Abacus root

Abacus root

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

[source] it is the root of the Euphorbiaceae plant suanpan, and the plant morphology is detailed in "suanpan".

[collection] in autumn.

[medicinal material] the surface of dry root is grayish brown, the cork is rough, easy to peel off, with fine longitudinal lines and transverse cracks. It is hard, not easy to break, and the section is light brown.

[chemical composition] the root contains tannin.

Bitter and smooth.

① Fujian folk herbal medicine: "slightly bitter, flat.". "

② "Guizhou folk medicine": "slightly warm, slightly astringent, non-toxic. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is bitter in taste, cool in nature and has little poison. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and dampness, promoting blood circulation and detoxification. It can cure dysentery, malaria, jaundice, turbidity, strain, cough, rheumatism, arthralgia, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, leucorrhea, laryngodynia, toothache, carbuncle, rash, traumatic injury.

① A textual research on the names and facts of plants: "diuresis, breaking blood. "

② "Cao Mu Bian Fang": "clearing lung heat, benefiting throat, eliminating accumulation, detoxifying, dispersing core, treating toothache and lumbago. "

③ Fujian folk herbal medicine: "dispersing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation, astringent intestines and replenishing qi. Treatment of malaria, laryngeal obstruction, laryngeal pain, testicular drop, traumatic injury pain. "

④ Guizhou folk medicine: "tonifying deficiency, treating fatigue, relieving cough, regulating menstruation, stopping dysentery. "

Usage: Decoction and dosage: 2 ～ 5.

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

[selection] 1. To treat dysentery: take the stem and root of abacus, fried water and sugar. (a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

② The treatment of diarrhea after drinking for a long time does not heal: calculate the plate root skin 52. Fried water with wine, three times a day, one cup at a time. (Guizhou folk medicine)

③ For a long cough: half a jin of the plate. Stewed pig's feet. (Guizhou folk medicine)

④ Treatment of testicular enlargement: Wild pumpkin root one to two. Same as lean pork stew. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of amenorrhea: one or two dishes. Steamed wine to eat. (Guizhou folk medicine)

⑥ Treatment of limb joint pain: fresh plate root, stem eight money to one or two. Wash and chop, fry in water or stew with pig's feet. (Minnan folk herbal medicine)

⑦ At the beginning of treatment, carbuncle swelling and pain: fresh plate root, stem one or two. Wash, chop and fry. (Minnan folk herbal medicine)

⑧ In the early stage of treatment, the head of the plate was counted, three Liang each time. Stewed pork. (Quanzhou materia medica)

⑨ Treatment of traumatic injuries: five yuan to one or two yuan. Take it in water. (Hunan medical records)

⑩ Cure snake bite: abacus root two liang, Qianjin root one or two, white pilose antler grass eight money. Take it in water, one dose a day. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

(11) treatment of excessive leucorrhea: one to two dishes. Take it in water. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

(12) treatment of weakness: five to six liang of the plate. Stewed meat or steamed chicken. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

Treatment of urethritis: five yuan to one or two yuan. Take it by frying. (commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Shanghai)

(14) treatment of hematemesis and blood avalanche: one or two on a plate. Take it in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

Treatment of malaria: abacus root two liang, Artemisia one or two. Take it two hours before the onset of malaria.

(16) treatment of jaundice: two liang abacus roots, one to two liang white rice. Stir fry and take in water.

Treatment of migraine: Wild pumpkin root three Liang, stir fried five times with sweet wine, half fried wine.

(18) treatment of external hemorrhoids: Wild pumpkin root decoction, first smoked and then washed, can eliminate. (the prescription is listed in Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

Chinese PinYin : Suan Pan Zi Gen