Asarum tetraphyllum

Asarum tetraphyllum

(Jiangxi herbal medicine)

Another name: siyedui and SIKUAIWA (Jiangxi herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root and whole grass of Chloranthaceae.

[plant morphology] Chloranthus multiflorus

Perennial herbs or subshrubs. The rhizome is thick with many fibrous roots. Stem erect. Leaves opposite, usually 4 at the top of stem; leaves ovate, 15-20 cm long, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin serrate. The flowers are light green; stamen 1, 2-locular, connective shorter than anther; ovary inferior. It blooms in summer.

Born in the forest, water and other wet places. It is distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Shaanxi and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn, wash, use fresh or dry.

[nature and taste] Jiangxi herbal medicine: "bitter and pungent, slightly warm, with little poison. "

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis, dispelling wind and detoxifying. Treatment of traumatic fracture, lumbocrural pain, cold, leucorrhea, furuncle, skin itching.

Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "dispelling dampness and dispersing cold, regulating qi and activating blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis and detoxifying. Treatment of labor, lumbocrural pain, traumatic injury, cold, leucorrhea, furuncle. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-5 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

[formula selection] ① treatment of traumatic injury: appropriate amount of Magnolia multiflora root, adding appropriate amount of fresh leek root, tamping.

② Treatment of fracture: appropriate amount of fresh multi spike Golden Millet Root, tamping, binding and fixation with fir skin or Cortex Phellodendri.

③ Treatment of snakebite, nameless swelling poison: appropriate amount of fresh Golden Millet Root, a little sweet wine, tamping.

④ Treatment of skin itching: appropriate amount of multi ear Chloranthus, water decoction, fumigation and washing of the affected area, once a day. (Jiangxi herbal medicine is selected)

Chinese PinYin : Si Ye Xi Xin