Lingyinchen

Lingyinchen

(records of traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonyms] jinzhongyinchen (Diannan materia medica), huanghuayinchen (huanghuayinchen), diaochongcao (Nanjing folk herb), lingyinchen (Jiangsu botanical records), Maocao, Wudu Cao, Xudu Cao (northeast botanical records), tubingchen, jiaoyinchen, tankercha (traditional Chinese medicine records), tieyucao (Quanzhou materia medica), shanyinchen, jinhuaping (Mindong materia medica) 》）The results showed that there were three kinds of herbs in Zhejiang Province, i.e. Kuangcao (Guizhou Botanical investigation), heiyinchen, tiegangyinchen, shanzhima (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Shanghai), Kuangcao, youhaocai (Guizhou herbal medicine), jinhuping, shanyouma (Jinhua selected prescriptions of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine), beiliujinu, jiejieping, cayinchen, hupingcao, yeyouma (commonly used folk herbal medicine in Zhejiang).

[source] it is the whole plant of Scrophulariaceae.

[plant morphology] yinxingcao

Annual herb, 25-70 cm high. Stem erect, upper branched, usually white pilose. Leaves opposite, 2-6 cm long and 1.5-3 cm wide, pinnately divided, lobes 3-4 pairs, margin often irregularly dentate notched, base narrow, extending into petiole; bracts lanceolate to linear, subentire or 3-lobed. Flower single axillary and terminal, arranged in racemes; calyx tubular, about 2 cm long, with short coarse hair, apex 5-lobed, with 10 green longitudinal edges on the outside; corolla lip shaped, yellow, about 2.5 cm long, upper lip cucullate, entire, lower lip 3-lobed, central 1-lobed, outside pilose; stamen 4, 2-strong; pistil 1, ovary superior, 2-locular, style protruding out of upper lip, slightly upward curved, style 2-locular The head is slightly enlarged. Capsule elliptic, ca. 12 mm long, ca. 3 mm wide, apex acute, abaxial dehiscent. Seeds numerous, black. The flowering period is from August to September. The fruit period is from November to December.

Born in the wilderness, hills, flat slopes, grass, roadsides. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

[collection] the whole grass was cut and dried from August to September.

[herbal medicine] the dried whole grass is 30-60 cm long. The surface of the branches is purple brown, covered with yellowish white pubescence. The basal hairs are few or nearly glabrous. The quality is solid and hard. The broken face is yellowish white, with pith in the center. The remaining leaves are dark brown, incomplete, crispy and easy to fall off. The inflorescence is attached to the end of the branch, the Corolla is mostly withered, the calyx is yellowish brown, persistent, and the inner calyx usually contains many brown seeds. It is better to be dry, rootless and brown purple.

Produced in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

The whole grass with fruit of this product is used as liujinu in North China, Northeast China, Northwest China, Shandong, Northern Anhui, Northern Jiangsu and other regions. It is commonly known as "beiliujinu" and is one of the most widely used products of liujinu. See "Liu jinu".

[chemical constituents] it contains cardiac glycoside and volatile oil.

[processing] clean impurities, remove roots, clean soil, soak slightly, cut into sections and dry in the sun.

Bitter and cool.

① "South Yunnan Materia Medica": "cold, slightly bitter. "

② "Guizhou plant medicine investigation": "hard, cool. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and dampness, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Treatment of jaundice, adverse urination, edema, abdominal distension, blood loss, blood stasis, dysentery, blood drenching, leucorrhea, irregular menstruation, Bai Huang accumulation, postpartum stasis abdominal pain.

① "Diannan Materia Medica": "diuresis, treatment of stomach damp heat, or eye yellow, or the whole body yellow swelling, eliminate edema. "

② "Treatment of fullness and distension, Shun Qi Hua Tan, all kinds of poisons. "

③ "Northeast medicine Zhi": "breaking the blood and distending it, relieving pain, postpartum diseases, stopping golden sores and blood, heart and abdomen pain and distending Qi, water distending blood Qi, dredging women's meridians, Baijie, stopping cholera and diarrhea, and children's urine blood. "

④ Common Chinese herbal medicine in Shanghai: "clearing heat and diuresis. It is used to treat shortness of urine, jaundice and hepatitis. "

⑤ Guizhou herbal medicine: "relieving exterior, dispersing cold and heat, removing dampness and wind. "

⑥ "Treatment of cholecystitis, acute nephritis, leucorrhea too much. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan (fresh 1-2 Liang); or grind the end.

[selection] 1. For the treatment of dampness heat jaundice, the urination is unfavorable, and the body is yellow: one to two pairs of Yin running grass. Fried in water, twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of heat closed urine adverse: Yin line grass one or two to two. Fried in water, mixed with winter honey, once or twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of traumatic injury, blood stasis pain: Yin grass, research, wine service. One to two dollars a time, once a day, three to four times. (Quanzhou materia medica)

④ Treatment of blood dysentery: fresh Yin grass one to three Liang. Take it in clear water. (Quanzhou materia medica)

⑤ Treatment of blood drenching, abdominal distension: Yin grass five money. Stew in boiling water, add honey, take twice a day. (Mindong materia medica)

⑥ Treatment of leucorrhea: Yin line grass one or two. Decoct in water, take yellow rice wine and brown sugar. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

⑦ Cure cold, cough: Yin line grass three to five money. Take it in water. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

Chinese PinYin : Ling Yin Chen