Verbenae

Chinese Name: Verbena officinalis

[category]: whole grass

[synonyms] fengjingcao (compendium), zidinglongya (compendium), tiemabian (Herba caomibianfang), bermudagrass (Chinese medicine and plant records), hexifeng, kuliancao (Guangxi Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine and plant records), shuntuocao, jingbiancao (Nanning medicine records), tuishejiaocao, tiemalian (Hunan medicine records), Tianniao Cao, tieshashou (Mindong materia medica), malarial Verbena (Guangzhou medicine records) "Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine" of the army, Schizonepeta tenuifolia and Schizonepeta tenuifolia (commonly used folk herbal medicine in Zhejiang), and hongtengcao (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Shanghai).

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

[plant morphology] Verbena officinalis

Perennial herbs, up to more than 1 m high. The stem is erect, the base is lignified, the upper part is branched, tetragonal, sparsely bristly on the edges and nodes, a-leaf opposite; the stem leaves are nearly sessile; the leaf blade is obovate or oblong, 3-5 cm long and 2-3 cm wide, apex pointed, base cuneate, pinnate, lobes sparsely coarsely serrate, with bristles on both sides. Spikes terminal or axillary, 16-30 cm long; flowers small, purplish blue; calyx tubular, about 2 mm long, apex 5-lobed, outside and top with bristles; corolla lip shaped, lower lip larger than upper lip, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed, throat with white hairs; stamen 4, inserted in corolla tube, not exposed; pistil 1, ovary superior, 4-locular, style terminal, stigma 2-lobed. Capsule oblong, divided into 4 nutlets when heated. The flowering period is from June to August. The fruit period is from July to October.

It is found in riverine grassland, wasteland, roadside, field edge and grass slope. It is distributed all over the country.

[collection] harvest from July to October and dry in the sun.

[medicinal material] dried whole grass or whole grass with roots. Rhizome cylindrical, 1-2 cm long, surface yellowish brown, surrounded by many roots and fibrous roots. The stem is tetragonal, grayish green or yellowish green, with longitudinal groove and sparse hairs; it is hard and easy to break, with fibrous section, white pith in the center or empty. The leaves are grayish green or brownish yellow, crispy, wrinkled and hairy. There are flower spikes at the top, and yellow brown petals can be seen; sometimes there are fruit spikes, and the fruit has gray green sepals, and four gray yellow nutlets can be seen after sepals fall off. The taste is slightly bitter. It is better to be dry, green, with flower, without root and impurity.

It is mainly produced in Hubei, Jiangsu, Guangxi and Guizhou. In addition, it is also produced in Anhui, Zhejiang, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hebei and Sichuan.

[chemical composition]: verbenalin ey5 hydroxy verbenalin is contained in the whole herb; amygdaline and tannin are contained in the whole herb; adenoside and β - carotene are contained in the leaves.

[processing] clean impurities, wash, soften, cut into sections and dry in the sun.

Bitter and cool

① "On medicinal properties": "bitter taste, toxic. "

② Shu materia medica: "it tastes bitter, slightly cold and non-toxic. "

⑧ "Rihuazi materia medica:" pungent, cool, non-toxic. "

④ Ben Cao Tu Jing: "it tastes sweet and bitter, slightly cold and has little poison. "

[Guijing] into the liver and spleen meridian.

① "Lei Gong's treatment of medicinal properties": entering the liver and spleen meridians. "

② "To match the materia medica": "start with Yangming, foot Jueyin meridians blood points. "

③ Ben Cao Zai Xin: "entering liver and kidney meridians. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, promoting diuresis and detumescence. Treatment of exogenous fever, damp heat, jaundice, edema, dysentery, malaria, diphtheria, laryngitis, gonorrhea, amenorrhea, Baihuang, carbuncle, sore poison, chancre.

① Bielu: "the main part is covered with sores. "

② "Materia medica notes:" the main Baipi blood, long malaria, broken blood. For fried such as sugar, wine service. "

③ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "menstruation, the treatment of women's blood gas abdominal distention, the uneven month. "

④ The supplement to the meaning of materia medica: "to cure the golden sores, to promote blood circulation, to promote blood circulation. "

⑤ "Compendium of Medical Sciences" says: "when you apply carbuncle and urinary sore, the male's Yin is swollen. "

⑥ "Promoting blood circulation and unblocking meridians" is one of the key points in the preparation of raw herbal medicine. Can go to sepsis, wash hemorrhoids poison, back the upper fire, manage falls. "

⑦ "Classification of herbal medicine": "to urinate, blood drench, swelling and pain. "

⑧ Tianbao materia medica: "it is beneficial to urinate, calm the liver and reduce fire. Treat red sore, fire eye. "

⑨ Modern practical Chinese medicine: "root is used for dysentery, chronic malaria, edema, swelling, etc. It has the function of purgation. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang (1-2 Liang for fresh), or into pill or powder. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

Store in a dry place.

[should not] pregnant women should take it carefully.

