Ranunculus Japonicus

Ranunculus Japonicus

(notes on materia medica)

[synonyms] Shuijiao, Maojian, maojiancao, housuan, Tianjiu, maopansi, Zijiu, Hexi, doze, tiger, dog's foot, tiger's foot, huotongqing, wild celery, capsicum and capsicum, Maojian, maojiancao, housuan, Tianjiu, MengXiBiTan, maopansi, Zijiu, Maojian Celery, tiger beard (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine), Senecio scandens, mouse foot plate, rotten lung grass (Chinese medicine plant Atlas), tiger tripod, water celery (Quanzhou materia medica).

[source] the whole plant and root of Ranunculaceae.

Ranunculus Japonicus

It is a perennial herb with long white hairs, especially on the stem and petiole. Fibrous roots are numerous, fleshy and columnar. Stem erect, 50-90 cm high. Basal leaves with petiole, petiole 7-15 cm long; leaves palmate or nearly pentagonal, 3-6 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, often 3-lobed, lobes elliptic to obovate, central lobe 3-lobed, two lobes of different sizes on both sides, apex toothed, pointed; stem leaves with short petiole or sessile, 3-lobed, lobes obovate to rhombic ovate, to the upper part of the stem, lobes gradually narrow, linear Lanceolate, both sides have close gray white slender pilose. Flowers opposite to leaves, single or several on the top of stem, with long stalks; flowers 2 cm in diameter; sepals 5, oblong or long ovate, apex obtuse, yellowish, densely covered with white long hairs; petals 5, yellow, broadly obovate or slightly concave, The base is obtuse or broadly cuneate, with nectar trough; stamens are numerous, anthers oblong, longitudinally split, filaments flat, several as long as anthers; carpels are numerous, free, stigmas simple. The aggregate achene is nearly spherical or ovoid, the achene is slightly crooked, ovoid, light brown on the surface, slightly uplifted on both sides, densely covered with small pits, slightly wide at the base, narrow at the edge, and short beak at the top. The flowering period is from April to August. The fruit period is from June to August.

It grows in ditches, ponds, riverbanks and wet grass. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

[collection] in summer and autumn. It's usually fresh.

[nature and taste] notes on materia medica: "it is pungent, warm and poisonous. "

[functions and indications] it is used to treat malaria, jaundice, migraine, stomachache, rheumatoid arthritis, herpetic arthritis, carbuncle, sore, scabies, toothache and burning eye.

① "Materia medica gleanings": "the main evil sores, carbuncle swelling, pain does not break, pound the leaf application, not into the sores, meat rotten. The main malaria, so that the patient take a tiny broken grip, tied to the arm. The seeds and ginger are pounded on the abdomen to break the air conditioner. "

② "A collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines": "external use for treating tinea and leprosy. "

③ Jiangxi folk herbal medicine

"Treatment of migraine, eye Yimo, jaundice, hexifeng. "

④ "Materia medica tuichen": "external use is skin irritant. It is used to treat scrofula, arthritis, joint tuberculosis, bone tuberculosis, bronchial wheezing and all Yin gangrene, swelling and toxin. "

⑤ Chongqing herbal medicine: "it can cure fish bite and snake bite. "

[usage and dosage] external use: tamping or boiling.

[selection] 1. Treatment of jaundice: mash the fresh Ranunculus japonicus, form a ball (such as soybean), bind it to the arm, blister at night, puncture it with a needle, and release the yellow water. (compilation of medicinal materials)

② Treatment of migraine: Ranunculus fresh roots, and salt little pestle rotten, applied to the affected side of the temple. Application method: put a copper coin (or cut it into the shape of a coin with thick paper) and separate the meat. Then put the medicine on the money hole and protect it with a cloth strip. Apply it for about an hour. When it bubbles, remove it. Do not apply it for a long time to avoid big blisters.

③ Cure hexifeng: the root of fresh Ranunculus is pestle rotten, such as soybean big ball, apply to the knee eye (there are pits on both sides under the knee), when blister occurs, puncture it with disinfection needle, release yellow water, and then cover it with clean gauze.

④ Treat toothache; according to the method of external treatment of migraine, apply to Jingqu acupoint, right toothache apply to left hand, left toothache apply to right hand. Also can Ranunculus a little, contain toothache place.

