Pigeonpea

Pigeonpea

(reference materials for identification of traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonyms] Dourong (Leguminosae), guanyindou (Quanzhou materia medica), Shudou (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List).

[source] it is the seed of pigeonpea.

[plant morphology] pigeonpea

Dwarf shrub, 1-3 m high, much branched. Branchlets weak, longitudinally furrowed, gray pilose. Stipules small; leaflets 3, ovate lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, apex acute, entire, hairy on both sides, with glandular spots below. Inflorescence racemose, axillary; calyx bell shaped, calyx teeth 5, lanceolate; corolla yellowish red, about 1.8 cm long, with purple brown longitudinal lines on the back of flag petal; stamens (9 + 1) 2 groups; style slender linear, base pubescent, stigma single, one. Pods 5-8 cm long, 1 cm wide, apex acuminate, densely yellow pubescent; seeds 3-5, suborbicular, testa dark red, sometimes brown spots. The flowering period is April (Guangzhou).

It grows on hillside, sandy land, open land, jungle or forest edge. Distributed in Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and other places.

The leaves of this plant (pigeonpea) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] harvest from July to August.

[nature and taste] Quanzhou materia medica: "sweet and slightly acidic, warm and non-toxic. "

[function indications] Quanzhou materia medica: "clearing heat and detoxification, tonifying Qi, promoting water and digestion, removing carbuncle and swelling, stopping bleeding and dysentery. Treatment of heart deficiency, edema, blood drenching, hemorrhoids, carbuncle, swelling, dysentery, beriberi. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan; modified research powder. External use: grind and apply.

[selected formula] ① treatment of liver and kidney edema: pigeonpea and coix seed each five hinge. Decoction, twice a day. Avoid salt.

② Treatment of blood drenching: Pigeonpea, plantain three money each, decoction soup service.

③ Treatment of hemorrhoids under the blood: pigeonpea soaked in wine for a night, take out, baking grind, wine service, three money each time.

④ To cure carbuncle: Pigeonpea, soak wine at the end of research, three money each time; and tamp the affected area with banana meat at the end. (Quanzhou materia medica was selected)

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