Prinsepia

Prinsepia

(Lei Gong Paozhi Lun)

[synonyms] Prinsepia nucifera (Ben Jing), Prinsepia Fructus (Ben Cao Shi Yi), baizhuren, Zhuren and meirenzi (collection of medicinal materials).

[source] it is the dry mature fruit core of Platycladus uniflora, a Rosaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Platycladus simpliflorus, also known as 棫 and 桵 Bai 桵 Er 桵 ya 桵 and 桵 Shuowen 桵 and 桵 Shen 桵 Yao 桵 and 桵 Ruili 棫 and 桵 Jiuhuang 桵 Ben Cao 棫 and.

Deciduous shrub, up to 1.5 m high. The stem is much branched, the skin is brown; the leaf axils have short spines. Leaf blade linear oblong, narrowly obovate or ovate lanceolate, 3-6 cm long, 5-10 mm wide, apex obtuse, apical or slightly concave, base cuneate, both sides decurrent into petioles, entire or sparsely serrate. Flower 1-3 clusters, leaf axils, diameter about 1.5 cm, pedicel 5-10 mm long; calyx tube cup-shaped, lobes 5, broad and short, green: petals 5, suborbicular, clawed, white; stamens 10, anthers ovoid, filaments short; pistil ovary ovoid, style inserted near base, style capitate. The drupe is spherical, 1-1.5 cm in diameter, black when ripe, and covered with waxy white powder. The flowering period is from April to June. The fruit period is from July to August.

It grows on hillsides or sand dunes between rivers. It is distributed in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and Henan.

[collection] the fruits in summer and autumn are picked when they are ripe, and the flesh is removed, washed and dried in the sun.

[medicinal material] the dried fruit core is slightly flat and heart-like, with a slight asymmetry on both sides. The surface is light brown to dark brown with dark reticular grooves. It's hard. The seed coat is brown to dark brown, the cotyledons are 2 pieces, white, fat and rich in oil. Without Qi, the taste is slightly bitter. Light brown, plump and plump are preferred.

It is mainly produced in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

[chemical composition] the seed contains 10.36% moisture, 1.72% ash, 3.53% protein, 7.57% fat and 56.91% fiber. The kernel contains 36% oil.

[processing] remove impurities, wash and dry them in the sun, mash them when using them, or knock off the endocarp to get the seeds.

Sweet and cold.

① Bielu: "slightly cold, non-toxic. "

② Yilin zuanyao: "sweet and salty, cold. "

[Guijing] into the liver and heart channels.

① In the explanation of Lei Gong's processed medicinal properties, the three meridians of heart, liver and spleen are introduced. "

② "Yuluoyaojie" says: "start with Taiyin lung meridian, foot Jueyin liver meridian. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind, dissipate heat, nourish liver and improve eyesight. It is used to treat red eyes, swelling and pain, dim and shy, rotten canthus, tears and epistaxis.

① "Ben Jing" says: "master heart and abdomen evil knot Qi, bright eyes, eyes red pain Hurt tears. "

② Wu Pu's materia medica: "to strengthen the ambition of the middle school, to make our ears and eyes clear. "

③ Bielu: "the eyes are swollen, the canthus are rotten, the nose is swollen, the heart is broken, and the phlegm and Qi are accumulated under the heart. "

④ "Treatment of epistaxis" in Treatise on medicinal properties. "

⑤ In the collection of Materia Medica, it is said that "when you are born, you will sleep; when you are ripe, you will not sleep. "

⑥ "Materia medica Menghong": "it is specially used for ophthalmology, eliminating the swelling and rotten string of upper and lower cells, removing the heat barrier and pterygium of left and right canthus, annealing, stopping tears, benefiting water and generating light. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 1.5 ~ 3 yuan. Topical use: degrease and grind into ointment, point eyes or fry and wash with water.

[should avoid] "Ben Cao Jing Shu:" eye disease is not related to wind heat, but due to deficiency of liver and kidney, it should not be used. "

[prescription selection] ① treatment of liver meridian insufficiency, internal wind heat, eye attack, dark itching pain, obscure and difficult to open, dizzy and red swelling, fear of the sun, shyness, unable to farsighted, tears in the wind, common black flowers: brain (Research) 2.5 yuan, Prinsepia (to skin, pressure to oil) 2 liang. On the use of raw honey six money, the brain, prinsettia with search and, each with a little bit of it. (Chufang Chunxue cream)

② For the treatment of eye diseases, the pupil is covered, the vision is not clear, and there are clouds: three points of Prinsepia (peeled and pointed), six points of Angelica sinensis and licorice, eight points of Fangfeng, two points of Coptis chinensis (picked and treated) (filed as big as beans, water in a big bowl, fried until half is used as medicine). The upper file is as big as a bean, and the prinsettia is as big as mud. It can be boiled together. It is not equal to dripping in water. Put in a little honey to remove the foam, and then boil it for a little time. It can make the patient calm down and have slight pain in the eyes. It can be used five or seven times a day. It is especially effective when lying on the bed. However, if you want to use more, it will make the medicine more powerful. (Baidian ointment in the secret collection of orchid chamber)

③ Take down Yimo: a prinsettia kernel (to oil) five, green salt one, pig pancrease five money. A total of two thousand times, such as mud, cans, points. (the "compendium" poyun cream) two prinsettia kernel one or two (to oil), into the white Pengsha one money, musk two points, research evenly, receive the point. (compendium)

④ Treatment of red and rotten eyes: a prinsettia (peeled) 49, Hu powder (calcined such as gold) a chicken big, grind evenly, into a crisp almond Xu, borneol three beans Xu, grind evenly, oil paper wrapped, each with pockmarked Xu, painted on the canthus and canthus, frequent use to get effect. (Jin Xiao Fang) two prinsettia kernels and one or two almonds each. Peel and grind them evenly. Add a little greasy powder to make pills. Wash them with hot soup. (good recipe for experience)

In Yilin zuanyao, a famous scholar's treatise, it is said that "Bai Ruiren has the same merits as Suanzaoren. When it is born, it is salty and can disperse the use of gods; when it is ripe, it is sweet and can stabilize the master of gods. People know that it can cure eye diseases, but they don't know that it can nourish the heart for a long time. "

Chinese PinYin : Rui Ren