Peach root

Peach root

(Guangzhou Air Force Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Nanqi, tuhuangqi (Guangzhou Air Force Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine), and tubacanthopanax bark (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of Ficus crassifolia.

[plant morphology] Ficus crassifolia, also known as three dragon claws, Yaya wood, five finger peach, five finger dragon, five finger milk.

Shrubs or small trees. The twigs are hollow, and the whole plant is covered with gray villi. Leaves simple, alternate, papery, polytypic, oblong lanceolate, narrowly or broadly ovate, 8-25 cm long and 4-18 cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, base rounded or cordate, often 3-5-lobed, margin serrate or undulate, sometimes entire; stipules ovate lanceolate, 8-20 mm long. Inflorescences axillary in pairs, globose, basal bracts ovate lanceolate; flowers yellowish green; male flowers in inflorescence inner wall near top, pedunculate; sepals 4, purple, linear lanceolate; stamens 2 or 1; calyx of gall flower similar to male flower; ovary globose or ovate, style lateral, stigma funnel-shaped; female flower in another inflorescence, pedunculate or nearly sessile; sepals similar to male flower, but not pedunculate Narrower and lighter in color. Achene elliptic, with tuberculate protuberance.

It grows on hillsides, ravines and roadside shrubs. It is distributed in the South and southwest of China.

[collection] in autumn, they were collected, cleaned, sliced and dried.

[nature and taste] 1. The manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine published by Guangzhou Army: "sweet and pungent, slightly warm. "

② Guangzhou Air Force "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "sweet and light taste, flat nature. "

Functions and indications: invigorate the swelling and lung, promote qi and diuresis. Treatment of tuberculosis, cough, night sweats, limb fatigue and weakness, less food, abdominal distension, edema, rheumatic arthralgia, hepatitis, leucorrhea, postpartum no milk.

① "The manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine" of Guangzhou Army: "invigorating the spleen and removing dampness, promoting qi and relieving pain, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. Treatment of liver cirrhosis ascites, chronic hepatitis, liver and spleen pain, edema, rheumatoid arthritis, fatigue cough. "

② Guangzhou Air Force's "manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "replenish qi and strengthen exterior, relax muscles and activate collaterals, and promote qi and dampness. It is used to treat tuberculosis, cough, chronic bronchitis, night sweats, weakness after illness, postpartum absence of milk, women's leucorrhea, stomachache, chest pain, nameless swelling and toxin. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang.

[prescription selection] ① for acute icteric hepatitis and severe chronic hepatitis: Chuanpo Shier Shijin, wuzhimaotao Banjin, Hulu tea Sanliang, soaked and boiled with water twice, concentrated to 1500 ml, added 300 g white sugar, added preservatives, left standing, filtered. Take 90 mL twice a day for severe cases and 45 ml once a day for mild cases. The course of treatment is one month

② Postpartum no milk: five finger milk 2 liang, stewed pig feet clothes. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Leucorrhea: 1 liang of five finger milk, 2 liang of silk, fried in water. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Wu Zhi Mao Tao Gen