Rumex

Rumex

(notes to the classic of Materia Medica)

[synonym] Xu, suwu (Erya), shandahuang (rhubarb), dangyao (materia medica), Yangti, suanmu (compendium), Niuer rhubarb, suanshangcai, huanggengen (Guizhou folk medicine Collection), Suanjiang, suanbuliu, suanliao (northeast medicine Zhi), Mocai, suanmutong (Chinese local pesticide Zhi), jizhuhuanglian (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine), tianjijiao, shuiniusheh First, dashanqi.

[source] it is the root of Rumex, a Polygonaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Rumex

Herbs perennial, up to 1 m tall. The root is thick and yellow. Stems erect, usually unbranched, glabrous, or slightly hairy, grooved, hollow. Single leaf alternate; leaf ovate oblong, 5-15 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, apex obtuse or pointed, base sagittate or subhalberd shaped, entire, sometimes slightly undulate; stem: part of leaf narrow, lanceolate, sessile and clasping; basal leaf long petiole; Stipule sheath, oblique, later ruptured. Flowers unisexual, dioecious; inflorescence terminal, narrow panicle, sparse branches, flowers in clusters; male flowers 6, elliptic, arranged in 2 rings, inner ring perianth piece about 3 mm long, outer ring slightly narrow, stamen 6, filaments very short; female flowers outer ring perianth reflexed downward close to pedicel, inner ring perianth erect, after flowering increased, enveloping fruit, diameter about 5 mm, round, entire, each with one not obvious Ovary triangular, stigma brush like, purplish red. Achene round, trigonous, black, glossy. The flowering period is from May to June. The fruit period is from July to August.

It grows on roadsides, hillsides and wetlands. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

The leaves of this plant (Rumex leaf) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn and dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the root contains tannin 7.6-27.5%, chrysophanol 19.3 mg% and Hyperoside. The fruit contains quercetin and Hyperoside.

[pharmacological action] because it contains acid potassium oxalate and some tartaric acid, it has a sour taste. Sometimes, it is poisoned because of excessive oxalic acid content. It has been reported in the literature that children died from eating Rumex leaf. Its water extract has antifungal (Trichophyton) effect.

Sour and cold.

① Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu: "acid. "

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "sour taste, cool, non-toxic. "

③ "The compendium of works": "slightly bitter. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, diuresis, cooling blood and killing insects. Treatment of dysentery, gonorrhea, dysuria, hematemesis, sores, scabies.

① "Treatment of scabies" in the book of Materia Medica. "

② "Ben Ge Shi Yi": "the main hot abdominal distension, raw mashed juice clothes, when diarrhea. Kill skin bugs. "

③ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "treating infantile Zhuang fever. "

④ "Gangmu": "to sweat spots, with Ziping rub a few days that No. "

⑤ "Guizhou folk medicine collection": "defecate, antipyretic, diuretic, treat five Lin. "

⑥ "In the beginning, it is better to treat diarrhea than to treat diarrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-4 yuan; or mash juice. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] 1. It can't cure urination: Rumex root costs three to four yuan. Take it in water. (Hunan medical records)

② Treatment of hematemesis, hematochezia: Rumex one money five points, artichoke, Sanguisorba charcoal each four money, fried Scutellaria three money. Take it in water. (Shandong Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of eye redness: Rumex root one money, grind the end, transfer into the milk steamed over the eye edge, at the same time take root three money decoction. (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of scabies: Rumex root, mash and wipe the affected area. (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)

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