Schizonepeta tenuifolia

Soil (essential preparation of raw herbs)

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[alias] red, fairy grass, Fujian folk herbal medicine, hookworm grass, huoyougen, Chenopodium album, Artemisia ordosica, Chenopodium album, Chenopodium album, Chenopodium album, Chenopodium album, Guangdong traditional Chinese medicine, huguxiang, lice grass, gouyaohuang, Chenopodium album, Fujian traditional Chinese medicine.

[source] it is the whole grass with ears of Chenopodiaceae plant Chenopodiaceae.

[plant morphology] Schizonepeta tenuifolia

Erect herbs annual or perennial, ca. 1 m tall. Stems ribbed, branched, glandular hairy or glabrous. The leaves are oblong to oblong lanceolate, 3-16 cm long, apex short pointed or obtuse, the lower leaves have irregular obtuse teeth, residual wavy, the upper leaves are smaller, linear or linear lanceolate, entire, apex obtuse; the upper leaves are green, the lower leaves have glandular spots, kneading it has a special aroma. Flowers are small, green, clustered or solitary in bract axils; bracts are very small, leaflike and longer than bouquet; bouquets are axillary and terminal, branched into unbranched spikes; these inflorescences form large leafy panicles, accounting for most of the whole plant; sepals are 5, sometimes only 3; stamens and sepals are the same number, filaments are separated, anthers are introverted; ovary is 1-locular. Utricle, less than 1 mm long, enclosed in calyx, embryo annular. The flowering period is summer and autumn.

It is also cultivated in villages, open fields and roadsides. It is distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and southwest China.

[collection] from late August to late September, the whole grass should be harvested and spread in a ventilated place, or tied and hung in the shade to avoid sunlight and rain.

[medicinal materials] dried stems and branches with fruit ears. The lower part of stem is cylindrical, stout and smooth; the upper part is square, with longitudinal groove and hairy. Most of the lower leaves fall off, leaving only the linear lanceolate bracts of the stem tip; the ears are in bundles, clustered in the axils of the branches and the stem tip, and fall at the touch, light green or yellow green; after the persistent calyx is removed, there is a brownish black fruit inside. It has a strong special aroma, spicy and slightly bitter.

Produced in Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Guizhou and other places.

[processing] remove impurities and roots, and cut fine.

It is pungent, warm and poisonous.

① "Raw herbal medicine nature preparation" says: "the taste is pungent and the nature is warm. "

② "Jiangxi traditional Chinese medicine": "it is pungent and cool, and has little poison. "

③ "Guangxi medicine plant atlas": "bitter and pungent taste, warm nature, toxic. "

Efficacy and function of Schizonepeta tenuifolia

Functions and indications: dispelling wind, killing insects, dredging meridians and relieving pain. Treatment of skin rheumatism, arthralgia, hookworm, Ascaris, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, skin eczema, snakebite.

① "Preparation of raw herbal medicine nature": "dispelling wind and relieving pain, it's better to wash with decocting water. It's better to wash after removing the dimple of children's Hemp pox than clam water. "

② "Lingnan caiyao Lu": it can remove wind heat, kill insects, strengthen stomach and relieve pain. The skin is scabied by boiling water. "

③ "It can drive the parasites in the intestines. External use for snakebite. "

④ Jiangxi traditional Chinese medicine: "it is suitable for hookworm disease, dyspepsia, gastrointestinal inflation, menorrhea and dysmenorrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 yuan (fresh 5-8 yuan); or into the pill, powder. External use: fried, washed or tamped.

[taboo] Fujian folk herbal medicine: "do not take it when suffering from neurasthenia, heart disease, kidney disease or pregnant women. "

[prescription selection] 1. To treat hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides and pinworm: grind the leaves, stems and seeds of Schizonepeta tenuifolia in the shade, add sugar and rice paste as pills, such as large, and send one money with boiling water each time, once in the morning and once in the evening. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides and taeniasis: the whole herb of Schizonepeta tenuifolia is one to two coins, fried in water.

③ Treatment of head lice: mash Schizonepeta tenuifolia and apply with tea oil.

④ Treatment of prolapse of anus and uterus: five coins of Herba Schizonepeta. Fried in water, twice a day. (2) the following prescriptions are published in the medical records of Hunan Province.)

⑤ Treatment of rheumatism pain: soil Schizonepeta fresh root five money. Stewed in water.

⑥ Treatment of eczema: soil Schizonepeta fresh whole grass amount. Fry in water and wash the affected area.

⑦ Treatment of traumatic bleeding: dried leaves of Schizonepeta tenuifolia. Research bundle, apply the affected area.

⑧ Treatment of snakebite: fresh leaves of Schizonepeta tenuifolia. Mash and apply to the affected area. (5) Fujian Chinese herbal medicine is listed below.)

[clinical application] treatment of hookworm disease

The oil extracted by pill and local method was taken orally. According to the results of fecal eggs reexamination after treatment, the cure rate of pills ranged from 45% to 82%, and that of Chenopodium oil ranged from 72.6% to 83.3%. Usage: a pill is made from the seeds, leaves and stems of Schizonepeta tenuifolia (some only use leaves and seeds, or only use stems) to dry the powder, and add a small amount of starch or flour to make the pill. Generally, 1-day therapy is used, and 5 yuan is taken before meals in the morning and evening. There are also 2-day or 3-day treatment, 2-3 times a day, 2-4 yuan each time. The oil of Schizonepeta tenuifolia is distilled in wood steamer according to local method. 200-250 ml of Schizonepeta tenuifolia oil can be extracted per 100 kg of Schizonepeta tenuifolia. The dosage is 2 ml for adults, 0.2-0.5 ml for children aged 1-3, 0.6-0.8 ml for children aged 4-7, 0.9-1.2 ml for children aged 8-12 and 1.3-1.6 ml for children aged 13-16. Some of the patients who took the oil had mild side effects, such as dizziness, headache, nausea and vomiting.

It is also said that the treatment of Ascaris lumbricoides can be achieved by taking the powder of Schizonepeta tenuifolia on an empty stomach for 2 to 6 minutes in the morning for 2 days.

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