Plumbago

(essential preparation of raw herbs)

[synonyms] shanshanqin, pseudojasmine, Zongguan, qianliji, wumianma, baixuehua, yemuli, gebucao, qianbingmei, Zhaoyao, Tiantian, baizaoyao, baihuazaoyao, yijianxiao, yijianxiao, guangzhoubu Team "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual", Baihua (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant and root of Plumbago.

[plant morphology] plumbago alba

Perennial creeping subshrub like herbs, 2-3 m high. The stem is thin and weak, the base is woody, with many branches, smooth, glabrous, grooved and green. The leaves are ovate to ovate elliptic, 4-9.5 cm long and 1.5-5 cm wide, apex pointed, entire, base broadly cuneate, tapering to form a short petiole; the base of petiole is enlarged and embracing. Spikes terminal or axillary, 5-25 cm long; bracts shorter than calyx, margin dry membranous; calyx tubular, green, ca. 1 cm long, upper 5-lobed, 5-ribbed, dry membranous between edges, glandular hairs outside; corolla white or white and slightly stained blue, high pedunculate, tube narrow and long, ca. 2 cm long, apex 5-lobed, expanded; stamen 5, born in throat; ovary superior, 1-locular, with 1 ovule, Stigma 5-lobed. Capsule membranous. The flowering period is from September to October.

Wild or cultivated. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[chemical composition] the oxygen form extract of the root can be used to obtain jipinin, 3-chlorojipinin and 3,3 '- bisjipinin. The root also contains protease, sucrase, glucose and fructose. It does not contain glucoside, alkaloid and saponin.

[flavor] bitter, astringent, warm, toxic.

① "Raw herbal medicine nature preparation": bitter taste, cold nature, non-toxic. "

② "Guangxi medicine Zhi Tu Zhi": "it is pungent in taste, strong in Qi, hot in nature and poisonous. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is warm in nature, light in taste and non-toxic. "

④ "Lingnan herbal medicine annals": "nature slightly warm; rhizome: taste slightly astringent slightly bitter; leaf: spicy, toxic. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind, disperse blood stasis, detoxify and kill insects. It is used to treat rheumatism, joint pain, blood stasis, amenorrhea, traumatic injury, swelling, toxin, sores and scabies.

① "Preparation of raw herbal medicine nature": "dispel sore, detumescence, dispel wind. To cure snake bite, dysentery, to remove the eye mask, to shed tears in the wind; to wipe tinea scabies, to remove poison. "

② Lingnan medicine collection record: "its leaves are smashed, applied and injured, which can remove blood stasis. "

③ Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "treating tuberculosis, vomiting blood, weakness, cough and tiredness. "

④ "Dispelling wind and removing dampness, dispersing blood stasis and detumescence" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. Root: treatment of rheumatism, bone pain, old joint sprain, heart and stomach pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: boiling, washing, tamping or rubbing.

[taboo] according to the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army, "it is forbidden for pregnant women. "

[prescription selection] ① for rheumatoid arthritis pain and waist and leg sprain: Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae 5 to 1 yuan. Decoction or wine, 5 ml each time, twice a day. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment of blood stasis meridians: baihuadan dry root one or two; or add lean pork two liang, decoction. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of traumatic injury: smash the fresh leaves of Plumbago alba, drink and heat red wine, and rub around the wound. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of falls, sprains, snake bites, sores: baihuadan fresh leaves three to four pieces, with other drugs to mash external application. General application 15 to 30 minutes to remove, in order to avoid local blistering. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

⑤ For perianal abscess, acute lymphadenitis, mastitis, cellulitis and furuncle: smash xianbaihuadan properly, wrap it with double-layer gauze and apply it to the affected area until recovery. (prescription collection of new Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi)

⑥ Treatment of splenomegaly: baihuadan root soaked in wine. In severe cases, the leaves and glutinous rice were taken and mashed to make a large soup pill, which was steamed and taken at night. (Lingnan herbal medicine)

⑦ Treatment of malaria: seven to eight pieces of fresh leaves of Paeonia suffruticosa are rubbed and tied to the veins of hands two hours before the onset of malaria. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

⑧ Treatment of foot induration pain (callosum): a grasp of fresh leaves of Plumbago alba, a pinch of porridge, a little, mash and apply, change once a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

⑨ Treatment of tinea pachyderma: smash the stems and leaves of Plumbago. (illustrated records of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

⑩ Treatment of scrofula not broken: white flower Dan fresh root five money to one or two, drink add pig lean meat, water stew service. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine) < fontcolor = # 000000 > < / font >

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