Melon seed gold

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonyms] jinsuozhuo, shenshacao, dietengcao, Cao, xiaoyuanzhi, chenshacao, jingfengcao, guami, yudancao, lanhuacao, postpartum grass, shanzicao, guazicao, yinbu Change ("Nanning medicine records"), buluzhi, xiaojinpen, jipai wing ("Chongqing herbal medicine"), digin ("Zhejiang herbal medicine manual"), clematis, guazilian, nuerhong ("Hunan medicine records"), jianyingcao, xiaoyingxiong, sanxuedan ("Jiangxi folk herbal medicine prescription"), tongxingcao, (Guangzhou army's "common Chinese herbal medicine manual"), jieguhong, February flower, difengxiao, Tiejian Feng (Guizhou herbal medicine), digitalis parvifolia, Cucumis parvifolia, purple willow leaf, Cucumis parvifolia, iron broom (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass or root of Polygalaceae.

[plant morphology] Cucurbitaceae

Herbs perennial, ca. 15 cm tall. Stem covered with grayish brown pubescence, leaves alternate, ovate to ovate lanceolate, 10-20 mm long, 5-10 mm wide, apex short, entire; petiole short; petiole, vein, leaf margin with pubescence. Raceme axillary, uppermost inflorescence below the tip of stem; sepals 5. The front 1 sepal is ovate lanceolate and saccate, the two sepals on both sides are large, petal like, broadly ovate or elliptic, and the back 2 sepals are linear lanceolate; the petals 3, purple white, lower part healed, and there are fimbriate appendages on the back near the top; stamen 8; pistil 1, ovary obovate and flat. Capsule broadly ovate and flat, ca. 5 mm in diam., apex concave, broadly membranous winged, surface smooth, glabrous, sepals persistent. Seeds ovate and flat. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruit period is from May to June.

Growing on hillsides or wilderness. It is distributed in Northeast, North China, southwest, East China, Central South and Shaanxi.

[collection] collect in summer and autumn, wash and dry.

[medicinal material] it is dried and rooted, about 20 cm long. The root is cylindrical and curved, different in length, mostly broken, about 2-3 mm thick, with grayish brown and dark yellowish brown appearance, longitudinal wrinkles, transverse cracks and nodules, and slender branched roots. Stem thin, less than 1 mm in diameter, tufted from base, grayish brown or purplish, brittle and easily broken. The leaves are green brown above, light or reddish brown below, slightly hairy.

The flavor is slightly pungent and bitter. It is better that the whole plant is complete, root connected, dry and free of weeds and silt.

Produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Anhui, Yunnan, Zhejiang and other places.

[chemical constituents] the root contains triterpenoid saponins, resin, fatty oil and Polygala alcohol.

It's hard, it's smooth

① "The smell is sweet. "

② Classified herbal medicine: sexual heat. "

③ "Guiyang folk herbs": "hard, flat, non-toxic. "

④ Jiangxi herbal medicine: "cold in nature, bitter in taste. "

[function indications] antitussive, expectorant, blood circulation, hemostasis, tranquilizing, detoxification. It is used to treat cough, phlegm, hematemesis, hematochezia, dizziness, insomnia, sore throat, carbuncle, sore poison, snake bite and traumatic injury.

① A textual research on the names and facts of plants: "breaking blood, starting injury, clearing customs.". "

② "The nature of classified herbal medicine" says: "walking on the surface can disperse cold. Treat head wind, appetizer food. "

③ "Root: antitussive and expectorant, similar to Polygala tenuifolia; whole herb: treatment of snake bite. "

④ "Guizhou folk medicine collection": "for infantile convulsions, colds and colds. "

⑤ Jiangsu Zhi Yao Zhi: "wine bubble can cure postpartum wind. "

⑥ "The collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines": "removing dampness and strengthening stomach. It can be used for treatment of palpitation and jaundice, external application of tamping and smearing, elimination of sores, toxin, redness and swelling. "

⑦ "Nanning medical records": "clearing heat, moistening dryness, detoxifying. It can cure snake injury, cough, hematemesis, malnutrition and conjunctivitis. "

⑧ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "Zhixue Beng; treatment of traumatic injury, intestinal wind and blood, gonorrhea, tuberculosis and cough. "

⑨ According to the illustrated book of Chinese medicinal plants, "the root is a sedative and expectorant agent, which can replenish intelligence and tranquilize the mind, disperse depression and phlegm, and eliminate redness and swelling. Treatment of bronchitis, pneumonia, cough, phlegm, palpitation, forgetfulness, carbuncle, sore swelling, throat. "

⑩ Jiangxi herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and toxin, promoting blood circulation and hemostasis. Treatment of toothache, lower limb ulcers, diphtheria, uterine bleeding, bloody stool, snake bite, white film blinding, meningitis, rheumatoid arthritis, dysentery. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh); mash juice or grind powder. External use: tamping.

