Wood turtle seed

Chinese Name: mubiezi (Kaibao materia medica)

[category] seed

[synonyms] wooden crab (Kaibao materia medica), civil turtle (Yizong Jinjian), shell wooden turtle (compilation of medicinal materials), liulingzi (records of traditional Chinese Medicine), ditongzi, tengtongzi (manual of traditional Chinese Medicine), yashiguazi (Pharmacology), mubiegua (manual of common Chinese herbal medicine) of Guangzhou air force.

[source] it is the mature seed of the Cucurbitaceae.

[plant morphology] mubiezi, also known as mubieteng.

Perennial grassy vines with enlarged massive roots. Stem longitudinally ribbed; tendrils stout, opposite leaves, simple, unbranched. Leaves alternate, round to broadly ovate, 7-14 cm long, usually 3-lobed or deeply lobed, lobes slightly ovate or long ovate, entire or denticulate, base subcordate, apex acute, smooth above, densely papillate below, 3 palmate reticulate veins; petiole 5-10 cm long, longitudinally ribbed, with 2-5 glands in middle or near leaf. Flowers unisexual, monoecious, single leaf axils, pedicel slender, each flower with a large bract, yellow green; male flowers: sepals 5, leathery, rough, ovate lanceolate, base commissure, petals 5, light yellow, base commissure, stamens 5, integrated into 3 bodies; female flowers: sepals linear lanceolate, corolla similar to male flowers, ovary inferior. Bottle gourd is oval, red after ripening, fleshy, covered with soft thorns. The seed is slightly oblate or nearly oval, with irregular protuberances around the edge, which is tortoise plate-shaped and gray brown. The flowering period is from June to August. The fruit period is from September to November.

It grows on hillside, forest edge and deep soil layer. They are also cultivated. It is distributed in Guangxi, Sichuan, Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan, etc.

The root of this plant (Eupolyphaga sinensis) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] from September to November, when the fruit is ripe, pick it, cut it open, sun it until it is half dry, and peel the seeds; or put it into a pot, and when the peel is nearly rotten, wash it with clean water, remove the flesh and outer membrane, and take out the seeds, then dry or dry them.

[medicinal material] the seed is slightly flat and round, slightly raised in the middle, about 2-3 cm in diameter and 5 mm in thickness. The surface is grayish brown or grayish black, rough, with concave reticular pattern, and there are more than ten relative serrated protrusions on both sides of the periphery. The outer cortex is hard and brittle, the inner testa is thin-film, the surface is gray green, villous, and the inner is two large and thick cotyledons, yellow white, rich in oil, with special greasy smell and bitter taste. It is better to have plump grain, no cracking, body weight, yellow and white kernel and no oiling.

It is mainly produced in Guangxi, Sichuan and Hubei. In addition, it is also produced in Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong and Anhui.

[chemical constituents] it contains momordic acid, gypsogenin, oleanolic acid, α - elaeosearicacid, gas base acid and sterol.

[processing] remove impurities, wash and dry in the sun. When used, smash the shell or remove the shell to get the kernel.

[flavor] bitter, slightly sweet, warm, toxic.

① Kaibao materia medica: "sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

② "Compendium": "bitter slightly sweet, there is a small poison. "

[channel tropism] into liver, spleen and stomach channels.

① "To match Materia Medica": "start with yangmingjing. "

② In Bencao Zaixin: "entering the spleen and kidney meridians. "

③ Summary of materia medica: "entering foot Jueyin meridian. "

[function indications] Xiaozhong Sanjie, Qudu. It is used to treat carbuncle, scrofula, scrofula, hemorrhoids, unknown swelling and toxin, tinea, rheumatic arthralgia and contracture of muscles and veins.

① "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "vinegar rub detumescence poison. "

② Kaibao materia medica: "it is mainly used for breaking wounds, eliminating swelling and sores, generating muscles, stopping low back pain, eliminating acne, rubbing with anhydride, good people with breast carbuncle and anal swelling and pain. "

③ "Gangmu": "treatment of malnutrition and swelling, benefit large intestine diarrhea, hemorrhoids and tumors. "

④ "The preparation of Materia Medica": "diarrhea heat, external treatment of sores. Benefit large intestine, treat diarrhea and malnutrition, scrofula and hemorrhoids, mastitis and bengdu. Detumescence and detoxification, promoting muscle growth and removing creatinine. "

⑤ "Ben Cao Qiu yuan": "it can cure all cold dampness and stagnant heat, such as gout paralysis, Xing Bi, Sao Jue, beriberi, contracture, crane knee. "

[usage and dosage] external use: grind the powder and apply it, grind the juice and apply it or wash it with boiling water. Oral: more into the pill, powder; decoction, 2-4 points.

[should not] pregnant women and those with deficiency should not take it.

