Capsicum

Capsicum

(notes to the classic of Materia Medica)

[synonym] chuanjiaomu (Chishui xuanzhu).

[source] it is the seed of Zanthoxylum bungeanum. For plant morphology, please refer to "Zanthoxylum bungeanum".

[herb] the dried seeds are ovoid or spheroid, about 3-5 mm in diameter. The surface is black and glossy. Sometimes the epidermis has fallen off, showing black reticular texture. The seed cortex is hard, and after peeling, there are milky white endosperm and cotyledons. It's fragrant and spicy.

In addition to the above varieties, the seeds of the same genus Zanthoxylum bungeanum are also used.

[processing] sift off the dust, pick up the impurities, and stir fry for sweating (oil).

Bitter, pungent, cold and poisonous.

① Tao Hongjing: "cold. "

② "On medicinal properties": "it tastes bitter and pungent, and has little poison. "

③ Tang materia medica: "bitter, cold, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] yaoyaofenji: "entering the spleen and bladder channels. "

[function indications] it is used to treat edema and fullness, phlegm and dyspnea.

① Tao Hongjing: "go to the water. "

② Tang materia medica: "it controls water, distension and urination. "

③ Ben Cao Yan Yi: "it can cure night sweats. It also helps to control the poisonous insects. "

④ "Calming the phlegm and panting the wind" in the book of Materia Medica. "

⑤ "Ben Cao Bei Yao": "treating distension, relieving asthma, and tinnitus due to kidney deficiency. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 5-8 points; or into pills, powder.

[should avoid] those with Yin deficiency and excessive fire should not take it.

[prescription selection] ① for the treatment of long-term water, the belly is like a big drum: Pepper eyes (water sink), take it to boil, pound it like ointment, and take a square inch dagger with wine. (Qian Jin Fang)

② Treat abdomen full mouth dry, there is water between the intestines: Fangji, JiaoMu, Tingli (boil), rhubarb each one or two. On the four flavors, at the end of the honey pill, such as Wuzi big. First food, drink and take one pill, three times a day, slightly increased, there is body fluid in the mouth, thirsty, add half Liang mang nitrate. (Ji Jiao Li Huang Wan in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber)

③ Water in the lung, lung water and floating, so can't breathe: Sichuan pepper eyes (submerged, slightly fried) for the end, every money, ginger soup. (JiaoMu powder in Chishui xuanzhu)

④ Treatment of excessive food and drink, abdominal for suffering: Pepper eyes two liang, Croton one or two (peeled heart, boiled). Take jujube paste pills like pockmarks. Take two pills and stop the pain. (behind the elbow)

⑤ For kidney qi deficiency, it sounds like wind and water in the ear, or it sounds like a chime, and sudden deafness: Pepper eyes, Croton, Acorus calamus, pine resin. Take the wax solution as the package, and put it in the ear. It's easy every day. (on medicinal properties)

⑥ For a long time, those who haven't seen black flowers: Pepper eye (fried) one or two, Atractylodes lancea (fried) two or two. The medicine is the last, vinegar paste pill, Wutong Zi big. Take 20 pills and vinegar soup. (continued parties)

⑦ Treat leucorrhea: take it at the end of pepper eye. (Jin Kui Gou Xuan)

[clinical application] used for relieving asthma

Sift the powder, take it in capsule or tablet, 2-3 times a day, the amount of each time is equal to 1-1.5 yuan of crude medicine. 108 cases of asthmatic patients (mostly chronic asthmatic tracheitis) were observed. The course of treatment was 3 days (38 cases) or 10 days (65 cases). Results the average effective rate was 94.2%, and more than 40.8% of the patients were markedly effective. The effective rates of cough, phlegm and asthma were 82.8%, 72.3% and 93.2% respectively, and the antiasthmatic effect was the highest, with an average of 64.1%. The curative effect of a course of 10 days was significantly higher than that of a course of 3 days. According to the observation of 21 cases, the duration of drug efficacy was 3 hours at the shortest and 24 hours at the longest. Side effects: a small number of dizziness, nausea, phlegm blood, heat, but does not affect the medication.

[discussion by famous experts] 1. In the treatise on medicinal properties, it is pointed out that "Jiao Qi is released, so Jiao mu can treat tinnitus due to kidney deficiency. "

② Zhu Zhenheng: "Pepper eyes down, stop line seepage Road, not Valley Road, can water dry wet. People who serve peppers are all worshipped by them. For a long time, the fire starts from the water. Who can resist it“

③ According to Materia Medica, it is more appropriate to treat asthma with pepper eyes than with water and Qi. He is like the asthma on fire. Instead, he is a forbidden drug to cover the Yang of life gate, which is no different from pepper understanding. "

④ "Changsha Yaojie" says: "Jiao mu, discharge water and eliminate fullness. Ji Jiao Lihuang pill in the golden chamber is used to treat the patients with water and Qi in the intestines and abdominal fullness, and it can also eliminate swelling due to its discharge water. "

Chinese PinYin : Jiao Mu