Chicken foot sting

Chicken foot sting

(Guiyang folk herbs)

[synonym] cihuangqin, ciberberis, sankezhen, yameici (Guizhou folk medicine Collection), cihuanglian (Guiyang folk medicine).

[source] it is the root of Berberis anhuiensis.

[plant morphology] xiaotiller in Anhui Province

Evergreen or deciduous shrubs, about 2 meters high. Branchlets have concave grooves, yellow or red yellow when young, with verrucous protuberances; gray after the second year, old stem cork gray yellow, with longitudinal texture, yellow inside; spines trigeminal, thick, about 1-2 cm long, base about 1-2 mm thick. The leaves are hard, elliptic obovate, 2-5.5 cm long and 0.8-1.5 cm wide, apex pointed or obtuse, spiny, with 2-8 spiny teeth on the margin, slightly glossy on the top, white or grayish yellow on the bottom, with white powder, gradually narrowed to a petiole of about 8 mm at the base, or almost sessile. Raceme axillary, pendulous, pedicel 5-12 mm long; sepal 6, lower 2-3 bracts; petal 6, bright yellow, smaller than sepal, base with 2 nectaries; stamen 6, sensitive, two petals dehiscent; pistil 1, ovary ovoid, stigma sessile. Berry elliptic, or oblong ovate, about 6-10 mm long, with white powder, style persistent. It blooms in spring.

Distributed in Anhui, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] all year round. Wash and dry.

[medicinal material] the dry root is very thick, cylindrical, slightly curved, soil brown in appearance, with fine and dense longitudinal wrinkles, surrounded by many hard fibrous roots. The section is white yellow and the wood is hard.

[nature and taste] Guiyang folk herbs: "bitter, cold, non-toxic. "

[function indications] clearing heat and detoxifying. Treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, damp heat jaundice, red eye swelling, sore poison.

① "Guizhou folk medicine collection": antipyretic, stomach, anti-inflammatory. Remove eye heat and improve eyesight. "

② Guiyang folk herbs: "clearing fire, detoxifying, strengthening stomach and improving eyesight. Treatment of damp heat jaundice. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan (fresh 0.5-1 Liang). External use: decoct, wash, grind, sprinkle or apply.

[prescription selection] ① for dysentery: five yuan for three needles, five yuan for Potentilla and one yuan for qingtengxiang. Water, three times a day. (Guizhou Manual of common folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of acute gastroenteritis: three needle root or stem one to two, decoction or tea. (Guangzhou Air Force Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of hepatitis: three needles, three coins, one or two stars, three coins of Acorus tatarinowii, three coins of xiaomumai. Take it orally in boiling water. (Guizhou Manual of common folk herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of damp heat jaundice: three needles one or two, fried water to eat.

⑤ Fire eye: grind three needles with human milk, or steam human milk with it, and light eyes.

⑥ To cure red swelling and pain of eye caused by wind fire: one or two needles, one or two iron broomsticks, one or two Mahonia, one or two Coptis, one dollar borax, two cents borneol. Put the first four herbs into a plain casserole, add three jin of water, fry for one hour, then add borax, fry for half an hour, filter out the dregs with a white cloth, add ice flakes into the water, seal them in a glass bottle, and use them a week later. Use a piece of white light grass to make eye drops.

⑦ For the treatment of sore itching: five dollars for three needles, five dollars for Senecio scandens, five dollars for mint, three dollars for salt, and five dollars for primary green tea. Soak in boiling water, cover tightly, take the soaking solution and wash the wound.

⑧ Treatment of yellow water sores: three needles, dry grind powder, sprinkle on the sores can receive yellow water, such as hair Xiang, can add sesame oil or vegetable oil to adjust the application. (4) Guiyang folk herbs is listed below.)

⑨ Treatment of swelling, erysipelas, eczema, scald, traumatic injury: three needles root stem appropriate amount, to coarse skin, baking for the end, water or sesame oil, Vaseline mixed application. (Guangzhou Air Force Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine)

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