[selection] 1. Treatment of malaria: melon seeds (fresh) six to one or two yuan. Fried in wine, taken two hours before the onset of malaria. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

② Treatment of phlegm cough: melon seeds Golden Root two liang, drink water fried, meal service. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of pertussis: cinnabar grass five money. Fried water with honey.

④ Cure child convulsion: cinnabar grass two money, Buddha top bead one money. Take it in boiling water.

⑤ Treat children cold: cinnabar grass one money, blue cloth is five money, five points. Take it in boiling water.

⑥ Treat headache: cinnabar grass five preserves, blue carp gallbladder four money, blue cloth is three money, water soap horn five money. Take it in boiling water. (3) the following prescription is Guiyang folk herbs.)

⑦ Treatment of hematemesis: cinnabar grass five money. Take it in boiling water. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

⑧ Treatment of irregular menstruation, or before or after: melon seeds, golden grass seven, add two liang sugar, mash Jiaozhi, after three days of service. (Quanzhou materia medica)

⑨ After childbirth, take dried melon seeds and soak wine. (Quanzhou materia medica)

⑩ Treatment of acute tonsillitis: melon seed gold five money, < U > tongue grass < / u > five money, plantain two money. Take it in water, one dose a day. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

(11) treatment of traumatic injuries, sores, carbuncle and gangrene: sun dry melon seeds, powder, three times a day, two money each time, with rice wine delivery service. In addition, take a proper amount of powder, mix it with yellow rice wine, and apply it to the affected area. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

(12) treatment of knife wound, bone: cinnabar grass grind powder or pound velvet, apply knife wound. Fracture, cinnabar grass one or two pound down, mixed distiller's grains outsourcing affected area. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

For the treatment of flabby scabies: cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass, cinnabar grass. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

(14) treatment of snakebite: one to two liang of fresh melon seeds. Chop and mash, add spring water and apply the residue on the swelling area. (prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⒂ treatment of arthritis: melon seeds Golden Root two to three Liang. Drink water to fry, take one or two times a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

(16) treatment of thrombophlebitis, skin is purple block, a pain: cinnabar grass root beat down, mixed with Taomi water clothes. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

[clinical application] ① treatment of osteomyelitis, osteoarticular tuberculosis and multiple abscess

Take half a catty of melon seeds and golden hay, add 4 catties of wine, steam to make medicinal wine, take it twice a day, 0.5-1 Liang each time; take tablets, 5 tablets each time, or flow extract, 20 ml each time, 3 times a day (for children and menstrual women). According to the observation of 21 cases of osteomyelitis, 11 cases were cured, 1 case was markedly effective, 7 cases were improved, the effective rate was 94.47%; 16 cases of bone and joint tuberculosis, 4 cases were cured, 3 cases were markedly effective, 6 cases were improved, the effective rate was 81.25%; 7 cases of multiple abscess, all were cured. The drug itself has no obvious side effects, occasionally nausea, vomiting, epigastric discomfort, dizziness and palpitation after taking the medicinal liquor and liquid extract. Generally, symptomatic treatment is feasible, and the drug should be stopped in serious cases; the crude tablets sometimes stimulate the throat and local pain. It has been proved that combined with anti tuberculosis drugs and surgical treatment (including removal of dead bone, debridement and drainage), the curative effect is better; the effect of medicinal liquor seems to be better than other preparations: when treating osteomyelitis, such as Wuzhi ointment (ELM, peach, mulberry, Sophora, willow branches). The effect is better.

② Treatment of snakebite

Mash with 1 liang of fresh melon seed gold, apply it to the bite, and change the dressing once a day. Four cases of Agkistrodon halys bite were treated. The swelling disappeared in 3-4 days and the symptoms disappeared in 7 days.

③ Treatment of infantile malnutrition

Take 1 Liang and 2 liang of melon seed gold, steam to remove the dregs, eat the liver and juice, and take 3 doses. A total of 72 cases were treated.

④ Treating insomnia

Take 1 Liang (10 Liang) of dried or 2 liang of fresh herbs, decoct them twice in a casserole, filter and combine them, concentrate them with mild fire, and then filter them. Add a proper amount of monosaccharide to 60 ml, and take them before going to bed. Among 160 cases of insomnia caused by various mental diseases, 146 cases were effective (sleeping time more than 4 hours after taking the medicine), among which 114 cases (78.08%) had sleeping time more than 6 hours. Most of them fall asleep half an hour after taking the medicine. No side effects were found.

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