Golden ear

Golden ear

(classified herbal medicine)

[synonym] Diaoju (Chongqing herbal medicine), pudiju, laoshangcao (Quanzhou herbal medicine), yeyan, tiezhuzicao, yesunflower, tieguxiao, fantianyin (Hunan medical records), daogaiju, shanyantongtou (Guangzhou Air Force Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Acanthopanax japonicus.

[plant morphology] golden ear

Perennial herb, 50-100cm high, covered with white hairs. Stem erect, slightly hard, grooved. The leaves of the lower part of the stem are large, ovate oblong, up to 15 cm long and 6 cm wide, with irregular serrated edges; the leaves of the upper part of the stem are small, the smaller the upper part, lanceolate, almost entire. Capitate inflorescence, single at the tip of stem or branch, pendulous, about 10-16 mm in diameter; involucre oblate, outer bract long lanceolate, inner bract membranous, elliptic lanceolate; all tubular flowers, yellow, outer several layers of female flowers, central bisexual flowers. Achene slender, without corolla. It blooms in autumn.

Born on hillside and wasteland. It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Fujian and Northeast China.

The root and stem base of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] harvest from August to September.

[medicinal material] it is a dry whole grass, with thin and long stems, silky hairs on the whole body, especially in the tender part, grayish green to dark brown. The leaves are mostly shrunk and broken, oval oblong, grayish green to brownish green. The stem base is tufted with fine roots, about 5-10 cm long, dark brown. Inflorescence withered, sometimes yellow with head. It is green and astringent.

Produced in Sichuan, Fujian, Hunan and other places.

Bitter, pungent and cool.

① "The nature is cool. "

② Chongqing herbal medicine: "slightly bitter and pungent, mild in nature, non-toxic. "

③ "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "it tastes bitter and astringent, has a cool nature and is non-toxic. "

[function indications] clearing away heat and toxin. Treatment of cold, head wind, diarrhea, sore throat, red eye, carbuncle swelling, hemorrhoids bleeding.

① Chongqing herbal medicine: "wash sore. It's a sore. "

② "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "clearing away heat and toxin, benefiting the throat. It mainly deals with various syndromes of laryngology, such as head wind and eye disease, wind fire and red eyes, yellow eyes caused by strain, and various insect stings. "

③ "Hunan medicine annals": "clearing away heat and toxin, dispelling wind and killing insects. "

④ "Qingre Jiedu, anti-inflammatory and expectorant. Treatment of cold, abdominal pain, acute enteritis, lymphadenitis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-3 yuan; or mash juice. External use: fried, washed or tamped.

[selection] 1. Treatment of sore throat: golden ear, fresh whole grass, mashed juice, mixed honey. (Quanzhou materia medica)

② Treatment of cold sores at the beginning or not ulceration: ear tapping, grass leaf tamping, package. Those who can disperse will disperse, and those who do not disperse will wear.

③ Treatment of hemorrhoids rupture bleeding: ear grass decocting water washing.

④ Treatment of mumps: half a catty of ear digging grass leaves, four green onions. Mash the lees, stir fry and apply. And use seven roots of Gleditsia, mash and soak in boiling water. (2) Chongqing herbal medicine is published below.)

⑤ Treatment of sores, furuncles, swollen toxins, gangrene, herpes zoster: fresh cover chrysanthemum, mash and apply to the affected area. (Guangzhou Air Force Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine)

⑥ Cure poisonous snake, mad dog bite: golden ear grass three money. Take it in water. (Hunan medical records)

Chinese PinYin : Jin Wa Er