woundwort

woundwort

(Ben Jing)

[synonyms] jieshe (Ben Jing), Jisu (Wu Pu Ben Cao), Xiangsu, borneol mint (BU que Hou Hou), Jieju, Laoshe (BIE Lu), yezisu, shanshengma, wuleigong, pengtoucao, chenshacao (Hunan Yao Zhi), shuijisu (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual).

[source] it is the whole plant of the Labiatae.

[plant morphology] Perilla frutescens

Herbs perennial, ca. 30 cm tall. Stem erect, square, usually unbranched, quadrangular, scabrous. Leaves opposite; petiolate; leaf blade oblong elliptic lanceolate, apex obtuse, base cordate, or suborbicular, margin serrate, rugose above, veins bristly. Flowers are whorled in several layers, most of them are integrated into cymes, and the top is densely capitate; calyx is bell shaped, 5-toothed, lobes with sharp spines at the apex; corolla is purplish red, simple lip shaped, upper lip round, entire, lower lip spreading downward, 3-lobed, with red spots; stamens are 4,2-strong; style bears ovary bottom, and the top is 2-lobed. Nutlets obovate, black, smooth. It blooms in summer.

It grows in tidal wetlands such as fields and ditches. There are wild plants all over the south of China.

The rhizome of this plant (Stachys heterophylla) is also used for medicine. See special article for details.

[collection] harvest from July to August and dry in the sun.

[flavor] pungent, slightly warm.

① Ben Jing: "it tastes pungent and slightly warm. "

② Bielu: "non toxic. "

③ Jiangxi herbal medicine manual: "sour and astringent, slightly warm, with little poison. "

[Guijing] 1. Ben Cao Qiu Zhen: "enter the intestines and stomach. "

② "Ben Cao Zai Xin": entering lung meridian. "

[function indications] it can relieve wind, regulate qi, stop bleeding and eliminate inflammation. Treatment of cold, Sha disease, lung flaccidity, lung carbuncle, head wind, dizziness, halitosis, sore throat, dysentery, postpartum stroke, hematemesis, bleeding, HAEMORRHEA, blood drenching, traumatic injury.

① "Ben Jing" says: "it can control the lower Qi, prevent bad breath, eliminate poison and evil. "

② Bielu: "master Qi, kill grain, except diet. Main vomiting, bleeding, blood collapse. "

③ Meng Shen: "if you are hard pressed and grow leaves, you can use cotton to cover your ears to treat deafness. If you are dizzy, you can take one liter of clear wine to boil the juice, which is very good for postpartum stroke. If you wash your hair with the juice, there will be no white scurf. "

④ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "treatment of lung flaccidity, collapse, leucorrhea, dysentery, head wind, dizziness, postpartum stroke and blood. "

⑤ "Ben Cao Tu Jing": "it is mainly related to Qi diseases and swollen feet. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan (0.5-1 Liang fresh); mash juice or put into pill or powder. External use: decoct, wash, grind, sprinkle or tamp.

[taboo] Materia Medica from the new: "disperse the true Qi, and be cautious when you are empty. "

[prescription selection] 1. Cold treatment: Water Su Si Qian, Wild Mint, ginger each two Qian, fried in water. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

② Treatment of Sha disease: shuisu Wuqian, decoction. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

③ Treatment of wind heat headache, heat knot coke, cause wind phlegm headache: shuisuye 52, Gleditsia (fried, peeled, seed) 32, Yuanhua (fried with vinegar) 12. At the end of the day, the honey pill is big. Take 20 pills each time. After eating, add Schizonepeta tenuifolia soup. (Sheng Hui Fang)

④ Treatment of hematemesis and hematemesis, and women's leakage: Chicken perilla stem and leaf Decoction juice drink. (Mei Shi Ji Yi Fang)

⑤ Treatment of epistaxis blood more than: raw chicken Su Wu He, Xiangchi Er he, he Chuyan, rub such as jujube, Na nose. (Mei Shi Ji Yi Fang)

⑥ To cure blood drenching: Jisu, bamboo leaf, plaster, rehmannia, Okra Seed. Take six liters of water, boil two liters, remove dross, and sunflower seed powder, take two servings at different temperatures, such as walking for four or five miles. (Guangji Fang)

⑦ For the treatment of dim eyes and tears in the summer months: mash the leaves of borneol and mint, and stir the juice with raw silk. (Sheng Ji Zong Lu)

⑧ Treatment of swelling and poison: fresh water su whole grass, mashed, applied to the affected area. (Hunan medical records)

⑨ Treatment of Cobra sting: grind the leaves of Perilla frutescens, take them with wine and apply them. (Yi Jian Fang)

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