Chinese Herbal Medicine: Effects and functions of Xu Changqing

Chinese name Xu Changqing ("The Classic")

Class root

Synonyms Ghost Dugu Post, Changqing under the stone ("The Classic"), Beixianzong ("The Classic of Materia Medica"), Diaozhu ("The Preparation of Medicinal Properties of Shengzhao"), Fishing rod, Easy bamboo, a branch of the arrow ("Simplified Herbal Medicine"), Hero's grass, material hanging ("Materia Medica Seeking Origin"), Tu xinxin, Nine-headed Lion Grass ("The Name of Plant Northeastern Pharmacognosy), mountain Diaozhu, Snake Li grass, the king of medicine (Nanning City Drugs), the leaves of lotus (Guiyang Folk Herbs), on the ladder of heaven, Laojunshu, incense shaking edge, shaking bamboo, shaking bamboo, three hundred roots (Hunan Drugs), Liao Diaozhu, a thousand clouds of bamboo (Guangzhou troops, "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine"), dysentery to stop the grass (Quanzhan Selected - Infectious Diseases).

The source is the root and rhizome or the whole herb with root of Xu Changqing, family Lauraceae.

Phytomorphology Xu Changqing

Perennial herb, about 65 cm tall. Rootstock short, fibrous roots numerous. Stem thin, rigidly straight, long internodes. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to linear, ca. 5-14 cm long, ca. 2-8 mm wide, apex pointed, entire, margins slightly revolute, ciliate, base attenuate, midrib elevated below. Panicles terminal in leaf axils, the common petiole much-branched, pedicels delicate, numerous flowers; calyx 5-parted, ovate-lanceolate, corolla 5-parted, broadly ovate, spreading or inferiorly reflexed, yellowish-green; corona 5, yellow, fleshy, reniform, basally united with the stamens; stamens 5, coherent into a tube, apothecia 2-loculed; pistil 1, the ovary superior, consisting of 2 free carpels, the styles 2, stigmas united. Follicles angular. Seeds apically bearing numerous silvery white tomentum. Fl. Fruiting September to October.

Wild on mountain slopes or roadsides. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

Collected in summer with the roots dug up, washed, dried.

Herbs ① dry whole grass, the stem is thin cylindrical, gray-green surface, the base is slightly lavender, with fine longitudinal stripes. The texture is slightly brittle, fracture surface fibrous. Leaves papery, gray-green, often longitudinally folded, protruding below the main veins, yellowish, the lower part of the stem leaves more off.

② dry rhizome short and curved, 0.5-3.5 cm long, dark yellow-brown, the surface with warty protruding root scars, sometimes with thread-like links. The roots are slender, numerous and clustered, about 1 mm in diameter, with a dark gray-brown surface. The texture is brittle and easy to break, the section is flat and powdery. Aromatic, slightly pungent flavor.

Produced in Jiangsu, Hebei, Hunan, Anhui, Guizhou, Guangxi and Northeast China.

Chemical composition of the whole herb contains peony phenol about 1%. And find out there and meat coral glucoside, deacyl cowpea glucoside, velvet milk vine glucoside and deacyl lauroxylin glucoside is very similar to the material and acetic acid, cinnamic acid. The root contains flavonoid glycosides, sugars, amino acids, and oenothermol.

Pharmacological effects of mice intraperitoneal injection of Xu Changqing extract (decoction of water to concentrate, add alcohol to remove the precipitator, which does not contain peony phenol), can significantly reduce the spontaneous activity, but does not prolong the sleep time of barbiturates, but also analgesic effect (hot plate method). In rabbits, intravenous injection resulted in short-term convulsions. The above preparation also lowered blood pressure in dogs, rabbits, and rats; therefore, in addition to omadenol, Xuchangqing contains other antihypertensive components. Xuchangqing slows the heart rate in normal animals. Continuous administration for 7 days did not prevent acute hypoxic electrocardiographic changes in the myocardium induced by intravenous infusion of pituitary posterior lobe hormone in rabbits. It has inhibitory effect on dysentery bacillus and staphylococcus aureus in test tube.

Concocted to pick the weeds, wash, moisten, cut into long 1.5 cm segments, sun-dried.

Taste pungent, warm.

① "Ben Jing": "flavor pungent, warm."

② "Bielu": "non-toxic."

Functions and Indications Analgesic, cough, diuretic, swelling, blood detoxification. Treatment of stomachache, toothache, rheumatic pain, menstrual abdominal pain, chronic bronchitis, ascites, edema, dysentery, enteritis, bruises, eczema, urticaria, venomous snake bites.

1. It is used for rheumatism paralysis, lumbago, bruise pain, epigastric and abdominal pain, toothache and other kinds of pain. Xu Changqing has a good effect of dispelling wind and relieving pain, and is widely used for all kinds of pain caused by rheumatism, cold condensation, stagnation of qi and blood stasis. In recent years, it has also been used for post-surgical pain and cancer pain, with some analgesic effect. It can be used as a single flavor, or with the evidence of the relevant drugs.

2, with eczema, rubella block, stubborn ringworm and other skin diseases. This product has the effect of eliminating wind and relieving itching. It can be used alone for internal use or decoction and external washing, and can also be used with bitter ginseng, dibasic, white fresh skin and other drugs to clear dampness and heat. In addition, this product can also antidote snake venom, treatment of snake bites. It can be used internally or externally with half the lotus.

① "Ben Jing": "Lord of parasites, epidemics, evil gas, warm malaria," "Lord Note easy death away, crying, sadness, trance."

② "Other Records": "Benefit gas."

③ "raw herbs and medicinal properties of the preparation of": "immersed in wine, in addition to wind-dampness."

④ Simple Herbal Medicine: "Treating bruises and injuries, tendon and bone pain."

