Ulmus pumila

Ulmus pumila

(Yupi, the original work of Ben Jing, treatise on medicinal properties)

[source] the phloem of the bark or root bark of Ulmus pumila.

[plant morphology] elm (Tao Hongjing), also known as powder (the book of songs), white elm (the biography of Mao's Poetry), white elm (Erya), zero elm (the book of songs), yellow elm (Guo Pu's note to Erya), elm and money tree (the herb for saving wasteland), diamond elm, Qianyu and Jiayu.

Deciduous trees, up to 90 m high. Bark dark grayish brown, rough, with longitudinal furrows; branchlets soft, hairy, grayish yellow. Single leaf alternate; obovate, elliptic ovate or elliptic lanceolate, 2-8 cm long and 2-2.5 cm wide. Apex acute or acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, margin usually simple serrate, above dark green, glabrous, below pubescent when young, old only vein axils with white hairs; petiole 2-8 mm long, hairy; stipules lanceolate, 1 cm long, hairy. The flowers are open, clustered and short stemmed; the calyx is 4-5-lobed; the stamens are 4-5-lobed and the anthers are purple; the ovary is flat and the style is 2. Samara obovate or suborbicular, smooth, apex notched. Seeds in the center, connected with the gap, 1-1.5 cm long. The flowering period is from March to April. The fruit period is from April to June.

It grows on riverbanks, ridges and roadsides, and also on foothills and sandy land. It is distributed in most areas of China.

The leaves (Ulmus pumila), flowers (Ulmus pumila), fruits or seeds (Ulmus pumila) of this plant are also used for medicine. See the special regulations for details.

[collection] the old branches were cut in spring or August to September, and the endodermis was immediately stripped and dried.

[chemical composition] it contains β - sitosterol, phytosterol, stigmasterol and other sterols as well as tannin, gum and fatty oil.

Sweet and smooth.

① Ben Jing: "it tastes sweet and flat. "

② Bielu: "non toxic. "

③ Yilin zuanyao: "sweet, cold. "

[Guijing] 1. Compendium: "hand foot Taiyang, hand Yang Mingjing. "

② "Seeking truth from Materia Medica": "entering stomach, large intestine and small intestine. "

[function indications] diuretic, Tonglin, detumescence. It is used to treat dysuria, drenching, edema, carbuncle, back, erysipelas and scabies.

① "Ben Jing" says: "the main way to defecate and defecate is to clear the channels and eliminate evil Qi. "

② Bielu: "it can control the heat of intestines and stomach, reduce swelling, and treat children's head scab. "

③ "Theory of medicinal properties": "the main benefit of five Lin, the treatment of insomnia, the treatment of Yu. Baking pestle for the end, daily toward the night water five, at the end of two money, fried as glue. "

④ Meng Shen: "the main outbreak of red swelling, to skin three Liang pound, and three years vinegar dross seal, day six, seven easy, also cure women jealous breast swelling. "

⑤ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "tongjingmai. Saliva, ringworm. "

⑥ "Compendium": "Li Qiao, infiltration of damp heat, line body fluid, eliminate carbuncle swelling. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1.5-3 yuan; or grinding powder. External use: decocting, washing, tamping or grinding.

[taboo] take it with caution if the stomach qi is deficient and cold.

[prescription selection] 1. For the treatment of urination bleeding and astringent pain in waterways: three liang of yubaipi (file), one liang of dongkuizi, two liang of talc, two liang of Shiwei (dehairing), Qumai (using ear), and raw and dried Rehmannia glutinosa. The six ingredients are roughly mashed and sifted. Take five daggers and one and a half cups of water each time. Fry them until six minutes. Remove the dross and put them into the pen. Mix them well. Take warm clothes before eating. (yubaipi Decoction in Shengji Zonglu)

② Treatment of adverse pregnancy urination: sunflower seed a liter, elm white skin a (cut). On two flavors, five liters of water, boiling five, take one liter, three days. (Qian Jin Fang)

③ Treatment of deficiency and labor, white urine: elm white skin, cut, two Jin, water two Dou, boil five liters, divided into five service. (Qian Jin Fang)

④ Treatment of body swelling: elm skin tamping crumbs, with the number of miscellaneous rice for porridge food, small convenience. (emergency preparation)

⑤ After abortion, there was more blood: two pieces of yubaipi (scraped and filed) and two pieces of Angelica (cut and baked). On the two flavor pound screen, each service three money dagger. A cup of water, add three pieces of ginger, fry together until seven minutes, remove dross, take hollow. (yubaipi boiled powder in Shengji Zonglu)

⑥ Treatment of red flow swelling erysipelas: elm root white skin as powder, chicken white and apply. (Qian Jin Fang)

⑦ For the treatment of wind heat, swelling and toxin, Xiang Shenghuang: yubaipi (file), huaibaipi (file), Chixiaodou, barley flour, Sangbaipi (file), Chuanpu nitrate, Gleditsia sinensis (black skin removed, crisp fried, slightly yellow coke removed), half of the above. Tamp fine Luo for powder, use chicken seed clear and paste, spread on the old cloth, paste it according to the size of swelling, and dry it immediately. (shenghuifang yubaipi powder)

⑧ Treatment of carbuncle and gangrene: cut the white skin of elm root, wash it with clean water, smash it thoroughly, apply it with sesame oil, leave the head to breathe, dry it, then moisten it with bitter tea frequently, replace it with a new one, and it will heal. Smash it with mulberry leaves, stick it with the size, and the mouth will stop. (emergency prescription)

⑨ Treatment of traumatic bleeding: elm phloem, soak in 75% alcohol for seven days, take out and dry in the shade, grind fine powder for external use. (Xuzhou, selection of new medical therapies based on single prescription)

⑩ Treatment of burning ulcers: yubaipi ripe rammed seal. (Qian Jin Sui Fang)

(11) burn and scald treatment: 10 grams of elm bark, 10 grams of Taihuang bark and 10 grams of sour jujube bark. Soak in 75% alcohol for 48 hours and filter the filtrate. Clean the wound and spray the affected part with spray. (selected materials of new medical treatment of Chinese herbal medicine, Inner Mongolia)

(12) treatment of infantile alopecia vulgaris: Smash elm white skin and apply it with vinegar. (secret records of son and mother)

[famous treatise] "compendium": "the skin and leaf of Ulmus pumila are all slippery and decline in nature, so people can't urinate, five drenches are swollen, wheezing and coughing can't sleep, and it's appropriate to have the syndrome of fetal birth in meridians. This herb contains ten doses of cloud, which can be removed when it is slippery. In the genera of Okra Seed and Ulmus pumila, the cover also takes advantage of its orifices, seeps damp and heat, and leaves the things with shape. It is appropriate for those who are full of Qi and choked up. If the stomach is cold and empty, long service infiltration benefit, fear of catharsis. "

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