Salty acid age

Salty acid age

(essential preparation of raw herbs)

[synonym] mourning room (preparation of raw herbs), entering the Earth Dragon and sour taste world (Lingnan medicine collection record).

[source] it is the root of Malvaceae.

[plant morphology] Ampelopsis grossedentata, also known as xintongzi, zuichaozi and yanggongbanzi.

Subshrubs, 90-120 cm high, branched, glabrous, sometimes vinate. Leaves ovate to oblong, 5-7.5 cm long, 2-2.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded, entire, glabrous, below evergreen with white; petiole 5-7 mm long, with narrow margin. Panicle terminal and upper axillary, densely pubescent; bract small; flowers very small, hybrid, pedicel 3 mm long; calyx small, 5-lobed, acute; petals 5, white, ca. 2 mm long, ciliate; stamen 5, filaments more or less inserted on petals, anther ovate oblong; ovary superior, ovate in female flowers, reduced to conical in male flowers, style cylindrical, stigma capitate. Berry globose, 2-3 mm in diameter. Seeds globose, base porous. The flowering period is January.

Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[chemical constituents] the fruit contains 2.45% anthracene. It also contains vitamin.

[pharmacological action] its dried fruit has tapeworm killing effect, and its effective component is anthraquinone. Used as a contraceptive in India, it can inhibit the activity of alkaline phosphatase in endometrium.

[nature and taste] 1. In the preparation of the nature of shengjiji, it is sweet and sour in taste and flat in nature. "

② Ben Cao Qiu yuan: "Gan Xin, Ping. "

[function indications] it is used to treat amenorrhea in women, head sores in children and traumatic injuries.

① "Preparation of raw herbal medicine nature": "detumescence, dispersing poison, relieving pain, regulating Dieda. "

② "Seek the source of Materia Medica": "soak wine to strengthen muscles and bones, wash children's rotten head. "

③ "Lingnan caiyao Lu" says, "if the meridians are closed, they should be decocted with the pork essence. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: wash with boiling water.

Chinese PinYin : Xian Suan Shi