Radix Paeoniae Alba

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(notes to the classic of Materia Medica)

[synonym] jinshaoyao (An Qi Sheng Fu Lian FA) and Baishao (medicinal).

[source] it is the root of Paeonia lactiflora (cultivated species) in Ranunculaceae.

[plant morphology] Paeonia lactiflora (the book of songs), also known as licao (Han Shi neizhuan), Yurong, Qiji, jiecang (Wu Pu Ben Cao), Keli (Cui Bao's ancient and modern notes), Lishi, Zhui (bielu), Wugu flower (Hu Ben Cao), zuweichun (Qing Yi Lu), Jiangli (compendium).

Perennial herbs, 50-80 cm high. Root hypertrophy, usually cylindrical or slightly fusiform. Stem erect, smooth, glabrous. The leaflets are elliptic to lanceolate, 8-12 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, apex acuminate or acute, base cuneate, entire, margin with very fine papillae, dark green above, light green below, veins raised below, leaf base often reddish. The flower is very large, single at the top of the branch of the flower stem, each flower stem has 2-5 flowers, the length of the flower stem is 9-11 cm; sepals are 3, leaflike; petals are about 10 or more, obovate, white, pink or red; stamens are mostly, anthers are yellow; carpels are 3-5, separated. Follicles 3-5, ovate, apex hooked outward. The flowering period is from May to July. The fruit period is from June to July.

Growing in shrubs or grasses on hillsides or valleys. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places. It is cultivated all over the country.

[collection] in summer and autumn, the roots of Paeonia lactiflora which have been planted for 3-4 years are dug, the rhizome and fibrous roots are removed, the rough skin is cleaned, scraped off, and boiled in boiling water to make the roots soft and dry.

[medicinal material] the dry roots are cylindrical, uniform and straight, 10-20 cm long and 1-1.8 cm in diameter. The surface is reddish brown or pinkish white, flat, or with obvious longitudinal wrinkles and fibrous root marks. There are brown spots at the place where the embolus is not completely removed, and occasionally transverse lenticels. Solid and heavy, not easy to break. The section is gray white or slightly brown, and the radial line of wood is heart-shaped. Without Qi, the taste is slightly bitter and sour. The root is thick and long, straight, solid, powdery and clean.

It is mainly produced in Zhejiang, Anhui, Sichuan and other places. In addition, it is also produced in Shandong, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan and Yunnan. Zhejiang's product is called Hangzhou White Peony, with the best quality; Anhui's product is called Bo white peony, with the largest output; Sichuan's product is called Sichuan white peony, also known as Zhongjiang white peony, with the largest output in Kunming.

The name of Paeonia lactiflora, which was first recorded in this classic, began with Tao Hongjing and was divided into white Paeonia lactiflora and traditional Chinese medicine. At present, Paeonia lactiflora is mostly cultivated, while Paeonia lactiflora is mostly wild. However, in some areas, such as Baoji Paeonia lactiflora produced in Shaanxi Province, it is also a wild species and is used as a user of Paeonia lactiflora. The root strips are thin and curved, with different sizes. There are many traces of cork and fibrous roots. The quality is loose, and the powder is small.

[chemical constituents] the root contains paeoniflorin, paeonol, paeoniflorin, benzoic acid about 1.07%, volatile oil, fatty oil, resin, tannin, sugar, starch, mucin, protein, β - sitosterol and triterpenoids. In addition, the product from Sichuan contains an acid substance, which has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus.

Flower contains glucoside, phenolic 3,7-diglucoside, tannin (more than 10%), pyrethrin 0.13%, 13 methyltetradecanoic acid, β - sitosterol, pentacosane, etc. The leaves contain tannins.

[pharmacological action] it has antibacterial effect.

[processing] Radix Paeoniae Alba: remove the impurities, separate the large and small ones, soak them in water until 80% transparent, take them out, dry them in the sun, moisten them until the internal and external humidity is even, slice them and dry them. Wine white peony: take white peony slice, spray evenly with yellow rice wine, moisten slightly, put in the pot, stir fry gently, take out, let cool. (100kg of Baishao tablet, 10kg of yellow rice wine)

Stir fry the white peony; take the white peony slice, put it in the pot, stir fry it gently until yellowish, take it out and let it cool. Jiaobaishao: take Baishao tablets, put them in a pot, stir fry them with fire until brown, spray a little water, take them out and dry them. Stir fry radix paeoniae alba in soil: take fine powder, stir fry in the pot, add the slices of Radix Paeoniae Alba; stir fry until there is soil color on the outside, take out, screen out the soil, and let cool. (100kg for each Baishao tablet, 20kg for fulonggan powder)

① "Lei Gong Paozhi Lun" says: "after collecting the white peony, dry it in the sun, scrape the thick skin with a bamboo knife, file it, steam it with honey water, and then dry it in the sun. "

② "Materia medica Mengluo": "(Paeonia lactiflora) soak in wine, sun exposure, do not see fire. "

Bitter, sour and cool.

① Ben Jing: "it tastes bitter and flat. "

② Wupu materia medica: "Tongjun: sweet, non-toxic. Qibo: salty. Li: Xiao Han. Lei Gong: acid. "

③ Bielu: "sour, mild cold, little poison. "

[Guijing] into the liver and spleen meridian.

