Kojima curcas

Kojima curcas

(notes on materia medica)

[synonyms] rat ear, heartless herb (bielu), rat ear herb, citronella (materia medica), zhimayjiu herb (Youyangzazu), huanghuabaiai herb (lvyanbencao), Bergenia herb (spleen and stomach theory), rongmu herb (shaoguizi's xuezhougua), huanghao herb (materia medica huibian), miqu, Maoer herb (compendium), Shuiju herb (questioning materia medica), mianxutoucao, jinboiling herb, dizhu herb Lotus, huanghuazicao (compendium Collection), shuiyicao (Research on the name and reality of plants), qingmingxiang (Tianbao materia medica), zhuogufeng, qingmingcai (Nanjing folk herbal medicine), Gossypium (Guizhou folk herbal medicine Collection), spinach (Fujian folk herbal medicine), cotton cocoon head, kuanjiancao (Zhejiang herbal medicine manual), qingminghao, yimianqing (folk herbal medicine Collection), rat Artemisia argyi, Artemisia sphaerocephala, Brassica juncea, baitoucao, Shuiqu (Hunan medical records), fluffy grass, Gossypium hirsutum, Saxifraga, Saxifraga, Saxifraga, Saxifraga, Saxifraga, Saxifraga, Tianai, maomaotoucao (Shanghai common Chinese herbal medicine), huanghuaguo, nuomifanqing, miancai (Zhejiang folk common herbal medicine), huanghuaqu grass, baimangcao (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine), Tianai, maoyucao（《 Selection of medical and health science and technology materials in Guangdong Province.

[source] it is the whole grass of the Compositae plant, Curcuma.

[plant morphology] koji grass

Annual or biennial herbs, 10-50 cm high. Stem erect, densely white woolly, usually branched from basal part. Leaves alternate; lower leaves spatulate, upper leaves spatulate to linear, 2-6 cm long, 3-10 mm wide, apex obtuse, pointed, base narrow, amplexicaul, entire, sessile, soft, white woolly on both sides, basal leaves carved after anthesis. The inflorescence is terminal, arranged in corymbose shape; the involucre is spherical and bell shaped, the bracts are multi row, golden yellow, dry membranous; the flowers are all tubular, yellow, surrounded by several layers of female flowers, the Corolla is narrow as a line, and the style is shorter than the corolla; the central flower is bisexual, the flower tube is slender, the apex is 5-toothed, the stamen is 5, and the stigma is 2-lobed. Achene elliptic, ca. 0. 5 mm long, with papillary hairs and yellow white corolla. The flowering period is from April to June. The fruit period is from August to September.

Wild in the field, hillside and roadside. It is distributed in most areas of China.

[collection] harvest at flowering, dry in the sun, remove impurities and store in a dry place.

[medicinal material] yuzaoquancao has inflorescence, gray white stem, dense woolly hair and soft texture. Both sides of the leaves are densely covered with gray white wool, wrinkled and curly, soft and not easy to fall off. Inflorescence terminal, bracts ovate, reddish yellow, membranous, most exist, receptacle flat, corolla most fall. It tastes bitter and astringent.

Mainly produced in Jiangsu, Shanghai suburbs and Zhejiang and other places.

[chemical constituents] the whole herb contains 5% flavonoid glycosides, 0.05% volatile oil, trace alkaloids and sterols, 0.58% non saponified substances, vitamin B, carotene, chlorophyll, resin, fat, etc. The flower contains luteolin 4 ′ - β - D-glucoside.

[pharmacological action] after the mice repeatedly inhaled concentrated ammonia to form a chronic cough, they were given the decoction of Herba Curcumae orally, which had a certain antitussive effect.

Sweet and smooth.

① Bielu: "sour taste, non-toxic. "

② "Materia medica collection": "it tastes sweet, flat and non-toxic. "

③ "Lvyan Materia Medica": "it's gentle and nontoxic. "

④ "Qi is hot, taste is sour. "

[Guijing] interpretation of Lei Gong's processing properties: "entering lung meridian. "

Functions and indications: resolving phlegm, relieving cough, dispelling wind and cold. Treatment of cough, phlegm, asthma, cold, cold, broad bean disease, bone pain, leucorrhea, carbuncle.

