Jujube bark

Jujube bark

(compendium)

[source] it is the bark of Zizyphus jujuba, a rhamniaceae plant.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, and it is the best in spring. Use crescent sickle to scrape off the old bark from the trunk of jujube tree and dry it in the sun.

[pharmacological] mice fed with Zizyphus jujuba bark (not identified) had significant expectorant effect (phenol red method), and cough relieving effect was not obvious; however, if injected intraperitoneally, there was antitussive effect (ammonia spray).

[nature and taste] it is warm and non-toxic. (TCM Bulletin 2 (3): 1221956)

Functions and indications: astringent, antidiarrheal, expectorant, antitussive, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic. For dysentery, enteritis, chronic tracheitis, blurred eyes, burns, trauma and bleeding.

① Compendium: "wash the eyes, the faint will become bright. "

② Convergence, hemostasis, dehumidification. Treat diarrhea, knife wound. (TCM Bulletin 2 (3): 1221956)

[usage and dosage] oral administration: burn and store the research powder, 0.5 ~ 1 yuan. External use: decocting and washing or burning and storing, grinding and sprinkling.

[formula selection] ① the treatment of dizziness is unknown: the bark of jujube and mulberry is divided into three parts. Burn research, each with a combination, well water fried, Cheng, take cleaning eyes. Wash on the third day of January, and those who faint will see again. Avoid meat, wine and sex. (compendium)

② Governance abdominal discharge: a bunch of jujube bark, fried coke for the end. Cheqianzi three money fried soup sent, morning and evening each take five minutes, before meals. (TCM Bulletin 2 (3): 1221956).

③ Treatment of dysentery, enteritis: old jujube bark, remove dirt, grind into fine powder. Take three points each time, three times a day. (selected works on infectious diseases)

④ Treatment of knife wounds: jujube bark three money, angelica one money. Stir fry each for a very fine powder, bottled spare. In case of knife injury and bleeding, use this powder to dry the affected area, scab firmly, and it is not easy to infect. (TCM Bulletin 2 (3): 1221956)

⑤ Treatment of burns: jujube bark, drying powder, double amount of 50-60% alcohol soaking for 24 hours, filtering. Add 5 g camphor and 2.5 g toad venom to 100 ml filtrate. Spray it to the injured area or gently wipe it with a cotton ball. (selected materials of new medical treatment of Chinese herbal medicine, Inner Mongolia)

[clinical application] ① treatment of acute bacillary dysentery and enteritis

Wash and dry the bark of Zizyphus jujuba, take 3 minutes each time, 3 times a day, with children's discretion. Most of the patients took medicine for 1-3 days, the symptoms were relieved, the frequency of defecation was reduced, the abdominal pain disappeared, and they were cured in 2-6 days. Preliminary observation showed that jujube bark powder not only had the function of astringent and antidiarrheal, but also had the function of anti-inflammatory drugs or antibiotics.

② Treatment of chronic tracheitis

Use jujube bark to make purified jujube tablet (150 mg each tablet, equivalent to 3 G crude drug), 1 tablet each time, 2 times a day; or use jujube bark powder to make crude drug tablet, 1 g each time, 3 times a day. According to the clinical observation of 686 cases treated after March and April, the short-term total effective rate was 84.6%, of which 253 cases were treated with purified jujube tablet, the total effective rate was 92.4%. After taking the medicine, the amount of sputum is generally reduced, from thick to thin, and cough is alleviated; most patients have increased appetite and sleep well. Most of the patients who took Shengyao tablets had dry mouth, and a few had adverse reactions such as distension of stomach, epistaxis and constipation. In addition, compound jujube tablet was made from jujube bark extract and pig bile. 127 cases of senile chronic tracheitis were treated in autumn and winter at the peak of the disease. The effective rate was 73.2%. Although it was lower than jujube tablet, it was related to different medication periods.

③ Treatment of infected wounds

Jujube bark powder, sesame oil and yellow wax were used to make ointment for external application. It has the functions of astringency, anti inflammation, pain relief and itching relief. After treatment, the granulation was fresh and the epithelium grew well.

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