fir wood

fir wood

(Tang materia medica)

[synonym] Cunninghamia lanceolata.

[source] the heartwood and branches of Cunninghamia lanceolata.

[plant morphology] Chinese fir (Southern vegetative), also known as? ('erya '), Shamu, Taimu (compendium), Shashu, Zhengshan, Zhengmu, Cishan, Guangye and Paoshan.

Evergreen trees, 20-25m high, with a spire shaped crown. Epicarp scaly, light brown, endothelium red; branches flat, short and widely spread. Leaf linear lanceolate, 2.5-6 cm long, apex acute acuminate, base extended downward on the branch and twisted, edge serrate, above light green, below there are two broad white belt. The flowers are unisexual and monoecious; the male inflorescence is cylindrical, with several imbricate scales at the base, each flower is composed of many stamens, each stamen has 3 inverted and 1-locular anthers, which are born on the lower edge of the scale like connective; the female flower is solitary or 3-4 clustered branches, spherical, with 3 inverted ovules per scale. Cones oval, 2.5-5 cm long, scales leathery, light brown, apex acute. The seeds have narrow wings. It blooms in spring and summer.

It is distributed in southeast, middle and southwest of China.

The root (Cunninghamia lanceolata root), bark (Cunninghamia lanceolata bark), nodule (Cunninghamia lanceolata node), leaf (Cunninghamia lanceolata leaf), seed (Cunninghamia lanceolata Seed) and oil (Cunninghamia lanceolata oil) in the wood of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[chemical composition] wood, branches and leaves all contain volatile oil, and the main component of oil is cedrol.

[flavor] pungent, slightly warm.

① Bielu: "slightly warm, non-toxic. "

② "Rihuazi's materia medica:" it tastes spicy. "

③ Benyan: no poison. "

[channel tropism] entering spleen and stomach channels.

① Ben Cao Jing Shu: "enter the foot Yang Ming Jing. "

② In Bencao Zaixin: "entering the spleen and lung meridians. "

Functions and indications: dispelling filth, relieving pain, dispersing dampness and toxin, descending adverse Qi. Cure lacquer sore, rheumatic ulcer, beriberi, galloping porpoise, abdominal distension.

① Bielu: "it mainly treats lacquer sores. "

② Tang materia medica: "boiled juice, soak and smooth the swelling of beriberi; take it to treat abdominal distension and pain, and remove evil Qi. "

③ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "for the treatment of wind poison, galloping porpoise and cholera, Decoction and washing. "

④ "Materia medica Mengluo" said: "decocting and taking the medicine can control the abdominal distention and pain of the heart, and relieve the sudden and violent pain of the heart; washing the medicine can cure the rash and itch. "

⑤ "Ben Jing Feng Yuan": "thin slices of soup, fumigation and washing acne. "

⑥ "Lingnan caiyao Lu": "calcining ash can cure hoarseness, sore throat, and bone fracture. "

⑦ "Collection of commonly used folk herbal medicine": "branch: smooth Qi, eliminate abdominal swelling, phlegm stagnation. Treatment of lung carbuncle, pediatric Yin swelling. "

[usage and dosage] for external use: fumigation with boiling water or mixed application with calcined powder. Oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang; or calcined storage of research powder.

[taboo] Materia Medica from the new: "do not use it if you have a little empty. "

[selected prescription] ① for the treatment of rheumatic and toxic sores, itching or pain, dry or wet: eight Liang pieces of genuine Chinese fir. Soak in boiling soup. (Ben Cao Hui Yan)

② It can cure children's swelling and red pain, cry day and night, and recover after several days: burn ash of old Chinese fir, add greasy powder, and apply clear oil. (Shi Yi De Xiao Fang)

③ Treatment of beriberi, swelling and pain: half a jin of castor leaf, half a jin of water, half a jin of Chinese fir, Sanhe of Sichuan pepper, half a jin of willow bark, half a jin of poplar bark. Apply medicine, file well. Each medicine half a Jin, with water three Dou, boil two Dou, to dross, see the cold and warm, with dip foot. Every time you dip it, if you sweat, you should avoid the wind. (Shenghui prescription)

④ For the treatment of galloping hernia, swelling and pain: two pieces of genuine Chinese fir, eight pieces of Evodia rutaecarpa, eight pieces of green peel, eight pieces of fennel, eight pieces of orange kernel, and five pieces of dried ginger. Fried juice drink. (Sheng Hui Fang)

⑤ Zhiping people's abdominal distension for no reason, suddenly became a poison: two pieces of genuine fir wood, one or two pieces of Achyranthes bidentata, papaya and areca nut. Wash the soup three or four times. (Ben Cao Hui Yan)

⑥ Treatment of cholera: split the yew wood to make a piece, fry it in water and take it. (doumenfang)

⑦ For the treatment of Lung plastic aphasia, burn the ash of fir, put it into a bowl, cover it with a small bowl, drench it with soup, and then drink from the bowl. If it doesn't heal, the sound will stop. (Linhu jijianfang)

⑧ Treatment of impotence: dry fir pile five money (FIR soaking in water, the longer the better), pig feet three to four Liang. With water about 1500 ml, fry to 300 ml, to slag, twice a day warm, pig Royal can eat. (prescription collection of new Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi)

[clinical application] treating burn

Take the Chinese fir ash, grind it into fine powder, mix it into paste with peanut oil or sesame oil, and apply it once a day. 20 cases of mild burn were cured in one week without scar.

Chinese PinYin : Shan Mu