Cotyledon of abacus

Cotyledon of abacus

(Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

[source] branches and leaves of Euphorbiaceae. For plant morphology, please refer to "abacus plate".

[collection] collected in summer and autumn, chopped, dried or fresh.

[chemical constituents] the whole plant contains phenols, amino acids and sugars. The stems and leaves contain tannins.

[pharmacological action] the water decoction and sugar containing Decoction (100%) of the leaves of Platycladus chinensis have inhibitory effect on Shigella Shigella in vitro (plate digging method). The effective concentration is 1:1280, and it has bactericidal effect (test tube method). The water decoction also has certain antibacterial effect on other dysentery bacilli (Shushi, Freund, song) and Salmonella (typhoid, paratyphoid A, swine cholera, Enterobacter enteritidis), while the sugar decoction has slightly lower effect, only effective on Shigella and Freund's, typhoid and paratyphoid A.

[nature and taste] Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "bitter, astringent, cool, with little poison. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and dampness, detoxifying and detumescence. For dysentery, jaundice, drenching, leucorrhea, cold, sore throat, carbuncle, paint sore, rash and itching.

① "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "diuresis, blood breaking, detoxification lacquer poison, snake venom. It can cure lacquer sores, red and white dysentery, traumatic injuries and snake bites. "

② Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "eliminating stagnation, removing dampness, clearing heat, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals. Cure dysentery, cold, flu, excessive physical fatigue, rat and snake bite. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or grinding powder. External use: fried, washed or tamped.

[taboo] Jiangxi Folk Herbal Prescription: "pregnant women should not take it. "

[formula selection] 1. To treat dysentery: abacus beads fresh leaves cost five to seven yuan. Mash it and make it stewed in boiling water. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Cure dysentery and purulent blood: abacus cotyledons, baking and grinding, two money each time, tea delivery service. (Quanzhou materia medica)

③ Treatment of jaundice: counting plate leaf two liang, fried rice one, two Liang. Fried in water, take it at any time. (prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of turbid, leucorrhea: calculate the amount of plate stems and leaves. Take orally and wash externally. (Lingnan herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of sore throat: fresh plate leaves one to two, fried soup honey frequency pharyngeal service. (wood grass in Quanzhou)

⑥ Treatment of throat carbuncle: abacus fresh whole grass one to two. With chicken stew. (Quanzhou materia medica)

⑦ Treatment of snakebite: abacus branch end leaves, smash the wound. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑧ Treatment of toothache: abacus leaves appropriate. Mash and apply with winter honey. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

⑨ Treatment of skin rash and pruritus: wash the affected area with leaf decoction. (Quanzhou materia medica)

⑩ Cure furuncle, mastitis: calculate dish fresh leaf mash external application. At the same time with one to two, water decoction. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

(11) treatment of centipede bite: mash and apply fresh abacus leaves. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

[clinical application] treatment of gastroenteritis

Take 1 jin of leaves from the plate, add 1000 ml of water, fry for about 2 hours, make 500 ml, cool and filter, add preservative for standby. Take orally 50-100 ml each time, 3 times a day. Generally in the first day after taking medicine, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, diarrhea, appetite. After 3-5 days of treatment, the symptoms disappeared completely. If there are no complications, no other drugs will be added. 100 cases of acute enteritis, chronic enteritis and simple diarrhea were treated, 88 cases were cured, 4 cases were improved, 1 case was invalid, and 7 cases were discontinued. The cure rate was 88%.

Chinese PinYin : Suan Pan Zi Ye