Tianpaozi

Tianpaozi

(classification of herbal medicines),

[synonym] sand lantern (collection of commonly used folk herbal medicine), water lantern, Dapu grass, Dabao grass (Guangzhou army's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine), tianpaocao, wangmuzhu, Huangdenglong (treatment manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine), xiaosuanshi (Guangzhou Air Force's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant or fruit of Solanaceae.

[plant morphology] Miss Huang

Annual herb, about 50 cm high. Stem decumbent or oblique, much branched, villous or subsmooth. The leaf blade is ovoid or oblong, 2-8 cm long, 1-5 cm wide, apex short, base unequal, entire or undulate, or with irregular notches, upper green, nearly hairless, lower hairy more; petiole 1-4 cm long, hairy. Flowers solitary in leaf axils; petiole about 5 mm long; calyx campanulate, green, membranous, 5-lobed, hirsute, when fruiting, calyx enlarged like a lantern, about 1.5 cm in diameter, surrounded by the outside of the fruit, with prominent 5-ridges; corolla campanulate, 5-lobed, yellowish green, about 8 mm long, with patches near the base of corolla tube; stamen 5, inserted at the base of corolla tube, anther oblong; pistil 1, ovary It is round, 2-locular, with many ovules, linear style, capitate stigma, and inconspicuous 2-lobed. Berry orbicular, yellow, ca. 1 cm in diameter; seeds numerous, oblate, greenish white. The flowering period is June. The fruiting period is July.

It grows in fields, ridges and slopes. It is distributed in the north and south of China.

[collection] from June to July, take the whole grass with fruit, wash it, use it fresh or dry it in the sun.

[nature and taste] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "it is cold in nature, bitter in taste and non-toxic. "

[function indications] dampness, insecticidal. Treatment of jaundice, adverse urination, chronic cough and asthma, chancre disease, scrofula, tianpao sores, dampness sores.

① "Classification of herbal medicine": detoxification and insecticidal, leaf treatment Tian Pao sores. "

② "Tianbao Materia Medica": "for treating infantile distention and malnutrition. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "diuretic, eliminate the addiction, go to the bone, steam the heat of labor. Treatment of jaundice, adverse urination, cough and asthma for a long time; external application of children with blister sores and skin moist heat sores. Single fruit is more effective. "

④ "Common cold, fever, sore throat, acute bronchitis, dampness sores, swelling and poison" is the common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: grind and apply.

[taboo] Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it should not be used if there is no dampness, heat and blood stasis. "

[selected formula] ① treatment of jaundice: tianpaozi, yangquehua root, Hongmeng bark (calcined), Akebia and Choerospondias. Take it by frying. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② Treating children's tianpao sore: tianpaozi grind powder, sesame oil adjust liniment. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[clinical application] ① treatment of chronic tracheitis

Take 1 jin of dried whole grass to make 500ml syrup. 50 ml each time, 3 times a day after meals, 10 days as a course of treatment, taking three courses. After each course of treatment, rest for 3 days, 60 cases were treated, 39 cases were markedly effective, 10 cases were improved, and 1 case was invalid. The clinical observation showed that it had good curative effect on cough, phlegm and asthma. The first effective time gap was 20 days in one case, and 3-6 days in the others. During the course of treatment, there were side effects such as heart addiction, stomach discomfort, dizziness, headache and insomnia, which disappeared spontaneously after 1-5 days. One patient took 1.5 kg of crude medicine within 2 days without any poisoning and adverse reactions. However, it should be used with caution in patients with ulcer.

② Treatment of jaundice

Take 2 plants of the whole herb, decoct the concentrated juice, add appropriate amount of sugar for one day, take it 2-3 times, some take it 10-15 times, then the yellow will fade

③ Treatment of cervical lymphatic tuberculosis

More than 100 cases were treated by taking 3 pieces of fresh lantern grass (or dry products), 2 pieces of white gourd Bi, 1 bowl of water, boiled into half a bowl, and taking it at once (children's discretion). Some of them took medicine for 4-10 times, and some took medicine for 2 months.

Chinese PinYin : Tian Pao Zi