Millennium health

Millennium health

(collection of compendium)

[synonym] yibaozhen (records of traditional Chinese Medicine), which can be seen for thousands of years (compilation of medicinal materials).

[source] it is the rhizome of Araceae.

[plant morphology] Millennium health

Perennial herbs. Rhizome fleshy, green, slender, 1-2 cm in diameter, rough. Leaves alternate; petiole 18-25 cm long, fleshy, green, smooth, glabrous, base expanded into yellowish leaf sheath, wrapped with rhizome, leaf sheath about 3-5 cm long, exfoliated or persistent; leaf blade ovate sagittate, 11-15 cm long, 7-11 cm wide, apex acuminate, base sagittate and round, spreading, entire, surface green, back light green, both sides smooth, glabrous, lateral veins parallel It rises up obliquely and shrinks regularly after drying. The flower is a fleshy inflorescence; the bract tube of foyan is persistent and the leaves fall off; the flower is unisexual without perianth. The fruit is a berry. The flowering period is from March to April.

It grows in the wet land near the ditch in the forest. Distribution of Guangxi, Yunnan

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, and the quality of autumn harvest is better. After digging, wash the soil and dry it in the sun.

[medicinal materials] the dried rhizomes are long cylindrical, curved, different in length, usually about 40 cm long, 6-8 mm in diameter, brownish red or brownish yellow, rough in surface, with many twisted deep longitudinal grooves and yellow white needle like protrusions. The grooves are arranged in layers, each layer is about 1.5 cm long, and the end is a needle like protrusion. It is brittle and easy to break. The broken surface is uneven. There are a lot of thick and tough needle like fibers in the resin sample, and there are pinhole like holes left after fiber removal. The cross section is light brown to brownish red, and the fiber group is scattered in yellow dots. It is fragrant, unpleasant and pungent. Brownish red, tiaozu and fragrant are the best.

It is widely distributed in Southwest China.

[chemical constituents] it contains volatile oil, including α - pinene, β - pinene and linalool.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

① Ben Cao Zai Xin: "it tastes bitter, has a cold nature, and has little poison. "

② Ben Cao Qiu yuan: "Xin, Wen. "

③ Collection of medicinal materials: "bitter, warm, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] 1. Bencao Zaixin: "entering the liver and lung meridians. "

② "Into the liver, kidney two classics. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind and dampness, strengthen muscles and bones, relieve pain and detumescence. Treatment of rheumatic arthralgia, limb pain, muscle flaccidity soft, stomach pain, carbuncle sore swelling. It is used for rheumatic arthralgia, low back and knee cold pain and lower limb numbness. This product can dispel rheumatism and strengthen the bones. Take this product together with jiangdifeng, HuGu, Achyranthes bidentata, medlar, etc.

① Little knowledge of Citrus Garden: "it's best for the old people to enter medicinal wine, because of the pain of climate. "

② According to the compendium of compendium, strengthening the muscles and bones, soaking wine, stopping stomachache and grinding wine. "

③ New Materia Medica, treating carbuncle, flaccidity, sore and gangrene, killing insects and poisoning, detumescence and purulence. "

④ "Yinpianxinshen": "enter the blood, dispel wind dampness arthralgia, strengthen muscles and bones, treat limb soreness. "

⑤ "Manual of Chinese herbal medicine": "it is used to treat wind pain, weakness of muscles and bones, and hemiplegia. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1.5-3 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: grind and apply.

[taboo] 1. In the little knowledge of citrus orchard, it is forbidden to use radish. "

② "Yinxu Neire" should be used with caution. "

Chinese PinYin : Qian Nian Jian