⑤ Treatment of eye Yimo: Ranunculus fresh roots crushed, wrapped in gauze, plug nostril, left eye plug right nose, right eye plug left nose. (2) Jiangxi folk herbal medicine

⑥ Fire eye and red eye: one or two buttercups. Take the root and add more than ten pieces of salt, mash and apply it to Neiguan point on the hand. When applying, first pad a copper coin, apply it to the sick right eye on the left hand, and apply it to the sick left eye on the right hand. After applying, wrap it with a cloth and remove it when you feel burning and blistering. Don't break the blister, cover with sterilized gauze. (compendium of simple prescriptions of herbal medicine)

[clinical application] ① prevention and treatment of infectious hepatitis

First prevention: pound Ranunculus japonicus like mud and apply about 0.5g to Lieque acupoint. Before dressing, place a piece of gauze with small holes on the acupoints, align the small holes on the acupoints, cover the dressing with a piece of non absorbent paper, and wrap it with bandage. After 24-48 hours local herpes can be coated with gentian violet, 3-4 days that self absorption; if the skin appears red after 8 hours, the drug can also be removed. According to the follow-up observation of more than 1800 people after medication, it is proved that it has a certain preventive effect. Second treatment: wash and mash the stem and root of fresh Ranunculus japonicus, and apply 10-20g to Lieque acupoint each time, or under the arm or arm. Observe after 10 hours to 24 hours, remove the Ranunculus if it has foamed, and wrap it with sterile gauze. If the blister is too large, it can be punctured with a needle or sucked out with a syringe. Generally, it is only applied once. According to the observation, it has a good effect on shortening the course of disease, eliminating conscious symptoms and jaundice, and promoting the recovery of liver function. Jaundice disappeared in 1.5-5 days after treatment in 8 cases, clinical symptoms disappeared quickly, liver function gradually returned to normal, but the liver shrinkage was not obvious in most cases; jaundice index of 8 cases of jaundice patients rapidly dropped to below 15 units after treatment, most of the van den white test turned to negative, the effect on infectious hepatitis was significant, and jaundice caused by other reasons also decreased, but not obvious Consolidation.

② Treatment of chronic schistosomiasis

Take 10 pieces of Ranunculus ranunculatus powder pressed tablets (each tablet contains 0.8 g crude drug) 3 times a day for children, 20 days as a course of treatment; or make Extract Tablets (each tablet contains 0.96 g crude drug) 3 times a day, 6 pieces each time, 15 days as a course of treatment. For more than 200 cases of early and middle stage schistosomiasis, 66 cases were reexamined on the second day after treatment, 60 cases turned negative; 55 cases were reexamined one month, 27 cases turned negative; 57 cases were reexamined three months, 41 cases turned negative; 45 cases were reexamined four months, 28 cases turned negative. In the course of treatment, some cases appeared dizziness, headache, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, diarrhea or constipation, anorexia, fatigue and other side effects.

③ Treatment of rheumatic joint pain, joint sprain, etc

Take 2-4 liang of Ranunculus Ranunculus, wash and chop, mash and mash. The application site depends on the patient's condition: Huantiao, Fengshi, Weizhong, Chengshan, Kunlun and other acupoints can be selected for rheumatic sciatica, and 1-3 acupoints can be used alternately each time; rheumatic arthralgia, joint sprain, traumatic injury and localized myofibrous histitis can be applied locally. The application range is about 1 copper dollar. In general, the medicine is applied for 1-4 hours and removed when there is a burning sensation in the local area; the burning sensation usually occurs within 30-60 minutes. One to two days after treatment, local swelling and pain occurred; two days after treatment, blisters occurred and the pain aggravated, so the blisters should be pricked and coated with gentian violet. It was used in 55 cases of rheumatic arthritis, sciatica, muscle pain, joint sprain, traumatic injury, and periarthritis of shoulder. After one time of application, the pain disappeared, the joint function was normal and recovered in 41 cases of heavy manual workers; the joint function recovered, but there was still a little pain after heavy manual work in 8 cases; the pain was relieved in 4 cases; and there was no effect in 2 cases.

④ Treating stomachache

Wash and mash the Ranunculus japonicus, add a little brown sugar, mix well, put it in the rubber bottle stopper (such as penicillin bottle stopper) with depression, turn it over and stick it on points Weishu and Shenshu (or add blind gate, Liangqiu and Ashi), and discard it if there is ant feeling in some parts. If it foams, it doesn't need to be punctured and allowed to be absorbed by itself. Occasionally infection can be protected with sterile dressing. In 178 cases, 94% of them did not develop after 2 months, and 6% of them were ineffective.

Chinese PinYin : Mao Gen