Wangjiang Nanzi

Wangjiang Nanzi

(Modern Practical Chinese Medicine)

[synonyms] sophora bean (salvaging materia medica), pheasant bean (Fujian folk herbal medicine), Golden Horn and golden horn (Jiangsu medicinal records), Jiangnan bean (Chinese medicinal plant Atlas), shuizhaodou (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), fenghandou and cowpea (Jiangsu medicinal records).

[source] pods or seeds of the leguminous plant wangjiangnan. The plant morphology is detailed in "wangjiangnan".

[collection] in autumn, the fruits are harvested when they become hot, and the pods are cut off and dried in the sun.

[medicinal materials] the dried pods are cylindrical, slightly flat, 6-10 cm long, slightly uplifted on both sides, brownish yellow on the edge, with purple brown long and wide band in the center, extending from the tip to the other end, and with many rows of transverse convex lines formed by transverse septum protrusion; the surface is rough, with white dots and sparse fine hairs. Base with long stipe. The inner surface of pericarp has brown septum juxtaposed longitudinally. Most of the seeds are ovate and flat, one end slightly pointed, 3-4 mm in diameter, flat, with oblique black stripe hilum at the top, dark green on both sides, brown oval spots in the center, white fine reticulation around when just mature, and gradually falling off and smooth after storage. It's hard. It is fragrant and rich in mucus. It is better that the pod is long, dry, not broken, the seed does not fall off and there is no fruit stalk.

It is mainly produced in Jiangsu Province. It is also produced in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangxi.

[chemical constituents] the seeds contain chrysophanol, chrysophanol and aloe emodin. The seed oil contains linoleic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid and tetradecanoic acid, and the unsaponifiable part also contains sitosterol. It also contains toxic protein and volatile oil. The peel contains apigenin.

[pharmacological action] seeds have diarrhoeal effect, which is related to emodin, and have obvious toxicity, which is related to toxic protein, but because of its antigenic property, dogs can be immunized. Mice, rats and horses showed toxicity by feeding seeds or injecting benzene extract. For other functions, please refer to the article "looking south of the Yangtze River".

[processing] remove the fruit stalks, pick up the impurities and cut them into small sections; or rub off the fruit shells and dry the seeds in the sun.

[flavor] sweet and bitter, cool and poisonous.

① "Modern practical Chinese medicine": "bitter, flat, non-toxic. "

② Fujian folk herbal medicine: "bitter, slightly cold, non-toxic. "

③ "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "the taste is slightly sweet and bitter, and the nature is flat. "

④ Fujian Chinese herbal medicine: "Gan Xin, Liang. "

[functions and indications] it can clear the liver, clear the eyes, strengthen the stomach, relieve constipation and detoxify. It is used to treat red eyes, swelling, dizziness, dyspepsia, stomachache, abdominal pain, dysentery and constipation.

① "Gangmu Shiyi": "treatment of rash, carbuncle. "

② Li Chenghu's medicinal botany: "invigorating the stomach, diuresis, antipyretic, nourishing blood, stopping dysentery. "

③ Modern Practical Traditional Chinese medicine: "invigorating the stomach and regulating the intestines. Treatment of diarrhea, abdominal pain, chronic constipation, head distension. "

④ Fujian folk herbal medicine: "Yigan, Mingmu. The treatment of liver fire, redness, swelling and shyness. "

⑤ "Jiangxi traditional Chinese medicine": "treat stomachache, dyspepsia. "

⑥ Herbal medicine: "treating asthma. Treating malaria by frying seeds. "

⑦ "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "Qinggan, Mingmu, treat dizziness. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-3 Qian; Yanmo, 0.5-1 Qian. External use: grind and apply.

[prescription selection] 1. For the treatment of liver fire, redness, swelling, shyness, or unclear vision: five to one or two pieces of sheep beans, one or two pieces of rock sugar, stewed in boiling water. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of malaria: Wangjiang Nanzi fried after the end of the research, each time take two to three money, twice a day. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of high blood pressure: wangjiangnanzi fried jiaoyanmo, one money each time, sugar, boiled water instead of tea. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

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