Yiwei medicine

Yiwei medicine

(Guizhou folk medicine Collection)

[alias] Sophorae pseudoacacia (a textual research on the names and facts of plants), Ramulus isatidis (a taxonomic study of trees in China), Pennisetum (Leguminosae), adzuki bean, petrostigma, iron broom, wild mungbean (Guizhou folk medicine Collection), Gleditsia sinensis, iron saponin (a collection of commonly used folk herbs), mountain mungbean (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals), zihuadiyaoshao, horse yaoshao (Zhejiang folk medicine Collection) Carry Tianmu yam plant records.

[source] it is the whole grass of Hippophae rhamnoides.

[plant morphology] Hippophae rhamnoides

Small shrubs, 60-90 cm high. The stem has many branches and the branches have T-shaped hairs. The leaves are singularly pinnate compound, alternate, 5-6 cm long; the leaflets are 7-11, obovate or oblong, 1-2.5 cm long, 5-14 mm wide, with concave apex, entire margin, broad cuneate base, dark green above and light green below, with flat T-shaped hairs on both sides. Inflorescence racemose, axillary, 4-6cm long, bracts exfoliated; calyx small, oblique, green, hairy, 5-toothed, irregular; corolla butterfly, 5-petal, red purple or white, flag obovate, wing obovate, slightly connected with keel, keel erect, beakless, base two sides with short distance; stamen 10, 2-body; pistil single 1, ovary superior, oblong, glabrous, 1-locular, embryo There are 4-5 beads, and the stigmas are mostly brush like. Pods cylindrical, brown, with several seeds. The flowering period is May. The fruiting period is August.

It grows under the bamboo forest on the hillside. Distributed in Shanxi, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places.

The root of this plant (yiweiyaogen) is also used for medicine.

[collection] harvest from September to October.

[nature and taste] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "bitter and astringent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. "

It is mainly used for treating food fever, cough and hemorrhoids.

① "Collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines": "diuretic, swelling. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "for the treatment of itching, infantile food retention, distension, cold cough, food withdrawal and hemorrhoids. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.3-1 Liang; or stewed meat.

[selection] 1. For the first time, the tuberculous lumps are yiweiyao, mashanggen, Polygonum multiflorum, stewed pork. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② Treatment of children's food accumulation and fullness: Yiwei medicine, scraping board, carnation root, fish loach string, radish, boiled water clothes. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

③ Treatment of rotten feet: the whole grass of Hippophae rhamnoides is dried in the sun, burned with ash, and mixed with green oil. (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Yi Wei Yao