Wuhanzi

Chinese Name: wuqianzi

[category]: seeds

[synonyms] Suizi (pluripotent and despicable), mushangzi, feizhuzi, Youzhuzi, Bodhi (compendium), muwanzi, youshangzi (Chinese tree taxonomy), yuansuan, Guiyuan Suan (Modern Practical Chinese Medicine), shoushouguo, kuzhizi (Guangxi Chinese veterinary medicine plant).

[source] the seeds of Sapindus mukorossi.

[plant morphology] wuqianshu (the collection of Materia Medica), also known as Huan (the classic of mountains and seas), shiguamu (Cui Bao's ancient and modern notes), Lou, Shumu (Zuowen), Shilou (the collection of Materia Medica), Shiguai (the ancient and modern notes of China), luguimu (compendium), huangmu (Taiwan official records), and mulangshu.

Deciduous or evergreen trees, up to 25 m tall. The winter buds are axillary, with 2 pairs of scales outside, slightly hairy. They are usually double pinnate compound leaves, alternate; without stipules; stipules; 8-12 leaflets, broadly lanceolate or elliptic, 6-15 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide, apex long pointed, entire, base broadly cuneate or obliquely rounded, left-right unequal, leathery, glabrous, or with microvilli on the main veins below Hairs; petioles very short. Panicle, terminal and lateral; flowers heterozygous, small, sessile, rachis and branches covered with yellowish brown fine hairs; calyx 5 pieces, outer 2 pieces short, inner 3 pieces long, round or oval; corolla light green, 5-petal, ovate to ovate lanceolate, with short claws; disk cup-shaped; male flowers with 8-10 developed stamens, attached on the inner side of disk, filaments with fine hairs, attached on the back of anther; female flowers, Ovary superior, usually only 1-locular; bisexual flowers with small stamens and soft filaments. Drupe globose, about 15-20 mm in diameter, yellow or brownish yellow when ripe. Seeds globose, black, ca. 12-15 mm in diam. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruit period is from September to October.

It is distributed in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, etc.

The roots (Sapindus mukorossi), phloem (Sapindus mukorossi bark), tender leaves (Sapindus mukorossi cotyledon), pulp (Sapindus mukorossi cotyledon) and seed kernel (Sapindus mukorossi kernel) of this plant are also used for medicine. See special regulations for details.

[collection] the mature fruits are picked, the flesh is removed, and the seeds are dried in the sun.

[medicinal material] the dried seeds are spherical, 14 mm in diameter and length. The appearance is black and smooth. Hilum linear, surrounded by white villi. Testa bony, hard. No endosperm, plump cotyledons, yellow, thick embryo, slightly curved.

It is produced in Guangxi and Guangdong.

[chemical composition] it contains Sapindus saponin, fatty oil and protein.

Bitter, flat and poisonous.

① "Ben Jing Feng Yuan": "bitter, flat, non-toxic. "

② "Nanning drug records": "bitter and astringent, with small poison. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, eliminating phlegm, eliminating accumulation and killing insects. It is used to treat sore throat, cough and asthma, food stagnation, leucorrhea, malnutrition, sore arthralgia, swelling and toxin. For diphtheria, seminal vesicle disease, drenching turbidity, frequent urination. Clearing away heat, eliminating phlegm, eliminating accumulation and killing insects. Throat pain, cough and asthma, food stagnation, leucorrhea, malnutrition, sore ringworm, swelling and toxin.

① "Preparation for the nature of raw herbal medicine": "stop bleeding; simmer food to kill insects, remove greasy; boil plaster to dispel wind, detumescence, detoxification. "

② "Burn ash, study powder and blow throat to cure hoarseness" in Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals. "

③ "Zhejiang Tianmu yam Zhi": "it can treat all kinds of throat diseases, cold, fever, pertussis, turbid, leucorrhea, infantile malnutrition. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-2 yuan; grind or simmer food. External use: grind powder, blow throat, wipe teeth, or decoct soup, boil ointment.

[storage] store in a well ventilated and dry place.

[prescription selection] ① for Shuangdan goose throat: Wuyan Sanqian, Fengweicao Sanqian, fried.

② Rule goose throat: wuhanzi two money, yuanmingfen one money five points, Meipian six points, research very fine end blowing throat. If it's serious, add musk.

③ Treatment of asthma: wupinzi calcined ash, boiled water, children six minutes each time, adults two money each time, once a day, for several days. (1) Lingnan herbal medicine annals

④ Zhichong Jishi stagnation: wuhanzi five to seven, simmer cooked to eat, once a day, can take several days. (commonly used folk herbs in Guangxi)

⑤ Treatment of tinea epidermidis: take appropriate amount of wupinzi, boil it with vinegar, and wash the affected area while it is hot. (Lingnan herbal medicine)

⑥ Treatment of dental swelling and pain: wupinzi one or two, rhubarb, Cyperus each one or two, green salt half two, mud solid calcined research, daily use brush teeth. (Puji Fang)

⑦ Go to the wind and brighten your eyes. Beat the skin of Sapindus mukorossi, Gleditsia sinensis, Hu cake and Acorus gramineus together. Mix it with water to make a marble. Wash your hair in soup to remove wind and brighten your eyes.

⑧ Wash your face to remove spots. Mash it with wuzhuzi, add Baimian and Weizai pills, take it daily to wash the face, remove the dirt and spots, which is very effective.

⑨ Zizhongren: swollen and painful teeth. One or two with fat beads, one or two with rhubarb and one or two with Cyperus, half with green salt, sealed with soil, calcined and ground. Take it every day to wipe your teeth.

[clinical application] treatment of trichomonal vaginitis

Take 1 jin of Sapindus mukorossi which is washed and peeled, add 1000 ml of water and fry it into a thick liquid. Take 50-100 ml of heated boiled water and 1000 ml of diluted water each time, lavage vagina according to routine, once a day, 7-10 days as a course of treatment. At the same time, it should be taken orally with the traditional Chinese medicine of clearing away heat and removing dampness. After a course of lavage, 10 cases were negative for Trichomonas. No recurrence was found in 5 cases after 2-3 months of follow-up observation, and 1 case recurred after 2 months, which was still effective after further treatment.

Chinese PinYin : Wu Huan Zi