Saposhnikovia divaricata

grass

(drug records of Nanning City)

[synonym] luomayi, false and Mayi leaves (essential preparation of raw herbs), Herba Siegesbeckiae and Saposhnikovia divaricata (record of Lingnan medicine Collection), tetragonal stem, medicinal plant of Guangxi Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, chosutou, yaermi, wucao, Damiao, dayanggushao, paifengcao, chousu（ Fujian Chinese herbal medicine.

[source] it is the whole plant of Saposhnikovia divaricata.

[plant morphology] Saposhnikovia divaricata

Erect herbs 1-2 years old, branched, 1-2 m high, pubescent. Stem 4-ribbed. Single leaf opposite, broad ovate to ovate, 4-10 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, apex acuminate or short pointed, margin with irregular teeth, base nearly round, both sides hairy, with small glandular dots; petiole 1.5-3 cm long. The flowers are whorled, axillary in the lower part, and raceme in the upper part, dense or discontinuous, 2.5 cm in diameter; calyx light green, tubular, 7-8 mm long, 5-lobed; lobes triangular lanceolate, with short hairs on the inside and outside; corolla tubular, 1.5 cm long, pink, 2-lipped, 5-lobed; upper lip erect, entire, lower lip broad, expanded, with short hairs on the inside; stamens 4 The longer pair is 1-locular, the shorter pair is 2-locular, longitudinally lobed; the pistil is 1-lobed and the stigma is 2-lobed. Nutlets 4, round, dark brown, smooth. The flowering period is from September to October. The fruit period is from December to January next year.

Born in the wasteland, wilderness, village grass. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] the whole grass was cut in summer and autumn, washed, dried or fresh.

[medicinal material] dried whole grass, 1-1.5m long. Stems herbaceous, quadrangular, up to 5 mm thick. The surface is brown or reddish brown, with hairs, especially at the edges and corners; it is hard, with fibrous section and white pith in the center. The leaves are wrinkled, serrated, grayish brown on the top, grayish green on the bottom, hairy on both sides, brittle and easily broken. Sometimes it can be seen that the inflorescence is densely hairy, and the flowers fall off, leaving only the gray green calyx, often covered with 1-4 nuts. The taste is mild and bitter. It is better to have more leaves, dry and no impurity.

It is produced in Guangxi and Guangdong.

[chemical constituents] the whole herb contains alkaloids, flavonoid glycosides, phenols, reducing sugars and tannins.

Hard work, warm.

① "The nature of raw herbs" is warm. "

② "Lu Chuan's materia medica:" bitter and pungent, slightly warm. "

③ "Nanning medicine annals": "it's pungent, warm and slightly bitter. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind, remove dampness and detoxify. Treatment of cold, body heat, vomiting, abdominal pain, muscle pain, sore, eczema, hemorrhoids.

① "Preparation of raw herbal medicine nature": it can relieve pain, strengthen muscles and bones, dissipate wind and heat, remove toxic sores, and remove pain in muscles and bones. People with kidney deficiency can take their heads and drink wine. "Dispel wind dampness, strengthen muscles and bones, black beard, improve eyesight, wash hemorrhoids, wash chancre, and remove swelling. "

② Lu Chuan's materia medica: "driving the wind is published, and Qi is sparse and stagnant. Treatment of cold, body heat, vomiting, abdominal pain, quadriplegia, bee and scorpion injuries. "

③ "Nanning medicine records": "dispel wind and heat, detoxify and relieve pain. Treat sore, joint pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: boil soup, 3-5 yuan; soak in wine or pills. External use: fried, washed or tamped.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of pain in Baijie muscles and bones: Ten steaming and nine sun drying of Herba Polygoni Multiflori, and taking honey as pills. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)

② Treatment of hypertension: fresh fangfengcao, fresh haizhougen five money to two Liang. Take it in water.

③ Treatment of tuyere eye deviation: fresh fangfengcao 1 to 2 liang, brown sugar 5 money, decoction; another leaf and kernel were mashed, paste paralysis side.

④ Treatment of carbuncle: fresh radix Saposhnikoviae two liang, mash Jiaozhi transfer rice wine stew service, slag external application; or with fresh radix Saposhnikoviae, two, fresh three money, water fried wine service.

⑤ Treatment of eczema: fresh radix Saposhnikoviae, fried in water, adjusted or washed the affected area.

⑥ Treatment of snakebite: fresh fangfengcao one or two, fresh Qingcao one or two, water stew service: slag transfer salt, rice, a little mash external application. (2) Fujian Chinese herbal medicine

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