Eggplant root

Eggplant root

(Kaibao materia medica)

Another name is Qie mu.

[source] the root and stem of Solanaceae. See "eggplant" for details of plant morphology.

[collection] from September to October, when the whole plant withers, pull up the roots, remove the dry leaves, clean the soil and dry in the sun.

[medicinal materials] the dry stems are mostly cut into small segments, the roots are whisker like, usually curved and intricate, the main roots are not obvious, the quality is solid, easy to break, the cross section is yellow white, and the center is xylem. The stem is cylindrical or flattened cylindrical, with branches. The cut branches are 12-20 cm long, with brown gray and smooth surface. In addition to fine longitudinal wrinkles, yellow white punctate lenticels are scattered. The leaf scars are half moon shaped and slightly raised. There are residual branches or branch scars on each leaf scar. It is light and hard, not easy to break. The section is yellowish white, uneven, fibrous, with holes in the center and weak Qi. It is better to be dry and leafless.

It is produced in most areas of China.

[pharmacological action] the extracts from roots have some antibacterial effects.

[flavor] sweet and spicy, cold.

① "South Yunnan Materia Medica" says: "cold in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste. "

② Yilin zuanyao: "Xin Xian, Han. "

③ Lu Chuan's materia medica: "it's cold in nature, sweet in taste, and has little poison. "

[function indications] for chronic dysentery, hematochezia, beriberi, toothache and chilblain.

① "Kaibao Materia Medica": "it can be used to treat frostbite, and it can be used as a good soup stain. "

② "Daily use Materia Medica": "burn ash and apply to the place where frostbite is worn out. "

③ "Diannan Materia Medica": "it can promote liver qi, wash the wind of skin itching, and lead the wind by wandering, so as to dispel women's lower Yin dampness itching and Yin turbid sores. "Root, leaf, steaming heat to cure paralysis. "

④ "Compendium": "disperse blood and detumescence, treat blood drenching, lower blood, blood dysentery, Yin stiff, teeth hidden, mouth mushroom. "

⑤ Yilin zuanyao: "heat dissipation, detumescence, treatment of wind arthralgia. "

⑥ "Classification of herbal medicine": "treat rheumatism, paralysis of muscles and bones, wash hemorrhoids. "

⑦ "Tianbao Materia Medica": "to the next coke, damp heat, phlegm fire, beriberi. "

⑧ There is convergence in Lingnan caiyao Lu. It is used to treat Chibai diarrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-6 yuan; or powder. External use: decocting and washing, mashing and spreading, or burning and storing, grinding and dressing.

[formula selection] ① for chronic dysentery: eggplant root (burnt ash), pomegranate peel, etc. It's the end. Take it with sugar and water. (simple formula)

② Treatment of dental caries pain: a eggplant root mash juice, frequency of application. Two Chen eggplant root burn ash apply, first to dew beehive Decoction gargle. (name of the sea)

③ Treatment of toothache: Solanaceae to horse urine immersion for three days, sun fried for the end, every point with teeth that fall. (Bao's formula for children)

④ Cure vulva to stand out: eggplant root burns to save sex, for end, oil is adjusted on paper, roll is installed inside, on a day. (business in heaven and earth)

⑤ For those who can't walk and have swollen toes in summer: collect eggplant roots in September and hang them under the eaves, then fry and wash them day by day. (simple formula)

⑥ Treat mushroom in mouth: gargle with vinegar, burn ash with eggplant, divide into flying salt, dilute with rice vinegar, and wipe it from time to time. (pick Yuan Fang)

[clinical application] treatment of chronic tracheitis

The eggplant root was made into syrup containing 2G crude drug per milliliter, 50ml each time, 2-3 times a day, 10 days as a course of treatment, three courses of treatment. 68 cases were treated, 22 cases were controlled recently, 21 cases were markedly effective, 19 cases were improved and 6 cases were ineffective. The expectorant and antiasthmatic effects of this drug are better than others, and the disappearance of rales is not satisfactory. After taking the medicine, the red blood cells and hemoglobin decreased in varying degrees, and there was no obvious effect on the liver and kidney function.

Chinese PinYin : Qie Gen