Convolvulus root

Convolvulus root

(Ben Jing)

[synonym] Jingen (Ben Jing), xujingen (Ben Cao Tu Jing), xuanshao Cao Gen (Jiu Ji Fang).

[source] it is the root of the family Convolvulaceae. The plant morphology is detailed in the section "Convolvulus".

[collection] collected in March or September and dried in the sun.

[flavor] sweet, slightly bitter, warm.

① Ben Jing: "Wei Xin. "

② Tang materia medica: "it tastes sweet. "

③ "Saving wasteland Materia Medica": "sweet taste, warm nature. "

④ The compendium of Medical Sciences: "it's sweet, smooth and slightly bitter. "

[function indications] Yijing Qi, continue bones and muscles. Treatment of erysipelas, trauma.

① "Ben Jing" says: "it is good for urination. "

② Bielu: "zhuxujin. "

③ "Materia medica collection": "it's mainly erysipelas and children's heat poison if you take it with crushed root and seedling juice. The root of the main continued bones and muscles, alloy sores. "

④ Compendium: "tonifying strain and benefiting essence"

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup or mash juice.

In the compendium, the roots of Convolvulus are as thin as tendons, so it is said in bielu that they will not be hungry for a long time. When Shizhen returned from the capital, he saw that every time the rickshaw puller cut it, he would go back to the clouds at dusk to fry the soup, which could repair the damage, so the theory of Invigorating Qi and reinforcing tendons could be used especially. "

Chinese PinYin : Xuan Hua Gen