chronic hepatitis, splenomegaly. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh); or powder. External use: tamping, mashing juice or grinding powder.

[prescription selection] 1. Gout treatment: fresh root of tiger thorn or spend one or two yuan (three to five yuan for dry root). Take the decoct with wine. (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of rheumatism, muscle pain: embroidery needle whole grass one to three Liang. Decoct the wine and water half and take them separately. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of phlegm cough: Tiger thorn fresh root two to three Liang. Take it in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of lung carbuncle: Tiger thorn three Liang, pig stomach stew, Decoction to decoction. One dose daily. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of edema: Tiger thorn root three to five money. Take it in water. (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)

⑥ Treatment of spleen deficiency and edema: one or two dry roots of embroidery needle, two or two dry roots of maotianxian fruit and three coins of tangerine peel. Take it in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

⑦ Cure yellow swelling: Tiger thorn root one or two (or even stem and leaf with one or two five money), wild pumpkin root one or two, pig kidney a pair. Stew in water, remove dregs and serve with yellow rice wine. (prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑧ Treatment of pimple (hepatosplenomegaly): one embroidery needle root one or two, sugarcane root seven money. Decoct in water and take twice. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑧ One or two fresh roots of embroidery needle, mutton as appropriate. Stewed in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

⑨ Treatment of jaundice: hucigen one or two, Yinchen three money. Take it in water. (prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑩ Treatment of acute hepatitis: fresh tiger thorn root one or two, yinxingcao three money, cheqian five money, a little rock sugar. Take it in water, one dose a day. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

(11) treatment of irregular menstruation and amenorrhea: hucigen three money, tianqingdibai, changgennan Schisandra vine two money each, Fantian flower root five money. Take it in water. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

(12) treatment of milk swelling lump: Tiger thorn root one or two, pounding wine service. (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)

Treatment of infantile malnutrition: fresh root of embroidered needle, dried root of Rubus Rubus, dried root of Buddleja chinensis, 2-3 yuan each. Fried in water or with lean pork. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

(14) treatment of urticaria: two to three Liang fresh roots of Nitraria. Fried in water, served with yellow rice wine. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

Treatment of hand and foot rotten itching: Tiger thorn whole grass, grind the end, rub the affected area. (Hunan medical records)

(16) treatment of traumatic injuries: Tiger thorn root five to one or two money, with the right amount of rice wine decoction, even a week. (Zhejian folk herbs)

Chinese PinYin : Hu Ci