Chinese rose

Chinese rose

(compendium)

[synonym] sijihua (Yibu Fang Wu Lue Ji), yueyuehong, Shengchun, douxuehong (compendium), yueguihua, Yueji (Nanyue notes), yueyuekai (classified herbal medicine), Catharanthus roseus (Modern Practical Chinese Medicine), yueyuehua (Guizhou Minjian Fang Yao Ji), yanxuehong, sichunhua (Quanzhou materia medica), yueguihua (Shaanxi traditional Chinese medicine annals), Lepao (Hunan traditional Chinese medicine annals) Medicinal records), moonlight flower, tongchuizi, sijichun (Mindong materia medica).

[source] it is a semi open flower of Rosaceae.

[plant morphology] rose

Evergreen erect shrub. Branches cylindrical, with triangular hooked prickles. Leaflets 3-5, sparse 7; leaflets have petioles with glandular hairs and spines on the petioles; leaflets broadly ovate to ovate oblong, 2-7 cm long and 1-4 cm wide, apex acuminate or acute, base broadly cuneate or rounded, margin serrate; petioles base stipules, margin glandular hairs. Flower usually several clusters, sparse single, red or rose, double petals; involucre 2, lanceolate, apex long tail, surface hairy, edge glandular hair; calyx 5, downward rolled, with long tail sharp head, often pinnately split, smooth outside, inner surface densely covered with white wool; petals obovate, apex round, veins obvious, imbricate arrangement; stamens mostly, inserted in calyx tube On marginal disk; pistils numerous, enclosed at the bottom of the pot shaped receptacle, ovary hairy. Fruit ovate or gyroscopic. The flowering period is from May to September.

Born on hillside or roadside. It is widely cultivated in all parts of China.

The root (rose flower root) and leaf (rose flower leaf) of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] semi open flowers were harvested in summer and autumn and dried in the air or by low fire.

[medicinal material] the dried flowers are round in shape with scattered petals. Flowers about 1.5-2 cm in size, purple or pink. Most of the petals are oblong, textured, with yellow stamens in the center and green calyx. The apex is split into 5 pieces, and the lower end has an expanded round receptacle. Brittle, easy to break. It has a light and bitter taste. It is better to have purplish red, semi open flower buds, no petals and delicate smell.

It is produced in most parts of the country.

Sweet and warm

① "Gangmu": "sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

② "Mindong Materia Medica": it is mild in nature, mild in taste and non-toxic. "

[Guijing] into the liver meridian.

① "The channel of entering the liver" in Shaanxi traditional Chinese medicine annals. "

② In Mindong Materia Medica, there are two meridians of entering liver and kidney. "

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, detumescence and detoxification. Treatment of irregular menstruation, menstrual abdominal pain, trauma, blood stasis swelling pain, carbuncle swelling poison.

① "Compendium": "promoting blood circulation and detumescence, applying poison. "

② Classified herbal medicine: hemostasis. Treatment of red collapse, leucorrhea. "

③ "Modern practical Chinese medicine": promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation. Treatment of menstrual difficulties, menstrual cramped abdominal pain. External use of tamping swelling poison, can detumescence pain. "

④ Quanzhou materia medica: "Tongjing Huoxue Huayu, Qingchang Weishi re, xiefei Huo, Zhike, Zhixue Zhitong, Xiaoyong poison. It is used to treat lung deficiency, cough, hemoptysis, dysentery, ulceration, carbuncle, swelling, and irregular menstruation. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-2 yuan; or grind powder. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] ① irregular menstruation: fresh rose flowers cost five to seven yuan each time, soaked in boiling water for several times. (Quanzhou materia medica)

② Treatment of cough and hemoptysis due to lung deficiency: Stewed with rose flower and rock sugar. (Quanzhou materia medica)

③ Treatment of muscle and bone pain, swelling and pain of feet and knees, traumatic injury: dried rose petals at the end of the research, each serving a money, wine Chongfu. (Hunan Pharmacopoeia)

④ Treatment of postpartum Yin Ting: one or two rose stewed red wine service. (Mindong materia medica)

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