Poor food

Poor food

(Tang materia medica)

[synonyms] dahliae (the book of songs), Qiong, Jieyu (Erzhi), Yu (Shuowen), mallow (tangbencao), shuijingcao (Tusu Bencao), dahliae, jinlianer, lotus root vegetables (salvation Bencao), dimple (yelaipu), jinlianzi, qionggongxu (compendium).

[source] it is the whole plant of Gentianaceae.

[plant morphology] qiongcai

Perennial floating herbs. The stem is slender and rooting on the node. The leaves are nearly opposite, oval, 2.5-7 cm in diameter, deep heart-shaped at the base, light green above and purple below; the petiole is 2.5-12 cm long. Flowers yellow, gathered in leaf axils, umbelliform, petiolate, 2.5-8 cm long; sepals 5, lanceolate; petals 5, margin dentate, with eyelashes, glandular hairs at the throat of the tube, opposite to corolla lobes: stamen 5, inserted tube, filament short, linear, anthers long ovate halberd, T-shaped; ovary 1-locular, style short, stigma 2-3-lobed. Capsule elliptic, apex acute, seeds numerous, with finely toothed margin. The flowering period is from August to October.

They grow in ponds. It is distributed in the warm area of South China.

[chemical constituents] the leaves contain rutin, quercetin-3-chaocaioside, quercetin-3 - α - arabinopyranose (1-6) - β - glucopyranoside.

Sweet and cold.

① Tang materia medica: "sweet taste, cold, non-toxic. "

② Yilin Zhuanyao: "sweet, salty, cold, slippery. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, diuresis, detumescence and detoxification. Treatment of cold and heat, heat drenching, carbuncle, fire pill.

① "Tang Materia Medica": "it is used to quench thirst, remove heat, and facilitate urination. "

② "Kaibao Materia Medica": "take it with mashed juice to cure cold and heat. "

③ Pinhuijingyao: "Zhu Zhulin. "

④ "The compendium of Medical Sciences" says: "the fire elixir is swollen when you pound and apply various swelling poisons. "

⑤ Yilin zuanyao: "Dispelling vexation, relieving fever, eliminating phlegm and promoting water. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or mash juice. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat carbuncle and sore: take half a bowl from the root or the stem or the seed of Pyrola officinalis, and five inches from the root or the stem or the seed of Pyrola officinalis, remove the skin, mash it with stone tools, apply poison around, change it four or five times in spring, summer and autumn, and change it two or three times in winter. Wash it with shepherd's purse water. (Bao Sheng Yu Lu)

② Treat Valley Road sores: Don leaf mash, Mian wrapped in the lower part, three times a day. (fan Wang Fang)

Chinese PinYin : Qiong Cai