① According to the classic of Materia Medica, although the patient has the syndrome of damp heat and blood heat, the patient with spleen yin deficiency and weak stomach qi should not take it. "

② "From the new materia medica:" if the sore syndrome is long and empty, use it carefully. "

[prescription selection] ① for cold and flu: fresh Verbena, notopterygium and Artemisia. Take two small bowls of decoction twice a day for two to three days. Five yuan for sore throat and fresh Platycodon grandiflorum. (selected prescriptions and herbs of Jiangsu Province)

② Treat apoplectic ascites disease: Salvia, Verbena each ten jin. Water a stone, boil five Dou, go to the dross more fried, with powder and for pills, such as soybean sophomore pills, add to four: five pills. No fat, no cold. (behind the elbow)

③ Treatment of swelling and thirst, body dry black thin: Verbena fine file, exposed dry, do not see fire. With wine or water with boiling, to taste out, to dross, warm. (Yi Jian Fang for health)

④ Cure dysentery: Verbena two liang, soil Achyranthes five money. Wash the two medicines and fry them in water. One dose a day, usually two to five. (selected works on infectious diseases)

⑤ Breaking the blood in the abdomen, killing insects: Verbena, raw ramming, boiling to dross, fried as Yee, hollow wine service dagger. (on medicinal properties)

⑥ For a woman, the moon water is stagnant, forming a hundred pieces, and her abdominal ribs are swollen to death: five Jin of Verbena root seedlings, fine file, five buckets of water, fry to a bucket, remove the dross, different from boiling in a purifier. Before each meal, adjust half a spoonful of warm wine. (Sheng Hui Fang)

⑦ Treatment of women's colic: Verbena or two, boiling in wine, bathing in soup, sweating wonderful. (zuanyaoqifang)

⑧ Cure wine to accumulate blood: four bucks of Verbena ash, one bucks of Angelica ash. Steamed cake pill is big. Drink 50 pills per meter. (pick Yuan Fang)

⑨ For malaria treatment, there is no new and long-standing person to ask: Verbena juice is mixed in five ways, wine is mixed in three ways, and it can be taken in three ways. (Qian Jin Fang)

⑩ Treatment of breast carbuncle swelling: Verbena a grip, a bowl of wine, a piece of ginger. Take it with juice and apply it with dregs. (Yi Jian Fang for health)

(11) cure chancre: wash it with Verbena. (essential preparation of raw herbs)

(12) treatment of periodontitis, pulpitis, alveolar abscess: Verbena one or two, chopped and dried for use, fried in water, one dose a day. (selected works of the whole exhibition: facial features)

Take a horse's whip to cure the sore throat. (GaN Jin Fang)

(14) treatment of sore throat: fresh Verbena stem and leaf mash juice, add human milk, mix well with pharynx. (Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

⒂ treatment of jaundice: Verbena fresh root (or whole grass) two liang, water decocting sugar. Liver swelling and pain of Hawthorn root or Hawthorn three money. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

[clinical application] 1

According to the observation of hundreds of cases, the effective rate of controlling clinical symptoms is about 90%. The curative effect of injection is better than that of pill. For long-term malaria or chronic malaria, the treatment with other antimalarial drugs is ineffective, and the effect is often achieved. Verbena officinalis has a certain effect on killing Plasmodium: 48 hours after the symptoms disappeared in 36 patients, the blood samples of Plasmodium turned negative; according to the observation of 31 cases, except for 1 case of mixed infection of vivax malaria and falciparum malaria and 3 cases of reproductive Plasmodium falciparum malaria did not disappear, the rest basically controlled the attack of symptoms and the reproduction of Plasmodium falciparum. Experience has proved that the effect of recurrent patients is better than that of new patients; the effect of patients with more episodes before treatment is better than that of patients with first episode; the effect of vivax malaria is better than that of falciparum malaria. It has been suggested that Verbena officinalis has no effect on Plasmodium falciparum, but it can kill other types of Plasmodium. Some people think that Verbena officinalis is only effective on Plasmodium erythrocyticus, which is equivalent to chloroquine. Some people also think that Verbena officinalis is effective in the treatment of relapse. Preparation, dosage and usage: one Decoction: fresh Verbena 2-5 Liang (dry product reduced by half), add water to decoct into about 300 ml, take once every 4 hours and 2 hours before the attack; or take once every 1-2 hours before and after the attack; or take once every 3 times a day for 2-4 days, use 1-5 yuan of dry whole herb according to age each time. For anti recurrence, 1-1.6 liang of Verbena officinalis and 1-1.3 yuan of Dichondra repens were used. They were decocted at rest, twice a day for 3 days. Two pills: Verbena research powder, water pan for pills, adult 3 money each time, daily service 1 time, for 3 days. The dosage should be reduced for children. Three injections: different specifications. Use 3 ml of injection, which is equivalent to 24 g of dry crude medicine, 3 ml for adults and 2 ml for children, intramuscularly 2 hours before the onset. Or 2 ml of injection containing 2 g of hay, 2-4 ml each time according to age, intramuscular injection 4 hours before attack. In addition, use fresh Verbena leaves, wash, mash, pinch into a small ball, 2 hours before the attack into the nostril, sometimes can also control the attack. Practice has proved that the effect of fresh grass is better than that of hay. The time of medication should be 2-4 hours before the onset, and it can't be effective if it's too late; the decoction should be thick and sufficient, otherwise it's invalid. Side effects are less, some patients have diarrhea, abdominal pain and other reactions.

② Treatment of diphtheria

Take 1 liang of dry Verbena (whole grass) and fry it into about 300 ml. Dosage: 150 ml for adults, twice daily for 3-5 days. Children aged 8-14 years old, 10 at a time

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