Achyranthes bidentata

Achyranthes bidentata

(Ben Cao Tu Jing)

[alias] Radix Achyranthes Bidentatae.

[source] it is a wild species of Achyranthes bidentata and the root and rhizome of Achyranthes lanceolata and Achyranthes scabra.

[plant morphology], 1. Achyranthes bidentata, see "Achyranthes bidentata" for details.

② LiuYe Achyranthes bidentata, also known as: shanniuxi (compendium Collection), scissors Achyranthes bidentata.

Perennial herb, 1-1.6 m high, erect stem, square, swollen nodes; opposite leaves, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, about 4.5-15 cm long and 0.5-3.6 cm wide, apex and base acuminate, entire, green on top and purplish red on bottom. Inflorescence axillary or terminal; flowers numerous; bracts 1, apex dentate; bracteoles 2, spiny, purplish red, 1 ovate lobule on both sides of base, ca. 0.6 mm long; perianth 5, green, linear, with 3 veins; stamens 5, lower part of filaments connate, staminodes square, apex with inconspicuous teeth; style ca. 2 mm long. Utricles long ovate. The flowering period is from July to October. The fruit period is from March to November.

It is distributed in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, etc.

③ Achyranthes bidentata with coarse hair, please refer to the article "buckwheat" for details.

[collection] collect and dig in winter and spring or autumn, remove the stems, leaves and fibrous roots, wash them, dry them in the sun or smoke them with sulfur yellow.

[medicinal material] ① the dry rhizome and root of Achyranthes bidentata (wild), also known as Achyranthes bidentata. The rhizome is cylindrical, 1-3 cm long, 6-10 mm in diameter, grayish brown, with residual stem base at the upper end, surrounded by many roots of different thickness. Root long cylindrical, slightly curved, about 15 cm below, diameter up to 4 mm; surface pale brown, with fine longitudinal wrinkles. It is slightly soft and easy to break after drying. The cross section is yellowish brown, and there are rings of scattered vascular bundles. It's slightly sweet.

Produced in Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

② The dried rhizomes and roots of Achyranthes bidentata are also known as sumuhong, lizhihong, touxuehong, hongniuxi and niukexi. The rhizome is short and thick, 2-6 cm long and 1-1.5 cm in diameter. Root 4-9, twisted, 10-20 cm long, 0.4-1.2 cm in diameter, tapering downward. The surface is grayish yellow brown with fine longitudinal wrinkles and traces of fibrous roots removed. It is hard and slightly elastic, and easy to break. The skin of the section is light grayish brown, slightly bright, and most of the vascular bundles scattered in dots can be seen. The taste is slightly sweet at the beginning and astringent later.

Produced in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

③ Dry rhizome and root of Achyranthes bidentata. Rhizome short cylindrical, gray brown, surrounded by many cylindrical slender roots, about 6-10 cm long, about 2-5 mm thick, slightly curved. The surface is gray brown with fine and shallow longitudinal wrinkles. It is hard and easy to break. The section is fibrous, light gray cyan to gray white. It tastes light and odorless.

Produced in Guangdong, Fujian, Guangxi and other places.

[processing] remove impurities, wash, moisten, cut into sections, and dry in the sun.

[taste] bitter and sour, flat.

① "Fujian folk herbal medicine": "bitter acid, flat, non-toxic. "

② "Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine": "taste slightly bitter acid, cold nature, non-toxic. "

③ Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet and sour, cool. "

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, removing dampness and benefiting the people, clearing away heat and detoxification. It is used to treat gonorrhea, hematuria, amenorrhea, Baihuang, rheumatism, arthralgia, beriberi, edema, dysentery, malaria, diphtheria, carbuncle, traumatic injury.

① "Treating women's blood clots" in the book of Materia Medica. "

② "Gangmu Shiyi": "Huoxue Huayu, kuanjin, Li Dieda injury. Treating tetanus, 72 kinds of diseases. The achievements are better than those of Sichuan. Also: good at treating sores, and arrows into the flesh. "

③ Lingnan medicine collection record: "it is a kind of medicine for astringent and diuretic. It can clear blood and disinfect. For the treatment of laryngopathy, it is necessary to rinse with mashed juice, disperse blood and relieve pain, regulate beriberi, and take fried wine. "

④ Fujian folk herbal medicine: "dispersing blood stasis, strengthening feet and knees, guiding medicine downward. "

⑤ "Clearing heat, dispersing blood and relieving pain. For malaria, hemorrhoids and red and white dysentery; for external use for traumatic injuries. "

⑥ "Jiangxi herbal medicine": it can treat bamboo and wood stabbing, wasp biting and other diseases, and can induce labor. "

⑦ "The manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Shanghai" says: "Tongjing diuretic, Qingre Jiedu, Huoxue Zhitong. Treatment of beriberi swelling, arthritis, rheumatic pain, diphtheria, acute and chronic pharyngitis. "

⑧ "Guizhou herbal medicine": "raw use can break blood and promote diuresis, fried use can tonify liver and kidney, strengthen muscles and bones. "

⑨ Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, clearing heat and removing dampness, treating hemoptysis, epistaxis, hematuria, urinary tract infection, damp heat. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh). External use: tamping, ear dripping or throat blowing.

