Jinniu grass

Jinniu grass

(records of traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonyms] xiaolangao, xiyejinbuhuan, xijincao (Lingnan medicine collection record), xiaojinbuhuan (Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II), xijinniucao, qicunjin (Guangzhou Air Force's Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine), xiaojinniucao (Guangzhou army's Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass with roots of Polygala tenuifolia.

[plant morphology] Polygala tenuifolia

-Annual herbs. Stem erect or nearly prostrate, 8-15 cm high, usually simple, white pubescent. Leaves alternate; elliptic or oblong obovate, 5-10 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, apex obtuse or obtuse, base rounded, entire, glabrous or subglabrous. Raceme axillary or axillary exophytic, very short; flowers small, blue purple, about 2.5 mm long; sepals 5, long ovate, apex acute, purplish red, margin ciliate, 2 petals in the middle, 2-2.5 mm long; petals 3, both petals adnate to filament sheath. Central petal apex with fimbriate appendage; stamen 8; pistil 1, ovary oblate, style apex curved. Capsule oblong obovate, flat, apex retuse, without eyelashes, sepals persistent. Seeds ovate. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruit period is from July to August.

He was born on the open ground. It is distributed in South China, Jiangxi and Hunan.

[collection] from June to July, the whole plant was extracted, tied into small bundles and dried in the sun.

[medicinal material] the root is small, light yellow or light brown. The stem is thin and weak, rarely branched, brownish yellow, pilose, with hollow fracture surface. Leaf blade shrunk, yellow green on both sides, sparsely pubescent, thick papery, fragile. Several florets or capsules are often seen in the axils of leaves. There is no breath, and the taste is light. It is better to have short stems and seedlings, yellow green and regular leaves.

Made in Guangdong.

[processing] picking up impurities, removing roots and cutting segments.

[nature and taste] 1. Records of traditional Chinese medicine: "Xin, Ping. "

② Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "slightly bitter. "

[functions and indications] 1. Records of Lingnan medicine collection: "it can treat cholera, diarrhea, internal injury and cough. "

② Chinese medicine annals: "detoxify and break blood. It can cure wind, phlegm and diaphragm Qi, and relieve opium poppy poison. "

③ "Promoting blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis, relieving pain and relieving cough" in the Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army. Decoction for chest pain, cough, pertussis, sequelae of poliomyelitis; fresh mashed vinegar for external application for corneal cloudiness, corneal ulcer, acute conjunctivitis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction. 5-1 Liang.

[clinical application] treatment of leprosy nerve reaction

Use 2 liang of jinniucao (1 liang of dry medicine), or 1 liang of jinniucao, 3 yuan of Zanthoxylum nitidum root, add 2 bowls of water, cook it into half a bowl, and take it with sugar before going to bed. Every night 1 dose, generally take 3 ~ 6 doses can take effect, with wind dehumidification, Shujinhuoluo, detumescence analgesic effect. 13 cases were treated, 7 cases were markedly effective, 4 cases were improved and 2 cases were ineffective. The shortest duration of pain relief was 2 months and the longest was more than 2 years.

Chinese PinYin : Jin Niu Cao