Akebia

Akebia

(on medicinal properties)

[synonyms] Tongcao, Fuzhi (Ben Jing), dingweng (Wu Pu Ben Cao), Dingfu (Guang ya), yinteng (Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu), wangweng, Wannian, Wannian Teng (on medicinal properties), yanlei, Wulei (Tang Ben Cao).

[source] it is the woody stem of Akebia, Akebia trifoliata and Akebia.

[plant morphology] 1. Akebia, also known as Cucurbitaceae and sea cucumber.

Deciduous or semi evergreen twining shrubs, 6-10m high, all glabrous. The leaves are palmately compound; 3 leaflets are ovate or ovate, oblong, 3-7 cm long and 2-4 cm wide; the apex is round, the center is depressed, the base is round or slightly heart-shaped to broadly cuneate, the whole edge or microwave-shaped, and both sides are light green. Flowers monoecious, raceme axillary, about 15 cm long, total pedicel slender; purple reddish or lavender flowers; female flowers 1-3 in the lower part of inflorescence, bracts linear, perianth 3, oval, round top, staminodes 6, pistils 3-6, stigma capitate; male flowers with small bracts, perianth 3, obovate, tip slightly concave, stamens 6, filaments triangular, pistillodes 3 or 4 They are oval or long cylindric, 8-13 cm long and 4 cm wide. They are purple at maturity. Seeds oblong, dark red. The flowering period is from March to April. The fruit period is from October to November.

Wild in hillside wasteland half shade. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, etc.

The root, fruit and seed of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special regulations.

② Akebia trifoliata, please refer to the "August letter".

③ Mutong, please refer to "August letter".

[collection] harvest in September, cut off the stem, scrape off the skin and dry in the shade.

[medicinal material] the dry stem of Akebia trifoliata is cylindrical and curved, 30-60 cm long and 1.2-2 cm in diameter. The surface is grayish brown, the outer skin is very rough and there are many irregular cracks, the nodes are not obvious, only the lateral branch broken marks can be seen. It is hard and hard to break. The cross section is fibrous. The skin is thick and yellowish brown. The wood is yellowish white. The ducts are densely covered with fine holes and have grayish yellow radial patterns. There is a small medulla in the center. Weak Qi, bitter and astringent taste. It's better to be even and yellow inside.

Produced in Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi and other places.

At present, the main medicinal materials of Akebia are Akebia, Akebia chuanensis, Akebia huaiensis and Akebia baiensis. Among them, Akebia guanensis is the most widely used stem of Aristolochiaceae. The stem of Aristolochiaceae is the stem of Aristolochiae (see "Akebia guanensis" for details); Akebia chuanensis is the stem of Ranunculaceae. The stem of Aristolochiaceae It is only produced and sold in a few areas. However, Akebia recorded in the materia medica of the past dynasties is Akebia, which is rarely used at present.

[chemical constituents] the stem contains stigmasterol, etc. Oleanolic acid, glucose and rhamnose were obtained from the root.

[processing] soak slightly in water, moisten until thoroughly, slice and dry.

Bitter and cool.

① Ben Jing: "the taste is pungent and the taste is flat. "

② Wu Pu's materia medica: "Lei Gong: bitter. "

③ "Don't be poisonous. "

④ "On medicinal properties": "slight cold. "

⑤ Haiyao materia medica: "Wenping. "

[meridian tropism] into the heart, small intestine, bladder meridian.

① "Compendium": "hand Jueyin heart envelope, hand and foot sun, small intestine, bladder. "

② "Mu Cao Hui Yan:" start with Shaoyin and follow Taiyang Jing. "

③ "Drug Huayi": it enters the four meridians of Bi, heart, small intestine and bladder. "

④ According to the interpretation of Materia Medica classic, "start with the lung meridian of Taiyin. "

⑤ "Yao Yao Fen Ji": four channels of heart, kidney, bladder and small intestine. "

Functions and indications: purging fire, promoting water circulation and promoting blood circulation. It is used to treat red and astringent urination, drenching, edema, fever in the chest, throat obstruction, sore throat, body pain, amenorrhea and milk obstruction.

