Garlic

Garlic

(notes to the classic of Materia Medica)

[synonym] Mao garlic (Fu Hou's ancient and modern notes), egg garlic (Cui Bao's ancient and modern notes), garlic (BIE Lu), summer garlic (suixiju diet).

[source] the bulb of Allium sativum L.

[plant morphology] garlic

He is a perennial. The appearance of garlic is similar to that of garlic, but smaller than that of garlic. The bulb is as small as Allium macrostemon and has only one bulb, which is not as good as garlic.

Wild. It's distributed all over the country.

[collection] collect and dig in summer and autumn, remove sediment, dry in the sun or in the shade.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

① Bielu: "Xin, Wen, you have little poison. "

② Tao Hongjing: "the taste is pungent and the nature is hot. "

[Guijing] explanation of Lei Gong's processing properties: "entering the spleen and stomach meridians. "

[function indications] warm the middle, lower Qi, eliminate the valley and kill insects. Treatment of vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain, swelling, poisonous sores, insect bites.

① Bielu: "the main cholera, abdominal restlessness, Xiaogu, stomach warming, in addition to evil Bi gas. "

② Tao Hongjing: "the main stream is poisonous. "

③ "Qianjin Shizhi" says: "ye zhuxinfan temple, detoxification of all poisons, infantile Dan rash. "

④ "Dietotherapy Materia Medica": "remove all insect poisons, Dingzhong, poisonous sores. "

⑤ "Suixiju diet spectrum": "lower Qi, relieve pain, kill insects. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1.5 ~ 3 yuan (fresh, 0.5 ~ 1 liang). External use: frying or tamping.

[should avoid] Yin deficiency, fire and sun disease, mouth, throat and other diseases should not be taken.

① "Daily use Materia Medica": "patients with beriberi should avoid food in time. "

② According to the diet spectrum of suihanju: "the wind damages the eyes, and it should be avoided after the disease. "

[prescription selection] 1. For the treatment of cholera, the heart and abdomen are distending and painful, and the stomach is full of shortness of breath, but not vomit: take one liter of garlic, cut it carefully, take three liters of water, boil one liter, and take it at once. (behind the elbow)

② Treat cholera, abdominal pain more than: garlic a point, salt a point. Mash, put a little in the navel, and then moxibustion with moxa fire. (Sheng Hui Fang)

③ Treatment of typhoid fever in time, temperature disease and headache, strong heat pulse big, only a day: garlic a liter, pound juice three, meal. (behind the elbow)

④ Cure heartache can't bear, ten years five years: garlic, strong vinegar boiled, take it, take full, without salt. (collected works of the Ministry of war)

⑤ Treat stroke Yin pain such as thorn, sweat such as rain: garlic, leek root, willow root each one jin. Heat the wine and steam it to make it taste better. (Qian Jin Fang)

⑥ For those who refuse to disperse: Evodia rutaecarpa, garlic, etc., combined with tamping. (behind the elbow)

⑦ Treatment of snake venom: pound garlic, drink juice, apply dross on the sore. (behind the elbow)

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