① "Pinhuijingyao" said: "the hand Taiyin, foot Taiyin. "

② "Materia medica meridians": "hand foot Taiyin meridian medicine, into the liver, spleen blood points. "

Functions and indications: nourishing blood and softening liver, relieving pain, collecting Yin and sweat. Treatment of chest and abdominal rib pain, diarrhea, abdominal pain, spontaneous sweating, night sweating, yin deficiency fever, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea.

① "Ben Jing" says: "it can treat abdominal pain due to evil Qi, eliminate blood obstruction, break hard accumulation, treat cold and heat hernia, relieve pain, facilitate urination and replenish qi. "

② Bielu: "it can smooth the blood vessels, slow down the middle, disperse the evil blood, chase the thief's blood, remove the water vapor, benefit the bladder, intestines and intestines, eliminate carbuncle and swelling, and treat cold and heat, moderate evil abdominal pain and low back pain. "

③ According to the theory of medicinal properties, "it can cure lung evil Qi, abdominal pain, blood gas accumulation, dredge viscera and support Qi, cure evil pain and blood stasis, control bone heat, strengthen five zang organs, tonify kidney qi, cure heart and abdomen firmness and distention, women's blood stagnation, eliminate blood stasis, and corrode pus. "

④ Tang materia medica: "benefit women's blood. "

⑤ Rihuazi materia medica: "it can cure wind, invigorate tuberculosis, control all diseases of women, relieve fever, eliminate vexation, replenish qi, cure Tianxing fever, distemper, miasma, convulsion, blood circulation of women, intestinal wind, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, fistula, back, scabies, headache, eyesight, redness, pterygium. "

⑥ "Qi Yuan of medicine" says: "tranquilizing the spleen meridian, treating abdominal pain, collecting stomach qi, relieving diarrhea, harmonizing blood, strengthening the liver, purging the liver and tonifying the spleen and stomach. "

⑦ Wang Haogu: "manage the Qi in the middle, treat the spleen deficiency and fullness, lower heart fullness, hypochondriac pain, good EEE, lung swelling, asthma, astringent eyes, liver blood deficiency, Yang Wei disease, bitter cold and heat, pulse disease, abdominal pain, waist dissolving like sitting in water. "

⑧ "Diannan Materia Medica": "diarrhea spleen heat, abdominal pain, water diarrhea, liver Qi reverse pain, recuperate the heart, liver and spleen meridian blood, soothe the meridian and reduce Qi, stop liver Qi pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-4 Qian; or into pills, powder.

[taboo] patients with diarrhea due to abdominal pain due to deficiency cold should take it with caution.

① "Xu (a work of" Lei ") pill was used for it. Evil and mischief disappear. I'm afraid. On the contrary. "

② According to the classic of Materia Medica, it is forbidden to treat abdominal pain due to moderate cold, catharsis due to moderate cold, cold pain in abdomen and cold sensation in stomach. "

③ "Drug Huayi": "rash should be avoided. "

④ "To match the materia medica": "spleen deficiency cold, dysentery, pure blood forbidden. "

[prescription selection] ① for women's flank pain: Xiangsi Liang (two bowls of Huangzi, one or two bowls of salt, boiled to dryness),, (fried) and white peony. For the fine end, each take two money, boiling soup tune, no time service. (Shaoyao Decoction in Zhu Shi Ji Yi Fang)

② To cure dysentery, feces, pus and blood, and to lower blood and regulate Qi: Peony one or two, half two, half two, two money; two money (fried), three money, half two, Guan GUI two and a half money. Cut carefully, take half of each, two cups of water, fry until one, take warm after eating. (Shaoyao Decoction in Su Wen Bing Ji Bao Ming Ji)

③ Treatment of pregnant women with abdominal pain: Angelica three Liang, peony one jin, four Liang, four Liang, half Jin, Xiong half Jin (one for three Liang). On the six flavors, pestle for powder. Take the square inch dagger, wine and three clothes a day. (Danggui Shaoyao Powder in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber)

④ Treatment of postpartum blood gas attack heart abdominal pain: Peony two, GUI (to coarse skin), licorice (fried) each one or two. On the three flavor, coarse pound screen, each service three money dagger, a water, fried seven points, to dross, warm, regardless of the time. (Shaoyao Decoction in Shengji Zonglu)

⑤ Treatment of dysmenorrhea: white peony two liang, eight money. A total of fine powder, divided into eight packets, menstruation, daily service a packet, yellow rice wine as a guide, for three weeks. (selected materials of new medical treatment of Chinese herbal medicine, Inner Mongolia)

⑥ Treatment of women under red and white, years of deep and long not bad: white peony three big two, dry ginger half big two. Fine file, boil to make yellow, pound under sieve. Empty stomach, and drink juice, take two money dagger, day again. (guanglifang)

⑦ Treatment of gold and blood, pain: white peony one or two, boil to yellow, pestle to fine powder. Wine or rice two times, and get. Gradually, the first three. (guanglifang)

⑧ Treat beriberi swelling and pain: Radix Paeoniae Alba six Liang, Radix Glycyrrhizae one or two. For the end, white soup point service. (SUI Shi Guang Ji)

⑨ Treatment of wind poison bone marrow pain: Peony two, tiger bone one or two (fried). For the end, containing silk bags Sheng, wine three liters, stains five days. Take Sanhe every day. (behind the experience)

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