Sheep's hoof

Sheep's hoof

(Ben Jing)

[synonyms] dongfangsu, lianchonglu, Guimu (Ben Jing), baiducaigen (Yong Lei Qian Fang), Yangti rhubarb (Geng Xin Yu CE), Tu rhubarb (Diannan materia medica), niutonggen (Zhenjiang Fu Zhi), niutongrhubarb (textual research on the name of plants), jijiaorhubarb (experimental research on traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the root of Polygonaceae or Nepalese.

[plant morphology] 1. Sheep's hoof, also known as "Ji" (the book of songs), evil vegetable (the biography of Mao's Poetry), invasion (Guangya), cattle decadence (Lu Ji's Poetry), storage (BIE Lu), bald vegetable (Tao Hongjing), pig's ear (salvation materia medica), bald leaf, Tianwang leaf (illustration of Materia Medica of Southern Yunnan), Patrinia, ox tongue, water yellow celery (compendium), ox tongue slice, wild radish, yeqiu eggplant, and rhubarb Sheep ear, tinea.

Perennial herbs with thick yellow roots. Stem erect, about 1 meter high. The root leaves are tufted, with long stalks. The leaves are long elliptic, 10-25 cm long and 4-10 cm wide, with blunt apex, round or wedge-shaped base and wavy margin. The stem leaves are small, with short stalks. Raceme terminal, each node clusters slightly drooping; perianth 6, light green, outer wheel 3 pieces of expansion, inner wheel 3 pieces of fruiting quilt; perianth broadly ovate, with obvious reticulation, the back with an ovate verrucous process, its surface with fine reticulation, edge with irregular micro teeth; stamens 6, in 3 pairs; ovary with edge, 1 room, 1 ovule, style 3, stigma cleft. Achene triangular, apex acute, angular sharp, ca. 2 mm, brown, shiny. There are 3 pieces of enlarged pericarp. The flowering period is April. The fruit ripens in May.

It is found in the wild, near the mountain or wetland. It is distributed in Northeast China, North China, East China, central China and South China.

② Nepalese sheep hoof, also known as: niuerhuangcao, Nepalese Rumex, niuerrhubarb.

Perennial herbs with thick roots. The stem is round, shallowly ribbed, 0.7-1.5 m high, erect. The stem leaves are oblong, ovate, oblong to triangular ovate, 20-40 cm long and 3-5 cm wide, or larger, with short apex, heart-shaped or round base, irregular undulating margin, and occasionally a few leaves mixed in inflorescence at the upper part. Raceme, distance between clusters, obvious joint in the middle of pedicel; perianth 6, 3 inner whorls, expanded into perianth, oval, net vein prominent and obvious, long oval verrucous process in the center, edge with needlelike teeth, about 10 on each side, teeth end in hook shape; stamen 6; ovary triangular, style 3, stigma fimbriate. Achenes triangular, glossy. The flowering period is May.

They like to live on roadsides and ditches in low mountain and warm areas. It is distributed in the middle and southwest of China.

The leaves and fruits of the above two plants are also used for medicine.

[collection] from August to September.

[chemical constituents] the root contains rhein, emodin and nepodenyl-3-methylnaphthalene.

The plant also contains a hypoglycemic component (melting point 103-104 ℃).

[pharmacological action] the tincture has certain inhibitory effect on many pathogenic fungi in vitro. When the root (species not identified) decoction was injected into chicken embryo after direct contact with influenza A virus in vitro, it could prevent infection, and allantoic fluid protein could greatly reduce this effect. The results showed that the alcohol extract from the decoction of Bauhinia chinensis (unidentified species) had inhibitory effect on the dehydrogenase of blood cells in patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute monocytic leukemia and acute myelocytic leukemia (test tube methylene blue decolorization method), and had certain inhibitory effect on the respiration of white blood cells in the former two (Warner respirator method). Sheep's hoof contains oxalic acid, which is toxic when used in large doses. For the pharmacological effects of rhubarb, please refer to "rhubarb".

The alcohol extract of Rumex from the same plant group has a lasting and central effect on reducing blood pressure in animals. Similar to rhubarb, small dose of rhubarb has astringent effect, large dose of rhubarb has laxative effect, and it can reflexively promote cholestasis, and also has some hemostatic effects.

Bitter, cold and poisonous.

① Ben Jing: "it tastes bitter and cold. "

② Bielu: "non toxic. "

③ Tang materia medica: "it tastes hard and has little poison. "

④ Supplement to the meaning of materia medica: "Gan. "

[Guijing] compendium of materia medica: "start with Shaoyin meridian. "

It has the functions of killing insects, relieving blood stasis, clearing away heat. It is used to treat stool dryness, drenching, jaundice, hematemesis, intestinal wind, functional uterine bleeding, alopecia, scabies, carbuncle swelling and traumatic injury.

It can clear away heat and toxin, kill insects, relieve itching and defecate. It is used for skin diseases, scabies, various bleeding, hepatitis and various inflammation.

