Safflower seed

Shuihonghuazi (Diannan materia medica)

[category] fruits

[synonym] Fructus Polygoni orientalis (the meaning of Materia Medica), Fructus Polygoni orientalis (the compendium), Fructus Polygoni orientalis (Shandong traditional Chinese Medicine), Fructus Polygoni orientalis and Fructus Hongzi (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Shanghai).

[source] it is the fruit of Polygonum hydropiper, Polygonum Rumex or Polygonum salicifolia. For plant morphology, please refer to "Polygonum hydropiper", "Polygonum hydropiper" and so on.

[collection] from August to October, the ear was cut, dried, and the fruit was knocked down to remove impurities.

[medicinal materials] 1

It is the dry fruit of Herba Siegesbeckiae. It is oblate, 2-3 mm in diameter and 1-1.5 mm in thickness. The surface is brown black, or reddish brown, glossy, and the two sides are slightly concave. The center is slightly raised and linear. The apex has a spiny column base, and the base has a light brown slightly raised fruit stalk mark. Sometimes there is a membranous perianth. The pericarp is thick and hard. Seeds oblate, testa light brown membranous; endosperm powdery, white, embryo small curved, slightly annular. Weak breath, weak taste. It is better to be full and full, red and black.

② Polygonum hydropiper L

Also known as Polygonum hydropiper. It is the dried fruit of Polygonum viviparum or Polygonum salicifolia. It is oval, about 1-2 mm in diameter and less than 1 mm in thickness. The surface is reddish brown. The embryo is in a semicircular shape on one side and the others are the same as that of Cotoneaster.

It is mainly produced in Jiangsu and Liaoning. Sichuan, Shandong, Jilin and other places are also produced.

[chemical constituents] the content of starch in the seeds of Abutilon chinense was 41.51%.

[pharmacological action] mice were orally administered with Decoction, tincture or petroleum ether extract of Fructus Cotoneaster every day for 10 consecutive days, which had certain inhibitory effect on Ehrlich ascites cancer (ascites type and solid type) and sarcoma-180, but the effect was not stable, which needs further confirmation.

[flavor] salty, cold.

① Bielu: "it tastes salty, slightly cold and nontoxic. "

② "Diannan Materia Medica": "it is cold in nature and bitter in taste. "

③ Compilation of medicinal materials: "pungent, nontoxic. "

④ "Medicine science": "the nature is flat, the taste is sweet. "

Functions and indications: remove blood stasis, break accumulation, strengthen spleen and remove dampness. It is used to treat hypochondriac hyperostomia, dropsy, stomachache, less food, abdominal distension, burning eye, sore, swelling and scrofula.

① Bielu: "the main thirst, to heat, eyesight, Qi. "

② "Diannan Materia Medica": "breaking blood, treating infantile swelling accumulation, eliminating deep and hard accumulation, treating women's stone fever. "

③ "The essence of pinhui": "clear eyes, eliminate sore poison. "

④ Summary of traditional Chinese medicine: "removing heat, treating thirst and cervical lymphadenitis. "

⑤ "Medicine science": "Qingfei Huatan, Jiangqi Tongbian, tourash. Treatment of phlegm cough asthma cough, defecation adverse, measles impervious. "

⑥ "Shanghai commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "dispersing blood, eliminating accumulation, relieving pain. "

⑦ Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual: "invigorating the spleen and removing dampness, clearing away heat and improving eyesight. Treatment of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis ascites, cervical lymph node tuberculosis, splenomegaly, dyspepsia, abdominal amine, stomachache, infantile food accumulation, conjunctivitis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-3 yuan (1 Liang large dose); soak wine in the area of grinding and boiling paste. External use: Boil cream or mash compress.

[should avoid] it is forbidden to take it when the blood is not stagnated and the spleen and stomach are deficient cold.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat abdominal distention: a bowl of saffron or semen, three bowls of water, boil it into ointment with civil and military fire, measure the size of the distension, spread it, and take it with wine. Avoid fishy and greasy. (baoshoutang experience prescription)

② Treatment of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis ascites: shuihonghuazi five money, big belly skin four money, black ugly three money. Take it in water. (Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual)

③ Treatment of splenomegaly, abdominal distention: shuihonghuazi a Jin, water decoction cream. One tbsp each time, twice a day, served with yellow rice wine or boiled water. And spread it with shuihonghuazi ointment, stick it on the affected part, and change the dressing once a day. (Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual)

④ For the treatment of scrofula, those who break it should also be treated: the water scrofula is not much, stir fry half of it slightly, and use it for the rest of your life. It is the same as the end. Good wine is mixed with two coins, and taken three times a day. After eating, you can take one at night. (Ben Cao Yan Yi)

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