① "Ben Cao Hui Yan:" those with deficiency of stomach, large intestine and Yuan Zhen loss should not be invested. "

② Yilin zuanyao: "avoid pork. "

[selected formula] ① for all kinds of poisons, those with redness, swelling and dizziness: two liang of mubiezi (shelled), half liang of Caowu, four liang of Xiaofen and two liang of Pinellia. Apply the four ingredients to tieyao once a day, from the outside to the inside, leaving the top of the sore to release toxic gas. (Wulong ointment in yizongjinjian)

② For the treatment of sores, sores and poisons, for the treatment of sores and poisons, for the treatment of sores and poisons, for the treatment of children, five soft shelled soft shelled turtles, four Liang white and tender rosin, two for the treatment of tonglv Yanxi, two for the treatment of frankincense and myrrh, seven for the treatment of castor bean, five for the treatment of Croton meat and one for the treatment of almonds. The upper eight flavors are in one place, and the stone mortar is pounded more than 3000 times to form a paste. Take it and soak it in cool water. With the size of the sore, rub it into a thin sheet by hand, stick it on the sore and cover it with silk. (yizongjinjian Shenxiao qianchui ointment)

③ For the treatment of swelling and heat pain of two ears: one or two Mu BIE Zi Ren (Yan Ru Gao), half liang of red bean powder, half liang of Sichuan rhubarb powder. Apply the medicine with the same research order evenly, water, oil, spin and apply it. (Sheng Hui Fang)

④ For the treatment of scrofula, there is no way to stop, and the pus and blood are dripping: there are two wooden turtle kernels, wipe off the oil with thick paper, grind them, mix them with black chicken seeds, fill them with magnetic cup, and steam them in the steamer. Take it once a day after eating for half a month. (mubiegao in renzhaizhizhifang)

⑤ Treatment of hemorrhoids: Schizonepeta tenuifolia, mubiezi, Puerarine, etc. Fry the soup, put it in the bottle, smoke it and wash it warm. (Puji Fang)

⑥ Treatment of infantile Dan tumor: new cases of mubiezi are shelled, grinded like mud, mixed with light vinegar, three or five times a day. (the essence of surgery)

⑦ The treatment of trichiasis, wind itching, also rotten: Mu BIE Zi Ren beat rotten, with silk package as a strip, the left side of the right side of the nose, the right side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the nose; the second service cicada slough medicine is better. (Sun Tianren Jixiao Fang)

⑧ Treatment of Yin hernia pain: Mu biezi a grinding vinegar, adjust Phellodendron amurense, Furong at the end of the application. (Shouyu shenfang)

⑨ Treatment of beriberi swelling and pain, kidney wind, attack and injection of the lower part of the sore itching: kansui banliang, mubieziren four. For the end, a pig kidney, to the skin film, sliced, with four money medicine, mixed in, wet paper package simmer cooked, hollow food, rice next. After taking it, stretch your feet. After defecating, eat porridge for two or three days. (the parties)

⑩ Treatment of beriberi swelling and pain: stir fry the seeds of wooden turtle with bran on both sides, slice them and then stir fry them. Remove the oil as much as possible. Put half of thick cinnamon into every two. Serve them with hot wine to make them sweat. (Yonglei qianfang)

(11) treatment of psoriasis: Wooden turtle multi-purpose (shell), garlic alone half money, realgar half money. Apply pestle as paste, add a little vinegar, and stick wax paper on the affected area. (Xiji Fang mubie ointment)

(12) treatment of malaria mother: Mu biezi, pangolin (gun), etc. For the end, every three money, hollow warm wine. (medical abstract)

Treatment of meridians and collaterals affected by wind and cold evil, tendon involvement, skin pain, agglomeration and nucleation, contracture paralysis: one or two mu biezi (peeled, filed as big as adzuki bean, soaked in clear oil for one night, then simmered for half a day, take out mu biezi, add a coin of yellow vinegar, mix well, wait for vinegar to turn into degree, silk filter to remove dross), one coin of frankincense (don't grind carefully, wait for mu biezi oil and wax to coagulate, rush to pour in In the oil, do not stop stirring. On the magnetic collection, each with a little, rub muscle skin pain hard place, do not stop, to extreme heat for the degree. (mubiezi ointment in Baiyi Xuanfang)

(14) treatment of beating injury, blood stasis does not disperse pain: Mu biezi (Shell Research) half Liang, GUI (rough skin) three, Yun Taizi (wine immersion Research) two, clove 50. For the first four flavors, the clove and cinnamon were mixed together with the researcher. Then the ginger juice was used to cook the rice porridge. On the paper, the amount of the medicine was mixed into the porridge to see whether it was cold or hot. Change it every day. (mubie wrapped prescription in Shengji Zonglu)

The treatment of infantile chancre disease: Mu biezi Ren, Shi Junzi Ren, etc. Pound mud, rice drink pills, mustard seed big, each take five minutes, rice drink, two times a day. (Sun Tianren Jixiao Fang)

(16) to cure chancre disease, you can't see anything: Mu BIE Zi Ren Er Qian, Hu Huang Lian Yi Qian. For the end, rice paste pill longan big, steamed into chicken, even chicken food. (Sun Tianren Jixiao Fang)

To treat infantile dysentery, smooth bowel and prolapse: Agaricus two coins, half liang of Fructus aurantii (stir fried with bran), half liang of wulingzhi (stir fried), half liang of mubiezi (shell scale) (for shelling). On the first three taste for fine powder, the second into the wood turtle in the same research fine, vinegar cooked batter for the ball, such as millet. Every three-year-old takes 30 pills, vinegar mixed with tea, before milk. (mubiezi pill in Yang's family Tibetan prescription)

[clinical application] topical treatment of psoriasis, psoriasis, alopecia has a certain effect

Usage: remove the shell of the wooden turtle, dip vinegar into the coarse porcelain (such as the bottom of the bowl) and grind the medicine juice. Before going to bed, dip the affected area with cotton or brush, once a day or every other day. The affected area should be washed with salt water before applying the medicine; the patients with tinea and the whole body can be treated by stages and pieces. Generally, it takes about 10 ml vinegar to grind the semen of 1 Qian Mu biezi, and its medicinal juice can be applied to 5-7 spots of 3 x 2 cm tinea.

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