① Ben Jing: "the main head is bald, scabies and pruritus, in addition to heat, female Yin erosion. "

② Bielu: "the main immersion gangrene hemorrhoids, insecticidal. "

③ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "cure ringworm, kill all insect swelling poison, vinegar rub paste. "

④ According to the picture of Materia Medica in southern Yunnan, "dry in the sun, apply saber, stone carbuncle, rash, tinea, scabies, carbuncle, fistula and other diseases, use vinegar to make, use oil to mix and rub.". "

⑤ The collated edition of Diannan materia medica: "it can treat all kinds of heat and toxin, diarrhea the excess fire in the six Fu organs, diarrhea the heat of the six meridians, eliminate the deficiency of tuberculosis and fever, promote urination, and treat the heat drenching. Insecticidal, apply on tinea and scabies. "

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

[should avoid] "Ben Cao Hui Yan:" the spleen and stomach deficiency cold, diarrhea, do not eat the mouth. "

[selection] 1. To treat constipation and constipation: one or two sheep hoof roots (file). Take a large cup of water and fry it for 6 minutes. Remove the dross and take it gently. (Sheng Hui Fang)

② To cure postpartum wind: grind the root of sheep's hoof, take three or two spoons of juice, half a cup of water, boil it for one or two times, and take it with a warm stomach. (Ben Cao Yan Yi)

③ Treatment of red and white: sheep's hoof root every three to five money. Take it in water. (experimental study of traditional Chinese Medicine)

④ Treatment of damp heat jaundice: sheep hoof root five money, acanthopanax skin five money. Take it in water. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of heat stagnation and hematemesis: Decoction of Bauhinia root and Ophiopogon japonicus, or boiling cream, refining honey, and taking several spoonfuls of white soup. (Ben Cao Hui Yan)

⑥ Treatment of intestinal wind under the blood: septic roots (wash cut), with skin ginger each half. With fried red, with no ash wine quenching, bowl cover less tilt, to dross, drink at will. (Yonglei qianfang)

⑦ Treatment of hemorrhoids and hematochezia: sheep hoof root eight money to one or two, fat pork four Liang. Put it in a earthen jar, add water, and cook until the meat is rotten, then remove the medicine and drink the soup. (Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑧ Treatment of perianal inflammation: sheep hoof root (fresh) one or two to one or two half. Take it on an empty stomach sooner or later. (selected materials of new medical treatment of Chinese herbal medicine, Fujian)

⑨ Treating women's Yin erosion pain: rubbing and washing with sheep's hoof decoction. (Ben Cao Hui Yan)

⑩ For the treatment of laryngopharyngeal obstruction and death, do not speak: for those with sole root of sheep's hoof, do not see the wind and the sun. Study it with vinegar for three years, such as mud. Wipe the throat with raw cloth and apply it. (Qian Jin Fang)

(11) treatment of scrofula: the root of Leymus chinensis is ground with strong vinegar on pig iron, and then it is removed by rotary scraping and applied to the affected area; if it is not scrofula, a little sulfur is added, which is the same as grinding and applying. (Sheng Hui Fang)

(12) treatment of alopecia: the root of Bauhinia (only root, do not see the wind), with three years of vinegar research and mud, raw cloth to wipe sores, to apply it. (behind the elbow)

Treatment of scabies: sheep hoof root (pound), and pig fat coated, or a little salt is good. (Yao Seng Tan's collected prescriptions)

(14) treatment of tinea corporis: grind the root of sheep's hoof on the grindstone with bitter wine, and apply it on the sore; scrape the sore first, dry it with fire, and then apply it for four or five times. (Qian Jin Fang)

To treat tinea for a long time: mash the root of sheep's hoof to extract the juice, apply a little of the greasy powder, such as ointment, on Tinea for three or five times; if it is dry, mix and apply it with pig fat. (brief aid to all)

(16) to cure itching in Sao grottoes, it has been soaked for a long time, itching is unbearable, yellow water comes out after scratching, and recurrences after scrofula: take the root of sheep's hoof to remove the soil, carefully cut and smash it, apply it for a time, wash it with cold water, apply it once a day, if it is the last. (lvchuangyan materia medica)

Treatment of dandruff: dry the root of Aesculus, mash as the end, adjust with sheep bile, wipe on the head. (Sheng Hui Fang)

(18) for the treatment of sweat spots: grind it with borax and rub it with fresh sheep's hoof root; or rub the affected area with fresh sheep's hoof root alone. It's effective for beginners. (experimental study of traditional Chinese Medicine)

(19) treatment of traumatic injury: appropriate amount of fresh sheep hoof root, mash, stir fry with wine, apply to the affected area. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

⒇ colon (closed stool). Use one or two sheep hoof roots, add water to a large bowl, fry until 60%, warm.

(21) blood under intestinal wind. Wash the root of sheep's hoof, cut it finely, add half bowls of peeled ginger, stir fry it red, quench it with wine, remove the dregs, and drink in moderation.

(22) laryngeal obstruction. Grind the root of sheep's hoof into mud in the vinegar. First rub the throat with a cloth and then apply the medicine.

(23) persistent ringworm. Use the root of sheep's hoof to wring out the juice, add a little light powder, mix it into a paste and apply it on the tinea. It will heal after three or five times. Another prescription: Boil five liters of sheep's hoof root on Mulberry firewood for four or five times, take the juice to wash the tinea, and apply it with sheep's hoof juice and alum powder at the same time.

(24) wet ringworm (itching, yellow water, easy to relapse after healing). Mash with sheep's hoof root, mix well with vinegar and apply. After a while, wash off with cold water. Once a day. Analysis of the collected sheep's feet grinding vinegar coated ringworm, has a wonderful effect.

[clinical application] treatment of functional uterine bleeding

Take 30g of dried Nepalese sheep's hoof and take it three times; or take 3G of Nepalese sheep's hoof powder with boiling water three to four times a day. 42 cases were treated with hemostasis for an average of 4 days. Severe 33 cases, 13 cases markedly effective, 17 cases effective, 3 cases ineffective; mild 9 cases, 4 cases markedly effective, 4 cases effective, 1 case ineffective.

Chinese PinYin : Yang Ti