South Star of tiger palm

Rhizoma Pinelliae pedatisetae

Peter Pinellia rhizome

[alias] it is the tuber of Pinellia pedatisecta Schott.

[plant morphology] perennial herb. Tubers are nearly spherical when young, gradually becoming flat persimmon shaped, 3-4cm in diameter, usually several papillary or nodular small stems, in the shape of tiger paw or dog paw. The leaves of 1-year-old are heart-shaped, and those of 2-year-old are bird toe shaped, with 5-13 lobes and 45 cm petioles. The spathe is lanceolate, green, 8-12cm long. The female part of the lower part of the fleshy inflorescence is about 1.5cm long, attached to the spathe, and the male part of the upper part is about 7cm long; the appendage is rat caudate, about 10cm long. Berries ovate, greenish white, about 6 mm long. The flowering period is from June to July, and the fruiting period is from September to November.

It grows under forests, valleys, riverbanks or grass in wasteland. It is mainly produced in Hebei, Henan, Shandong and Anhui.

[picking and processing] it is usually dug before and after Bailu to remove the fibrous roots, knock off the skin and dry in the sun. It's used for making.

[character] the tuber is oblate, flat on both sides, with different sizes. The diameter of the main tuber is about 5 cm and the thickness is 1.2-1.8 cm. There are several cut tubers or lateral buds around the tuber. The lateral tuber is hemispherical and the diameter is 1-2.5 cm. The surface is yellowish white or light yellowish brown, the upper end is depressed in the center, and there are many small pits around the depression. The quality is solid and heavy. It tastes numb.

[chemical composition] it contains saponins, amino acids, etc.

[nature and taste] it is warm in nature, bitter and pungent in taste, and has little poison.

[functional indications] the same as tiannanxing.

[indications]

1. The mouth of apoplexy is closed. Use tiannanxingyan as the end, add borneol equal parts, mix well. Each time with your fingers to rub the end of 20, 30 times, open the mouth. The name of this prescription is "kaishisan" or "broken coffin powder".

2. Infantile convulsion. Use one or two pairs of Arisaema and soak them in the wine. Take it out, put it on the new tile, and burn it with charcoal. Let it cool, let it burn. Grind for the end, add a cinnabar. Half a dollar per serving, adjust the Schizonepeta tenuifolia soup. Take it once a day. Take it again at noon. Its main name is "drop saliva powder".

3. The mouth and eyes are inclined. Grind with Rhizoma Arisaema and mix with ginger juice. If the disease is on the left, apply it on the right; if the disease is on the right, apply it on the left.

4. It's a comeback. With the star, pinellia, divided into the end, ginger juice, bamboo juice irrigation under a money. At the same time, the printing hall was baked.

5. Phlegm confuses the mind (the heart is frightened, the mind does not give up, the trance forgets, the delusion sees). Dig a pit with one kilogram of Arisaema, burn it red with 30 kilogram of charcoal, pour in five liters of wine, drain it, put the Arisaema inside, cover it with a basin, don't let it out of breath. The next day, take out the research for the end, add amber one or two, cinnabar two, a total of fine research, ginger juice to adjust the face, the medicine will be made into balls, such as Wuzi big. Each take 30 to 50 pills, fried ginseng, stone calamus soup sent. Three times a day, this prescription is called "Shouxing pill".

6. Vomit not only, limbs Jue inverse, even unconscious. Take tiannanxingyan as the end, take three coins each time, add two jujubes and two cups of water, decoct 80% and take it warm. Invalid, can take again. This prescription is called Huiyang powder.

7. Infantile craniectomy (fontanelle incompatible, nasal obstruction). Use tiannanxing gun, peel, grind to the end, add light vinegar, mix well, spread cloth, stick fontanelle, then heat hands, frequently rub and iron in fontanelle.

8. The mandible is dislocated. At the end of tiannanxing, apply ginger juice to your cheeks, and make your joints grow long overnight.

9. Throat wind and throat obstruction. With a star, hollowed out, put seven white Bombyx Batryticatus, paper simmer cooked, research for the end, ginger juice to take a money. If the patient is seriously ill, the salivation will be cured. The name of this square is "rushengsan".

10. Warts on the body and face. Use vinegar to mix the powder of Arisaema and apply it.

Chinese PinYin : Hu Zhang Nan Xing