[taboo] Fujian folk herbal medicine: "pregnant women should not use it. "

[prescription selection] 1. For the treatment of men's and women's gonorrhea and urinary obstruction: Achyranthes bidentata with leaves, take it several times with wine. It's especially true for blood drenching. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)

② Treatment of blood stasis and amenorrhea: fresh Achyranthes bidentata 1-2 Liang, or add Verbena fresh whole grass 1-2 Liang. Fried in water, mixed with wine. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of rheumatic arthritis: fresh Achyranthes bidentata six to one or two (dry four to six money) and pig feet one (seven inches), red wine and water half fried. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of liver cirrhosis and edema: fresh Achyranthes bidentata six money to one or two (dry four to six money). Fried in water, before meals, twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

⑤ Cure dysentery: soil Achyranthes five money, peach root five money, Plantago three money, green Li three money. Fry in water, make honey and take it. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine).

⑥ Treatment of diphtheria: fresh Achyranthes bidentata 1-22, plus Yangyin Qingfei Decoction (Shengdi, Yuanshen, Maidong, Chuanbeimu, Danpi, Baishao, liquorice, mint). Take it with water, one to two doses a day; use cinnabar for one minute, Croton for one, mash it, put it on the plaster, stick it on Yintang point, take it off after skin blisters for six to eight hours.

⑦ Treatment of diphtheria complicated with myocarditis: fresh Achyranthes bidentata five money, fresh evergreen root three money, mash juice, add sugar, warm water.

⑧ Treatment of tonsillitis: Achyranthes bidentata, gold root four money each, borneol two money. Grind very fine powder, spray throat.

⑨ Treatment of acute otitis media: fresh soil knee appropriate amount, pound juice, drop the ear. (6) Jiangxi herbal medicine is published below the prescription.)

⑩ The famous fire elixir: mash the Achyranthes bidentata, grind the water with Maqianzi and old rust iron, wither the bean curd residue, and apply it with mild temperature. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)

(11) treatment of traumatic injuries: three to five yuan for Achyranthes bidentata. Fried in water, served with wine. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

[clinical application] ① treatment of diphtheria

Take the decoction or take the medicine spray. One oral: 1 jin fresh root, made into 500 ml concentrated decoction. Children under 10 years old take 100ml every day, three to four times. 29 cases of pharyngeal diphtheria and 3 cases of tracheobronchial diphtheria were treated. Except 2 cases died of myocardial paralysis due to sudden asphyxia and severe poisoning, they were all cured. The average medication time of cured cases was 6.8 days. Dyspnea returned to normal in 2-8 days. Pseudomembrane of pharyngeal head fell off in 2-7 days. Body temperature dropped in 2-10 days. Bacterial culture turned negative in 4-8 days. Two spray: fresh root of the root of the cow root, mash up, add 30~40 degrees of boiling water to soaking for 24 hours, and filter juice. The throat spray was loaded with fresh juice, and was injected 1 times every 2 hours, until the membrane was stripped. According to the preliminary observation of 35 cases, more than half of the cases had pseudomembranous falling off completely on the 4th day after treatment, the fastest was 17 hours, but some cases were prolonged to 15 days. There seems to be no obvious relationship between the number of injection and the stripping speed. As the pseudomembrane subsided, the systemic symptoms gradually disappeared or alleviated. In addition, use 5-7 fresh Achyranthes bidentata to mash and grind the juice, add it into human milk or half a cup of cold boiled water, swallow a little every 10-20 minutes, or drip it from the nostril, so that the medicine can act on the throat. Two cases were cured in 4-s days.

② Treatment of pneumonia in children

Mash 1 catty of fresh native ox knee root, add appropriate amount of boiling water, wring 1 catty of juice, and steam for half an hour. 15 ml for 1-2 years old and 20-26 ml for 3-5 years old, once every 4-6 hours. Twenty six cases of measles complicated with pneumonia, bronchopneumonia and influenza pneumonia were treated. Among them, 7 cases were treated with other traditional Chinese medicine. After 1-6 days (average 2.6 days), 24 cases were cured and 2 cases died.

③ Induced labor

Take about 2 inches of fresh native cattle knee root (white or red is not effective), wash it, scrape off the thick skin, cut one end into a cone, tie a piece of silk thread at the tail, and soak it in high pressure or 75% alcohol for disinfection. After routine disinfection of vulva and cervix, the root of Achyranthes bidentata was gently inserted into cervix, and then sterilized gauze was inserted into vagina to prevent Achyranthes bidentata from prolapsing. It can also be mashed with 5g fresh Achyranthes bidentata, soaked with sterile gauze, rolled into strips, wrapped with sterile plastic paper, punctured with a number of holes (to facilitate the exudation of drug juice), and then inserted into the cervix according to the above method. Generally, the effect can occur within 12-24 hours. The roots of Achyranthes bidentata were excreted spontaneously when abortion occurred. If it is not effective within 24 hours, it should be taken out and inserted if it is fresh. According to the observation of 18 cases, 11 cases were successful and 1 case was incomplete abortion. It was also used in 4 cases of delayed abortion (2 cases of stillbirth) and 2 cases of hydatidiform mole in the first month. Drug reaction has mild temperature rise, after abortion can be reduced to normal. However, it must be strictly disinfected and operated to prevent infection and cervical trauma.

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