Water lily

Water lily

(Ben Jing)

[source] it is the flower of Daphne family.

[plant morphology] water lily

Deciduous shrub, 30-90 cm high, slender branches. Branchlets with filiform hairs. Leaves alternate or opposite, oblong lanceolate, 2.5-7.5 cm long and 1.5-2.5 cm wide, apex acute, base broadly cuneate, entire, upper green, subglabrous or sparsely pubescent, lower gray green, densely pubescent, veins raised; petiole about 3 mm long, covered with fine hairs. Flowers yellow, terminal sparse axillary spikes, or re synthetic panicles, covered with fine hairs; without petals, calyx tube 6-8 mm long, apex 4-lobed, lobes obtuse; disk scaly linear; stamens 2-whorled, filaments short; ovary superior, style short, stigma spherical. Drupe narrowly ovoid, black, with filiform hairs. The flowering period is from May to June.

It grows in the crevices of the stone wall in the mountain area or in the moist places along the slope and ditch. It is distributed in Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Yunnan and other places.

It's hard work, cold and poisonous.

① Ben Jing: "it tastes bitter and cold. "

② Bielu: "pungent, slightly cold, poisonous. "

[Guijing] Ben Cao Qiu Zhen: "enter the intestines and stomach. "

[function indications] xieshui drink can break accumulation. Zhiliuyin, cough, upper Qi, edema, baihuangpi.

① According to the book of classic: "it is mainly responsible for typhoid fever and warm malaria. It goes down to the twelve rivers to break the accumulation and strengthen the body. It can clean up the addiction and food in the stomach and intestines, cool and heat evil Qi, and benefit the waterways. "

② Bielu: "treat phlegm and cough. "

③ "Treatise on medicinal properties": "it is used to treat cough, adverse upper Qi, swollen and full throat, Qi block and swelling in lower water. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.8-1.5 yuan; or pills.

[should avoid] the body has no accumulation and pregnant women should not take.

[prescription selection] 1. Zhizhong Zhiman drink: half Yuanhua (genkwa) and half Penghua (Zanghua), one or two licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis), one or two Euphorbia, one or two kansui (kansui), one or two rhubarb (rhubarb) and one or two Scutellaria (Scutellaria baicalensis), ten jujube (Zizyphus jujuba). On the eight flavor, finely cut, five liters of water, boiled into a liter of six. Divided into four clothes, hollow clothes, take fast down as the degree. (Qian Jin Fang Gan Zao Tang)

② To cure the accumulation of evil and cold in the abdomen and eliminate the valley: kansui (kansui), Penghua (Penghua), Yuanhua (genkwa), Guixin (Guixin), Croton (Croton), almond (almond) and Platycodon grandiflorum (Platycodon). In the first seven flavors, stir fry the water lily and genkwa until fragrant, peel the Croton and almond until discolored. Pound them in different ways, sift them carefully, mash them into balls, and pound them with white honey. If you take Xiaodou one pill, you can take it three times a day. Typhoid fever, diaphragmatic vomiting, diaphragmatic benefit, children also take, women also take body. Avoid pork, asparagus and scallion. (Chui Zao Wan in fan Wang Fang)

[famous scholar's discussion] 1. Ben Cao Yan Yi: "in Zhang Zhongjing's treatise on febrile diseases, those who treat the benefit by means of the flower of Zanthoxylum wilfordii can use it to move the water, while those who leave the water can use it to stop. This is the meaning. However, when people use it today, they should consider it with their own mind. They can't make it worse or worse. Only those with evidence can be used. "

② "Preparation of Materia Medica" says: "the flower of Zanthoxylum has the characteristics of dispersing the heat, relieving the pain and relieving the heat. Its indications are similar to those of Daphne genkwa. "

③ According to Ben Jing Feng Yuan, it can break the accumulation of Baihuang, treat phlegm and cough, and remove throat swelling. The treatment of typhoid fever and warm malaria in this classic is to attack the accumulated and hidden evil. It is said that the twelve meridians of water can also cure the evil of cold and heat in diet. With their bitter, cold, severe and beneficial effects, the evil of diet can be cleaned up, and the cold and heat can be eliminated by themselves. "

④ "Seeking truth from Materia Medica" says: "although the form of Zanthoxylum wilfordii is the same as that of Daphne genkwa, it is by no means similar. The leaf tips of Zanthoxylum wilfordii are willow like, the flowers are purple like Vitex, the stems of Zanthoxylum wilfordii are spinless, and the flowers are fine yellow. To its taste, genkwa is hard and warm, this is hard and cold. In terms of indications, genkwa is pungent and warm, which has the power to reach the surface and move water; in terms of cold Qi, it has the effect of entering the interior and discharging. Therefore, it is recorded in the book that it can cure the disease. However, it belongs to the product of breaking the knot and driving water, which can not be separated. "

Chinese PinYin : Rao Hua