⑤ "Lingnan Caiyao Lu": "Treatment of abdominal distension in children, the appearance of green veins. It is also used to treat epileptic dog bites."

⑥ "Chinese medicinal plant": "Treatment of all cholera and belly pain, stomach pain, food accumulation, cholera."

⑦ "Nanjing Folk Herbs": "Seedlings, soaked in wine gargling, can cure toothache."

⑧ "Guizhou Folk Medicine Collection": "Through menstruation and blood circulation. Treatment of red avalanches, leucorrhea."

⑨ "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine": "Benefit from gas, phoenix, strong waist vine, antidote snake venom."

⑩ Guangzhou Force "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbs": "Dispel wind and relieve pain, detoxification and swelling, warming the meridians and collaterals. Treating poisonous snake bites, rheumatism and bone pain, heart and stomach gas pain, bruises and swelling, herpes zoster, cirrhosis of the liver and ascites, menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea."

(11) Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine: "Diuretic, strong, sedative and analgesic, expelling cold and dissipating blood stasis, detoxifying snake venom, clearing collaterals and blood. It treats foot odor, edema, ascites, flatulence, and cold abdominal pain."

Usage and dosage Internal use: decoction, 1 to 3 qian; into pills or soaked in wine. External use: pounding compresses or decoction of water to wash.

Contraindications: Caution for the weak.

Selected prescription ① for the treatment of evil Zhuang heartache, bored to death: ghost Dupu one or two (end), benzoin one or two (wine soaked, finely ground, remove the dregs, decocted into a paste over a slow fire). The above medicine, with benzoin decoction and pills as big as a sycamore seed. No matter when, take ten pills in vinegar soup. ("Sheng Hui Fang")

② treatment of lumbago, stomach cold gas pain, cirrhosis ascites: Xu Changqing two to four money. Water decoction. ("Chinese herbal medicine earth formula earth method war preparation album")

③ treatment of abdominal distension: Xu Changqing three money. Add water and decoct into half a bowl, take it warmly. ("Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine")

④ cure toothache: Xu Changqing root (dry) five money. Wash, add 1500 milliliters of water and decoct to 500 milliliters; the root can also be made into powder. When the pain of 90 milliliters of water, served first with the liquid gargle 1 to 2 minutes before swallowing; such as serving powder, each time five minutes to a penny, are the second daily. ("Full morning selection - oral diseases")

⑤ Treatment of rheumatic pain: Xu Changqing root eight money to one or two, pig essence of four two, two old wine. Add water and decoct into half a bowl, take before meals, twice a day. ("Fujian Folk Herbs")

⑥ Treatment of menstrual abdominal pain: three money on the leaf lotus root, moon red two money, Chuanxiong one money. Chopped fine, soaked in four taels of wine, taken internally. ("Guiyang folk medicine herb")

⑦ cure dysentery, enteritis: dysentery stop grass one to two money. Water decoction, one dose per day. ("Selected Quanzhan - infectious diseases")

⑧ treatment of schizophrenia (crying, sadness, trance): Xu Changqing five money. Brewed water as tea. ("Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine")

⑨ treatment of itchy skin: Xu Changqing appropriate amount. Decoction of water to wash. (Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine)

⑩ cure shingles, contact dermatitis, intractable urticaria, psoriasis: Xu Changqing two to four money. Decoction of water for internal use, and wash the affected area externally. ("Chinese herbal medicine earth formula earth method war special oar")

(11) the treatment of bruises, swelling and pain, bone: fresh Xu Changqing appropriate amount, mashed and applied to the affected area. ("Chinese herbal medicine soil prescription soil method war preparation special oar")

(12) urinary incontinence. Use Xu Changqing (moxibustion) half a couple of, thatched root three points, wood through, winter sunflower seeds each one or two, talcum two two, betel nut one point, Qu Mai Sui half a couple of. Each dose of five coins, decocted with water, and then add one cent of Park Nit, take warm. This formula is called "Xu Changqing Tang".

(13) Motion sickness and seasickness. With Xu Changqing, Shi Changsheng, Psyllium, car under the plum root of this, equal parts of the pounding, take half of a bag in the hanging clothes with.

Clinical application ① treatment of chronic bronchitis

Take Xu Changqing 1 two, made into a decoction or tablets, divided into 2 times, 10 days for a course of treatment. Treatment of 54 cases, 41 cases effective, 13 cases ineffective. There is a certain anti-inflammatory, phlegm, cough, asthma effect. It is more effective for simple, and worse for wheezing type. The efficacy was improved with the addition of fritillary. Individual cases have a dry mouth and dry throat reaction after taking the drug.

② for analgesia

Xu Changqing made into 100% injection, intramuscular injection, 2 to 4 ml each time. Generally 5 to 10 minutes after injection, there is an analgesic effect, which can last about 2 hours. Treatment of enteritis, biliary ascariasis, ulcer disease, intestinal ascariasis, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, biliary surgery syndrome caused by acute abdominal pain 47 cases, 36 cases of effective, ineffective 12 cases. In addition, line acupoint injection can treat rheumatic pain.

③ Treatment of skin diseases

Eczema, urticaria, contact dermatitis and ringworm are effective. According to the results of 36 cases of treatment, 24 cases of cured, 8 cases of apparent effect, 4 cases of ineffective. Usage: Each time with Xu Changqing 2 ~ 4 money, water decoction, can also be washed externally. Or made into injections, tinctures and other applications.

In addition, Xu Changqing can be used internally or externally to treat snake bites and herpes zoster. With the goldfinch root made of 100% injection line intramuscular injection, test treatment of a case of mouth, eyes, genital triad, to obtain certain results.

Reminder: Xu Changqing This herbal medicine is from the Internet, please follow your doctor's advice before use.