① Bielu: "it can relieve cold and heat and relieve cough. "

② Rihuazi materia medica: "Regulating Qi, stopping discharge, eliminating phlegm, pressing Qi, removing heat cough. "

③ "Lvyan Materia Medica": "great treatment of spleen and stomach pain. "

④ "Medicine FA Xiang": "treat cold cough and phlegm, remove cold in the lung, greatly increase lung qi. "

⑤ "Pinhuijingyao": "it is used to treat the cold in the form, cold in the drink and cough in the phlegm, and it has not been cured for a long time. "

⑥ "Ben Cao Zheng" says: "it can warm lung qi, stop cold and cough, disperse phlegm, relieve wind cold and heat, and also stop diarrhea. "

⑦ "Gangmu Shiyi": "for the treatment of rheumatic itching, Decoction and washing; for the treatment of infantile malnutrition, syphilis and chancre, Decoction and washing with licorice. "

⑧ "Tianbao Materia Medica": "killing insects, fixing pain. Cure convulsion, all kinds of qi stagnation. "

⑨ Modern practical Chinese medicine: "for the treatment of non infectious ulcers and wounds, oral administration is the treatment of hypotensive agents and gastric ulcer. "

⑩ "Nanjing folk herbs": "take wine to cure muscle and bone pain. "

(11) collection of commonly used folk herbs: "eliminate throat fire, relieve fever and detoxify. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-5 yuan; grind powder or soak wine. External use: fried, washed or tamped.

[taboo] "use less. The flowers of winter are for making. Too much food damages the eyes. "

[selected prescription] ① for all kinds of cough, Yongzhi chest and diaphragmatic fullness: realgar, Saxifraga, goose tube stone and Tussilago. For the end, each medication a money, set on the stove burning, to open the mouth to smoke in the throat. (xuanming Lun Fang Fen Xiang tou Ge SAN)

② For cough and phlegm: five or six bucks for Curcuma and five or six bucks for rock sugar. Take the same decoction. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of bronchitis, cold asthma: Curcuma, Vitex negundo each five money, Peucedanum, yunwucao each three money, Geranium four money, shepherd's purse root one or two money. Take it in water. Five days in a row. It usually takes one month. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

④ Treatment of wind cold cold: Curcuma, five or six money. Take it in water. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of broad bean disease: field AI two liang, plantain grass, Fengwei grass each - two, Yinchen half Liang. Add 1200 ml of water, fry into 800 ml, add sugar when tea. (selected materials of Guangdong medical and health science and Technology)

⑥ Treatment of muscle and bone pain, swelling and pain of feet and knees, traumatic injury: 1 to 2 liang of Curcuma. Take it in water. (Hunan medical records)

⑦ Treatment of leucorrhea: Curcuma, Fengweicao, JUNCAO each five money, earth Niuxi three money. Take it in water. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

⑧ Treatment of spleen deficiency and edema: two liang of fresh Curcuma. Take it in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

⑨ Treatment of nameless swelling and pain, on the mouth sores: fresh Curcuma or two. Take fresh leaves and rice, mash and apply to the affected area. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

⑩ At the beginning of the treatment: fresh sage, cold rice grain and salt. (Quanzhou materia medica)

[clinical application] treatment of chronic tracheitis

According to the observation of 73 cases and 91 cases, the total effective rate was 81%, and the marked effective rate was 20.72% and 29.6% respectively. It has different degrees of curative effect on cough, asthma and phlegm. Preparation and usage: make concentrated decoction with 1.2 liang of dried sage every day, take it three times; or take it one or two times a day. 10 days as a course of treatment, two courses of treatment. Side effects: a few patients complained of stomachache, stomach discomfort, nausea, dry mouth, dizziness, fatigue and thin stool. In addition, the curative effect seems to be improved when the compound treatment is composed of Salvia and Plantago, or forsythia.

Zhu Zhenheng: "it's better to use Saxifraga for cold phlegm cough, and it's better to use Nepenthes for hot phlegm cough. "

② In the compendium, it is said that "Herba curcumae, in bielu, it is used to treat cough due to cold and heat; in Dongyuan, it is used to treat cough due to cold; in Rihua, it is used to treat cough due to heat. In most cases, cold cough is caused by stagnation of fire inside and cold outside. "

③ "Materia medica justice" says: "the taste of Kojima is sour, which is not suitable for cough caused by cold evil. "

Chinese PinYin : Shu Qu Cao