Cross the altar Dragon

Cross the altar Dragon

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonym], heigumang, yangjucao (Lingnan medicine collection record), Adiantum, heigumangji (Guangzhou flora), luojue fern, heijiaojiao fern, wuclaw black fern (Guangxi medicine plant record), wujiaogun (Luchuan materia medica), luodimple fern (Nanning medicine record), tiejiaoluji (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine), tieluji, wufeiyi, Xiao (Lingnan herbal medicine record), chicken feet Lotus (medicinal records of Hunan Province), wujiaoji and tielangli (prescription of folk herbal medicine in Jiangxi Province), tiejiaolangqi, shuangjiacao, wujiaoji, wujiaojiao fern and tielangqi (folk herbal medicine in Zhejiang Province).

[source] it is the whole grass or rhizome of Adiantum fan leaf.

[plant morphology] Adiantum fan leaf

Perennial herbs, 40-50 cm high. Rhizome short and erect, covered with narrowly lanceolate, acuminate scales. Petiole clustered, tough, dark brown to purplish black, shiny, base with scales, upper naked, 10-25 cm long; leaf leathery, both sides naked, irregular broad ovate, 20 cm long, 15 cm wide, 2-or 3-asymmetric bifurcated branches; central pinna largest, linear lanceolate, 10-15 cm long, 2 cm wide, blunt at the top; small pinna oblique Elliptic to fan-shaped, alternate on both sides of the axis, 1 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, with short stalks covered with hairs. The upper and outer edges are round and slightly serrated, and the lower edge is rectangular, slightly imbricate, arranged on the axis, but also sparsely; the veins are not obvious, fan-shaped; the axis is dark brown, bright, with reddish brown short setae on it. The sporangia are elliptic, growing on the top of the vein on the upper or outer edge of the pinnule, usually connected; the ascospore cap is the same shape as the sporangia, formed by the serrated inflection of the leaf margin.

Born in the shade and wet under the forest. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Zhejiang, etc.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, fresh or dried in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the whole herb contains flavonoid glycosides, organic acids, amino acids, phenols and sugars.

Bitter, pungent and cool.

① "The taste is bitter. "

② Lu Chuan's materia medica: "pungent and astringent, slightly cool. "

③ "Lingnan herbal medicine annals": "the taste is light and the nature is cool. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, removing dampness, removing blood stasis and dispersing swelling. Treatment of acute infectious hepatitis, dysentery, diarrhea, sand drench, hematemesis, bloody stool, rash, injury, scald, traumatic bleeding, rash.

① According to the textual research on the names and facts of plants: "to treat sore poison, apply it at the end of research, and the sore can not be wiped. "

② Lingnan caiyao Lu: "in the treatment of phlegm, fire and tuberculosis, the effect is better. The treatment of dampness and heat, hematochezia and color were decocted in water. Smash external application to treat hundred feet bite, manage injury swelling and pain. "

③ "Guangxi medicine Zhi Tu Zhi": "take orally to treat sand drenching, white dysentery. For external use, it can be used to treat knife and axe injuries, stop bleeding, generate muscle, close mouth, and renew muscles and bones. "

④ "Nanning drug records": "convergence, pain and swelling. It can cure dysentery, damp heat, diarrhea, bloody stool, bruise, scald, wash sore, discharge pus and disperse swelling. "

⑤ Lingnan herbal medicine annals: "clearing exterior and interior heat and stagnation, relaxing muscles, activating collaterals and calming pain. "

⑥ Jiangxi folk herbal medicine prescription: "clearing away heat and diuresis, reducing fire and removing blood stasis. To cure the scrofula. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or mashed juice. External use: tamping, grinding, sprinkling or mixing.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat dysentery: take one or two pieces of tanlong, wash and mash it, add cold boiled water, remove the dregs and take the juice, and mix it with white sugar. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

② Treatment of red and white dysentery: guotanlong, fengweifern each two. Fried soup. If baiduo is more than tanlong, the amount of Fengwei is less than hongduo, the opposite is true. (illustrated records of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

③ Treatment of dampness and heat jaundice: one or two of the whole herbs of guotanlong. Take it in water. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of sand drenching: two to three taels of dragon. Silverware is the same as water clothes. (illustrated records of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

⑤ Treatment of lung heat cough, bring down: over the tan long whole grass one or two, add rock sugar, water decoction, even take three doses. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

⑥ Treatment of children with high fever and convulsions: five yuan to one or two yuan for the fresh leaves of guotanlong. Mash, add cold boiled water to beat the juice. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑦ Treatment of hematemesis: guotan dragon root, root (also known as ivy) each two. Add lean meat or pig feet and cook. (Lingnan herbal medicine)

⑧ Treatment of scrofula: two liang of dragon root and two liang of cuttlefish. Add water and stew. (prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑨ Add tendons and bones: mash the dragon in the jar, stir fry with wine and apply with hot compress. (illustrated records of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

⑩ Treatment of scald: sun dry the leaves of tanlong, grind them into fine powder, mix them with sesame oil and apply them. (prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

(11) stop the bleeding of trauma, promote the growth of muscles and close up the mouth: dry it in the tan dragon, grind it and spread it. (illustrated records of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

(12) treatment of head and face sores: one or two over the altar. Take it in water. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⒀ treatment of scrotal redness and swelling: guotanlong, Overlord grass. Dry in the sun, burn ashes, and apply Gaoliang wine to the affected area. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

(14) treatment of toothache: about three liang of fresh tanlong. Use clear water to fry juice, gargle frequently. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

[clinical application] treatment of acute infectious hepatitis

Take 4 liang of fresh guotanlong (2 liang of dry), decoct with brown sugar, 1 dose daily, take twice. The dosage for children should be halved. Take until the symptoms disappear. Ten children with acute icteric hepatitis were treated. The general symptoms were improved in 3 days on average, jaundice subsided in 4.5 days on average, hepatomegaly reduced in varying degrees after 2 months, and liver function recovered in 28 days on average. Six cases of non icteric hepatitis in children were treated. The general symptoms were improved for an average of 3 days. After 2 months of hepatomegaly, some cases returned to normal, and the liver function recovered for an average of 28 days. Five cases of adult acute icteric hepatitis were treated. The general symptoms were improved for an average of 5 days, jaundice subsided for an average of 12.5 days, hepatomegaly was reexamined after 2 months, tenderness disappeared, hepatomegaly reduced, and liver function recovered for an average of 30 days. 40 cases of adult non icteric hepatitis were treated. After treatment, only 20 cases showed improvement in general symptoms (average 6 days). Hepatomegaly remained unchanged. Liver function returned to normal in 5 cases and improved but unstable in 10 cases. It has been proved that guotanlong is effective in the early stage of acute hepatitis, but has no obvious effect on chronic hepatitis. Although it has curative effect on non icteric hepatitis, it is not ideal. Side effects: nausea, decreased appetite, dizziness, chest tightness and other reactions appeared in some cases after taking the medicine, which disappeared after stopping the medicine.

Chinese PinYin : Guo Tan Long