Iron hammer

Iron hammer

(Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] tieniuqi (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine), one arrow, three turns and a half (ACTA Pharma Sinica 12 (10): 6901965).

[source] it is the tuberous roots of the two plants of Ranunculaceae.

[plant morphology] 1

Perennial herbs, 30-100 cm high. The root tubers are obconic and brown. Stem erect, unbranched, upper part pubescent. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate, 3-5.5cm long, palmately 3-cleft, lobes 2-3-cleft; lobules linear, 1-2.2mm wide, thinly hairy; petiole 4-5mm long, upper leaves nearly sessile. Raceme terminal, 8-20 cm long, pedicel densely covered with spreading yellow pubescence; bracteoles strip, sepals 5, light yellow, light purple, outside short hair, upper calyx boat sickle shaped; petals 2, glabrous, spur short, curved hook shaped; stamens many; carpels 5, free, stigma single. Follicles 5, hairy, dehiscent inward after maturity, persistent style is awn pointed; most seeds. The flowering period is from August to September. The fruit period is from September to October.

It is found in mountain grass or forest margin. Distributed in Shaanxi, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Henan, Yunnan and other places.

② Fumao iron hammer

Similar to the above species, but inflorescence with close pubescence, flowers blue purple, upper sepals nearly galeate.

Born in mountain grass. It is distributed in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and other places.

The stems and leaves of the above plants are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] from July to August. Remove stems and seedlings, wash and dry.

[medicinal materials] the dry roots are cylindrical or nearly spindle shaped, about 4 cm long and 1 cm in diameter, and some of them are larger. The surface is grayish brown or dark brown, slightly rough, with longitudinal wrinkle or fine texture, and the tip has bud mark or stem base residual mark. The base is slightly pointed, and the whole body has branching roots of different thickness, like "nail angle". It is hard, not easy to break, and its section is gray white. It is slightly astringent, slightly bitter and has a lasting numb tongue feeling.

Produced in Shaanxi and Sichuan.

The tuberous root of Aconitum multiflorum is the same as the above plants in Sichuan. They are similar in appearance, but the flowers of Aconitum multiflorum are purplish blue. It is distributed in the West and northwest of Sichuan.

[processing] soak and bleach with clean water for 7 days, change the water twice a day, slice until the center is soft, steam in a steamer for 2-3 hours, take out and dry, stir fry with cooked lard and then use it as medicine, or wrap it with wet paper, simmer thoroughly, remove the paper, immerse it in children's feces for one day and night, take out and rinse and dry.

[nature and taste] Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in the North: "bitter, pungent, hot, and poisonous. "

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, expelling wind and dampness, relieving pain and swelling. Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatoid arthritis, toothache, abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, carbuncle, chilblain.

① "The manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in the north": promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis pain, menstrual pain. "

② Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispelling wind and dampness, relieving pain, detumescence and detoxification, Removing Putrefaction and generating muscle, stopping bleeding, treating traumatic injury, rheumatoid arthritis, lumbocrural pain, strain, Vickers, carbuncle, nameless swelling, frostbite, snake bite. "

[usage and dosage] external use: grind the powder and apply it, grind the juice and apply it, wash it with boiling water or put it in the plaster, internal use: decoction, 2-3% or grind the powder.

[taboo] 1. Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "after taking medicine, do not eat hot food, smoke or drink for two hours. "

② "Shan Gan Ning Qing Chinese herbal medicine selection": pregnant women should not take it. "

[selection] ① for rheumatic arthralgia: one iron rod hammers two to three coins. Add flour to one or two of the Baijiu, use fire and dip into the affected part, once a day. (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine) two iron bars and three li hammers. Take it by decocting it in water or by grinding it into powder. (selected Chinese herbal medicines from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai)

② Treatment of toothache: grind with iron hammer, use toothpick cotton, soak in water, dip in medicine powder for 5%, apply to the affected area, do not swallow. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in North China)

③ Treatment of swelling, food accumulation and abdominal pain: three points of iron hammer, two points of tiannanxing. Sprinkle the powder on the plaster and stick it on the navel. (Shaanxi herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of scrofula (not broken): iron hammer with vinegar grinding juice, coated the affected area.

⑤ Treatment of chilblain: iron hammer to water grinding juice, coating the affected area.

⑥ Treatment of knife injuries: iron hammer, taro seven three money each, borneol five points, musk one point. They were fine powder and applied externally to the injured area. (4) Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine is published below.)

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