Ardisia crenata

Ardisia crenata

(compendium)

[synonyms] Fenghuang intestines and mousei (essential preparation of raw herbs), Pingdi mu, shiqingzi, Liangsan zhejingzhu, Shandougen, diyangmei (textual research on plant names and facts), sanxuedan, langsangen, jinjizhao (record of Lingnan medicine Collection), gaojiaoluosan (Luchuan materia medica), xiaoluosan (records of Nanning medicine), tulanpi (records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine), jinsuozhuo, Kaihoujian, Sanqi Tiaogen, sanliangjin, gaochafeng, tieliangsan, xuelihuahua (Hunan medical records), jinjiliangsan (Hangzhou Medical Records), daluosan, daliangsan, fenghuangxiang (Guangzhou army's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine), hongtongpan, gaojiaotongpan, qinghongcao, qianjiaojinji, zhenzhusan, guiduyou (Zhejiang folk commonly used herbal medicine), zhenzhuliangsan (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of cinnabar root of ardiaceae.

[plant morphology] cinnabar root

Shrubs, up to 1.5 meters high, all bare. Stem erect with several branches. The leaves are papery to leathery, elliptic lanceolate to oblanceolate, 6-12 cm long and 2-4 cm wide; the apex is short pointed or acuminate, the base is short pointed or cuneate, both sides are bare, with raised glandular points, margin with obtuse circular wavy teeth, dorsal convolution and glands; the lateral veins are 12-18 pairs, very slender, combined near the edge to form one vein, often hidden in the convoluted margin; the petiole is 5-10 mm long. Umbels terminal or axillary, peduncle 1.5-2 cm long; flowers white or light red; sepals 5-lobed, lobes long ovate, blunt head; corolla 5-lobed, lobes long elliptic lanceolate, 4-5 mm long, with sepals have sparse glandular points; stamens 5, filaments very short, base flat; ovary superior, style linear. Drupe globose, ca. 6 mm in diam., red when ripe, with black spots. The flowering period is from June to July.

Born in mountain forest, ditch, roadside. Distributed in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

The leaves of this plant (cinnabar root and leaf) are also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[collection] after autumn, the roots were dug, washed and dried.

[herb] dry root, many branched, thin cylindrical, slightly curved, varying in length, 4-10 mm in diameter. The surface is dark purple or dark brown with longitudinal wrinkles and fibrous root marks. It is hard and easy to separate the wood and bark in the section. The bark is developed, accounting for about 1 / 2 of the section. It is light purple and the wood is light yellow.

Produced in Fujian, Hunan and Guangxi.

In Hunan Province, the two-color milk cow of the same genus is used as the same product. It is known locally as "honglangsan" and "zibeizhushagen".

[pharmacological action] 25% decoction had mild inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro. 60% ethanol extract has anti early pregnancy effect.

Bitter, pungent and cool.

① "Compendium": "bitter, cool, non-toxic. "

② "Raw herbal medicine nature preparation": it tastes sweet and has a flat nature. "

③ "Luchuan materia medica:" hard work, cold nature. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. Treatment of Shanggan, tonsillitis, acute angina, diphtheria, erysipelas, lymphadenitis, strain, hematemesis, heart and stomach pain, rheumatism, bone pain, traumatic injury.

① "Compendium": "for the treatment of sore throat, grind water or vinegar to swallow. "

② "Preparation of raw herbal medicine nature"): "treat phlegm and fire, Dieda, remove blood stasis, generate new, widen tendons and continue bones. "

③ "Lingnan caiyao Lu": treating infantile dryness (chancre) and fullness. "

④ "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "treat rheumatism and bone pain, crane knee wind. "

⑤ "Hunan medicine annals:" treatment of fatigue, hematemesis, blood collapse, heart and stomach qi pain, abdominal distension and abdominal pain. "

⑥ "Clearing away heat and detoxification" is a common folk herbal medicine in Zhejiang Province. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or grind powder for pill, soak wine. External use: tamping.

[selection] 1. For sore throat: one cinnabar root for three to five yuan. Take it in water. Two cinnabar root grass two money, shot dry one money, licorice one money. Take it in water. (Hunan medical records)

② Treatment of rheumatism and Kashin Beck pain: xiaolangsan Wuqian, Mutong Erliang, HuGu Sanqian, jiguxiang Sanqian, DaXueTeng Siqian, sangsheng Sanqian. Soak 2 jin of wine, 5 yuan to 1 or 2 yuan per serving, twice a day. (records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine)

③ For upper respiratory tract infection, tonsillitis, diphtheria, erysipelas, lymphadenitis, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic: cinnabar root three to five money, fried; or research powder honey pills, two to three money each time, twice a day. (selected materials for the exchange meeting of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory experience of Chinese herbal medicine in Zhejiang Province)

④ Treatment of Liuhuo (lymphangitis caused by filariasis): cinnabar root dry root one to two. Fried in water, mixed with wine. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of lung disease and labor hematemesis: cinnabar root three to five money, with pig lung stew service. First eat soup, then go to medicine to eat lung, even eat three lung for a course of treatment. (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)

⑥ Treatment of traumatic injury, joint wind pain: cinnabar root three to five money. Fried in water or washed with yellow rice wine. (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)

⑦ Treatment of women with leucorrhea, dysmenorrhea: cinnabar root three to five money. Decoct in water or add sugar or yellow rice wine. (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine)

⑧ Treatment of snakebite: cinnabar root fresh two. In addition, wash the wound with a proper amount of salt skin wood leaves or bark and Sapium sebiferum leaves, mash them with cinnabar root bark, and apply them around the wound. (selected materials for investigation of unilateral and verified prescriptions)

[clinical application] in the treatment of acute angina

Use 10% water decoction, 30 ml each time, 3 times a day; or use 1 g powder capsule to swallow, 3 times a day; or use honey pill, 3 times a day, 1 pill each time (including 1 g powder). 45 cases were cured in 22 cases, improved in 19 cases and ineffective in 4 cases. Generally, the sore throat was relieved on the day of taking medicine, the fever subsided on the second day, and the local redness and swelling subsided on the third to fourth day. A few patients had side effects such as nausea, vomiting and stomach pain after taking the medicine, which could be recovered after stopping the medicine.

Chinese PinYin : Zhu Sha Gen