Rabbit umbrella

Rabbit umbrella

(save famine materia medica)

[synonyms] qilima (Nanjing folk medicine), yiyisan (Guizhou folk medicine), nantianfan, Sanba (Hunan medicinal records), tiegusan (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine), poyangsan, tieliangsan, yuliancao (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine), yuliancai, Maotou (Northern Chinese herbal medicine manual), longtouqi (Shaanxi herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root or whole grass of Cymbidium bicolor.

[plant morphology] parachute

Perennial herbs. Stem erect, 70-120 cm high, simple, glabrous, slightly brown. Root leaf 1, umbelliform when young, drooping; stem leaf alternate, shield shaped, palmately divided, straight to the center, lobes compound pinnate division, edge with irregular teeth, upper green, lower gray; lower leaf 20-30 cm in diameter, with long petiole, about 10-16 cm long, 7-9 lobes; upper leaf smaller, 12-24 cm in diameter, petiole 2-6 cm long, 4-5 lobes One. Inflorescences numerous, densely compound corymbose; bracts 1-layered, 5-lobed, glabrous, oblong, apex obtuse, margin membranous. Flowers bisexual, 8-11, corolla tubular, ca. 1 cm long, apex 5-lobed. Stamens 5, attached to corolla tube; ovary inferior, 1-locular; style slender, stigma 2-lobed. Achenes oblong, ca. 5 mm long; corolla grayish white or reddish. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruit period is from September to October.

It grows on hillside wasteland. It is distributed in Northeast, North and East China.

[collection] take it in autumn and dry it after removing the soil.

[medicinal material] the dry root is nearly cylindrical, slender, mostly irregular curved, with light brown surface, fine longitudinal wrinkles, yellowish white broken face and brownish yellow oil spots in the middle. It is better to be dry and free of impurities.

Produced in Jiangsu, Guizhou, Hunan, Shaanxi, Hebei, Jilin and other places.

Bitter, pungent, warm and poisonous.

① "Saving famine Materia Medica" says: "it tastes bitter and slightly pungent. "

② Guizhou folk medicine: "mild in nature, pungent in taste, non-toxic. "

③ Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "there are small poisons. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind and dampness, detoxify and activate blood circulation, reduce swelling and relieve pain. It is used to treat rheumatism, numbness, joint pain, carbuncle, sore and swelling, and traumatic injury.

① "Nanjing folk herbs": "root: decoction, oral or external application of the affected area, the treatment of traumatic injury. "

② Guizhou folk medicine: "Shujin Huoxue". "

③ Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine; Qufeng dehumidification, detumescence pain. Treatment of rheumatic numbness, rheumatic arthritis, lumbocrural pain, fractures, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea. "

④ Zhejiang folk commonly used herbs: "detumescence and detoxification. Treatment of neck lymphadenitis, snakebite. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-5 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: tamping.

[taboo] ① Guizhou folk medicine: "pregnant women should not take it. "

② Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "anti ginger. "

[prescription selection] ① for rheumatism, numbness and bone pain: four for an umbrella, four for ciwuqie root, three for bailongxu, three for xiaoxueteng and three for papaya root. Make two Jin of wine. Take it twice a day for one or two to fifteen dollars each time. (Guizhou folk medicine)

2. Treat limbs numbness, waist and leg pain: Rabbit's umbrella root 22, soak in 200 ml of Baijiu, take three times. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in North China)

③ Kidney deficiency lumbago: an umbrella root, wine service. (Guizhou folk medicine)

④ Cure carbuncle: Rabbit umbrella whole grass, pound, egg white tune apply. (Hunan medical records)

⑤ Treatment of cervical lymphadenitis: Rabbit umbrella root two to four money. Take it in water.

⑥ Treatment of traumatic injury: mash the whole grass or root of rabbit umbrella, add the right amount of Shaojiu or 75% alcohol, and apply it externally.

⑦ Treatment of snakebite: mash the root of rabbit umbrella, add proper amount of yellow rice wine, and apply it to the injured area. (5) common folk herbs in Zhejiang Province

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