Tongguqi

Tongguqi

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Sichuan)

[synonyms] baijiegulian, hongjiegulian, jiajiayang, ehuhu, zuogufeng (Guizhou herbal medicine), Jiyao, Xuewu (Sichuan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine), mianxutou (Guizhou herbal medicine catalogue).

[source] it is the rhizome and leaf of Anemone alnoides.

[plant morphology] anemone SW

Perennial herbs, 40-60 cm high. Rhizome cylindrical block, hard, dark brown, fibrous roots slender. The basal leaves are 1-3, with persistent scales at the base. The scales are densely covered with long white villi. The scales are pentagonal, 4.5-10 cm long and 6-18 cm wide, 3-lobed. The central lobe is rhombic, subppinnate, with coarse teeth on the margin, and the lateral lobes are 2-lobed unequally. The petiole is 14-37 cm long. Stems 23-42 cm high, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; involucre bracts 3, petiolate, leaflike, 8-14 cm long; flowers 1-3 clustered: sepals 5, white, obovate, 1-2 cm long, abaxially sparsely pubescent: without petals; stamens numerous, filamentous; carpels numerous, glabrous, free, style short. Achenes subovate, ca. 2. 5 mm, yellow. The flowering period is from May to June. The fruit period is from July to August.

It grows in the valley forest, or in the shade of the valley, on the stone and in the grass of the hillside slope in the high mountain area. It is distributed in Northwest Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Western Hubei.

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

Bitter and warm.

① Guizhou herbal medicine: "it is mild in nature and slightly bitter in taste. "

② "Sichuan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "warm in nature, bitter and slightly sweet in taste. "

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, detumescence and detoxification. Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatic pain, aphthous ulcer, sitting board sore.

① Guizhou herbal medicine: "detumescence and toxin, bone grafting, hemostasis and muscle regeneration. "

② "Sichuan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "analgesia, promoting blood circulation. It is used to treat deficiency, internal injury, traumatic injury and rheumatic pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-4 yuan. External use: grind or tamp.

[taboo] Sichuan common Chinese herbal medicine: "pregnant women should not take it. "

[prescription selection] ① treatment of aphthous ulcer: apply proper amount of Sambucus Alba root, grind the end, mix vegetable oil and apply it on the affected area.

② Cure sit board sore: white connect bone to connect leaf, pound to rub affected area.

③ Treatment of trauma: baijiegu Lianye, Daorong apply wound. (Guizhou herbal medicine was selected)

Chinese PinYin : Tong Gu Qi