Chicken blood seven

Chicken blood seven

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonyms] honger and hongxueer (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine), jixinqi and buckwheat Qi (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine research materials), centipede Qi and daoshenglian (Shaanxi Gansu Ningqing Chinese herbal medicine selection).

[source] it is the rhizome of Polygonum chinense.

[plant morphology] Polygonum chinense

Perennial herbs, 30-60 cm high. Rhizome cylindrical, thick, outside purple brown, section light purple red. Stem erect or inclined, upper part often branched. Leaves alternate, petiolate, heart-shaped ovate, 6-13 cm long and 3-7 cm wide; stipules membranous, tubular, brown, easily ruptured. Racemes terminal or axillary; flowers small, red. Achenes elliptic, dark brown.

It grows in wet valley, sandy land, forest or grass. It is distributed in Shaanxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] in autumn, they are collected, cleaned, peeled, used fresh or dried.

[pharmacological action] 10% extract has broad-spectrum antiviral effect in vitro. The primary monolayer cell culture of human embryonic kidney can inhibit adenovirus type 3, enterovirus (poliomyelitis type II, coxsackie A9, B5 and Aike 9) and herpes simplex virus; the monolayer cell culture of golden hamster kidney can also inhibit Japanese encephalitis virus (jingweiyan No.1).

[flavor] astringent, slightly bitter, flat, with little poison.

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation and relaxing tendons, promoting qi and relieving pain, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory, hemostatic and myogenic, astringent and antidiarrheal. Treatment of traumatic injury, trauma, bleeding, strain, dysentery, gastroenteritis.

[usage and dosage] for internal use: decoct soup, 1-3 yuan, or soak in wine, grind powder, for external use: grind powder and sprinkle on the affected area.

[taboo] anti Celosia cristata and Uncaria rhynchophylla. (the following is Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[clinical application] thirty six patients with acute bacillary dysentery, pneumonia and staphylococcal septicemia were treated with centipede Qiyan powder tablet, 6-8g (crude drug) daily. After 3-7 days, 24 cases were cured, 9 cases were improved and 3 cases were ineffective. Among them, it has better curative effect on acute bacillary dysentery. Side effects: some patients have epigastric discomfort, mild abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting after taking the medicine. Some patients have side effects such as insomnia or drowsiness, which can disappear after stopping the medicine. According to reports, this product can not be used with cockscomb and Uncaria.

Chinese PinYin : Ji Xue Qi