① Ben Jing: "it can remove the evil insects, remove the cold and heat in the spleen and stomach, and dredge the blood vessels and joints of the nine orifices. "

② Wu Pu's materia medica: "stop sweating. "

③ Bielu: "in the treatment of spleen jaundice, the patient is often sleepy, upset, making a sound, treating deafness, dispersing carbuncle and swelling, as well as golden sores, malignant sores, rat fistulas, nasal polyps, abortion and removing the three worms. "

④ "Theory of medicinal properties": "it is mainly used to treat five kinds of gonorrhea, facilitate urination, and open and close the lattice. Treat people sleep more, main edema floating big, in addition to trouble heat. "

⑤ Food therapy materia medica: "boiling and drinking can activate women's blood gas, eliminate the cold and heat barrier, eliminate rat fistula, golden sores, Cuan break, and make wine with boiling juice.". "

⑥ Materia medica notes: "it is easy to defecate. "

⑦ "Haiyao Materia Medica": "it is mainly used to treat fistula sores, sore throat and throat obstruction. It should be taken by decocting and grinding, and contained immediately. "

⑧ "Food nature Materia Medica": "it is mainly responsible for wind heat and drenching disease, urination effect is acute and painful, and the lower abdomen is empty and full. It is suitable to fry soup and eat green onion. "

⑨ "Rihuazi Materia Medica" says: "ease your mind, relieve thirst and fever. It can cure amnesia, clear the eyes and ears, treat nasal obstruction, dredge the small intestine, enter the water, break the accumulated blood clots, discharge pus, treat sores and boils, relieve pain, give birth to lower cells, women's blood stasis, irregular moon, diseases in the morning, headache, dizziness, poor milk knot, and lower milk. "

⑩ "Anhui herbal medicine": treatment of beriberi edema. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 yuan; or into pills, powder.

[should avoid] no dampness and heat, body fluid deficiency, weak Qi, fine and smooth, frequent and pregnant women should not take it.

① According to the classic of Materia Medica, "it is forbidden to use those who are fine and slippery, have no dream, have weak Yang deficiency Qi, and have no dampness and heat inside. Pregnancy should be avoided. "

② "Depai Materia Medica": "kidney qi deficiency, weak heart qi, sweating, dry mouth and tongue are forbidden. "

[selected formula] ① for children's heart heat (small intestine fire, stool pain, face red and manic, mouth chylous ulcer, teeth thirsty): raw Rehmannia glutinosa, licorice , Akebia. At the end of the same, each take three money, a water, into the bamboo leaves with fried to five minutes, after eating warm. (Daochi powder in Zhijue of Xiaoer Yaozheng)

② Treatment of blood in urine: Akebia, Achyranthes bidentata, Rehmannia glutinosa, asparagus, Ophiopogon japonicus, Schisandra chinensis, Phellodendron chinense, licorice. Take the same decoction. (Ben Cao Jing Shu)

③ Treatment of water gas, urine astringent, body swelling: Black mortar skin two liang, Mutong one or two (file), betel nut one or two. On a piece of medicine, pound fine Luo for powder, every time regardless of time, to porridge drink two money. (Sheng Hui Fang)

④ Treatment of gushing water, bowel sounds, abdominal large: Mutong (file) three Liang, sanggen Baipi (file, fried), Shiwei (hair), red Poria Cocos (black skin), Fangji, Alisma, four big abdomen (gun). On the seven flavor, coarse mash sieve, each take three money dagger, water a half, fry to a, to dross, before eating warm clothes, such as line five li service. (Tongcao drink in Shengji Zonglu)

⑤ For the treatment of laryngopharyngeal obstruction, such as Bentong (file), chifuling (file), antelope horn chips (file), chuanshengma (file), iris root (file), rhubarb (file), mirabilite (file), Peucedanum (file), sanggen (file). On the piece of medicine, pound coarse Luo for powder, each take three money, with water in a cup, fried to six minutes, to dross, regardless of time warm. (Sheng Hui Fang Mu Tong San)

⑥ For women with amenorrhea and irregular moon events: Akebia, Achyranthes bidentata, Rehmannia glutinosa, corydalis. Take the same decoction. (Ben Cao Jing Shu)

⑦ Treatment of postpartum milk: Akebia, bell milk each one or two, Lou Lu (to Lu TOU) two, Trichosanthes kirilowii root, licorice each one or two. On the five flavor, mash file as big as beans, each take three money dagger, water one and a half, millet with a pinch of fried, waiting for rice cooked to dross, warm, regardless of time. (Mutong soup in Shengji Zonglu)

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