Aesculus

Aesculus

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

[alias] yajiaomu Xiaoye, Hantaoye (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine), Shoushu, qijiapi, qiyemo (new selection of Guangxi practical Chinese herbal medicine), qiyelan (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army).

[source] it is the root or stem leaf of Hedysarum chinense.

[plant morphology] Cynanchum chinense

Evergreen vine like shrub, the whole plant has fragrance. Stem green, with fine longitudinal lines, smooth glabrous. They are palmately compound, alternate; leaflets usually 7, total petiole 7-9 cm long; stipules connate with petiole at petiole base, conspicuous; leaflets long ovate, 9-16 cm long, 2.5-4 cm wide, apex caudal, base rounded, entire, leathery, green above, glossy below, pale green below, reticulate; petiole 1-3 cm long, longest in the middle. Inflorescence umbelliform, assembled into a panicle, terminal; flowers bluish white, calyx 5-toothed; petals 5-piece, separated, ovate; stamens 5-piece. Berries globose, yellow red when ripe. It blooms in spring and summer.

In valleys or wet open forests. Distributed in Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Taiwan and other places.

The Aesculus used in Yunnan is the whole plant of Hedysarum micranthum with the same efficacy. Its original plant is small evergreen tree, 5-7 meters high. The leaves are palmately compound, 5-7 leaflets, elliptic, 5-10 cm long and 2.5-4 cm wide, apex short acuminate, base rounded to broadly cuneate, entire, petiole 2-4 cm long. Panicle about 16 cm long; flowers white, fragrant, pedicel obvious. Berries globose, dark purple when ripe.

[collection] all year round. Wash and dry.

[flavor] slightly bitter, warm.

① Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "warm in nature, pungent in taste. "

② "Bitter, sweet, warm" in the Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. It can treat rheumatic arthralgia, stomachache, traumatic fracture and bleeding.

"New selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi": "promoting qi and relieving pain, promoting blood circulation and detumescence, strengthening muscles and bones. Treatment of acute rheumatoid arthritis, stomachache, fracture, sprain and contusion, lumbocrural pain, paralysis. "

[usage and dosage] oral: Jianyang, 3-5 yuan. External use: mash and apply on the affected area.

[should not] pregnant women should use it with caution.

[prescription selection] ① for rheumatoid arthritis: appropriate amount of aesculin, honglongchuanhuaye and dafengai. Total mash, stir fry hot with wine, apply the affected area, bandage with cloth. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment of traumatic injury: qiyelian, distiller's grains of the appropriate amount. Mash together, wrap with banana leaves, simmer and apply to the affected area. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of traumatic bleeding: appropriate amount of Aesculus. Mash and apply to the affected area. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[clinical application] 1

For all kinds of pain, such as urinary tract stone infection, biliary tract stone infection, fracture, ulcer disease, intestinal ascariasis, pancreatitis, rheumatic pain, all kinds of cancer and postoperative pain, it has a certain analgesic effect. 1. Intramuscular injection: take dried products to make injection, each milliliter contains 6 grams of crude drugs, intramuscular injection, 2 milliliters for adults, 1 milliliter for adults over 2 years old, 0.5 milliliter for children under 2 years old, and repeat the injection if necessary. The pain disappeared in 25 cases, significantly reduced in 23 cases and relieved in 12 cases. The shortest onset time is 10 minutes, most of which are within half an hour. There was no obvious side effect. Two acupoint injection: 96 cases of gastrointestinal pain were treated by acupoint injection at Zhongwan point with 1g crude drug per milliliter. After treatment, the pain disappeared in 72 cases, markedly effective in 14 cases, improved in 7 cases and ineffective in 2 cases. The shortest onset time was 3 minutes and the longest 35 minutes, with an average of 13 minutes. It is said that the analgesic effect of point injection of Aesculus root is better than atropine, and it will not produce side effects like atropine. 3. Oral Decoction: take 0.5-1 liang of dry root, stem and leaf of the product every day, decoct in water and take it twice.

In addition, for neuropathic pain, the whole herb decoction of Aesculus chinensis was used for ion entry therapy, once a day or every other day, 30 minutes each time. 16 cases were observed, 10 cases were cured (pain completely disappeared), 5 cases were improved (pain relieved or times reduced). General treatment 2 ~ 3 times is obvious curative effect, the number of pain reduced or alleviated.

② Anesthesia

The injection containing 2G crude drug per milliliter was used for ear point injection anesthesia in 112 cases of tooth extraction, jaw cyst resection and jaw fracture reduction in stomatology department. 89.4% of the patients had satisfactory or better anesthesia effect.

Chinese PinYin : Qi Ye Lian