Buckwheat straw

Buckwheat straw

(compendium)

[source] stems and leaves of Fagopyrum esculentum, a Polygonaceae plant. See "buckwheat" for plant morphology.

[chemical constituents] the whole herb contains rutin, quercetin and caffeic acid. It also contains light sensitive substances.

The seedlings contained flavonoids such as orientin, isoorientin, Vitexin, soapgrass, rutin, quercetin, cyanidin, and anthocyanin.

[pharmacological action] rutin has vitamin P-like activity. Rutin from different parts of plants has the effect of killing intestinal round worm in vitro. There is no anthraquinone in the root. The whole plant, especially the flower, contains red lustrous pigment (similar to Hypericum perforatum). After eating, the animal can produce light sensitivity (named buckwheat disease), that is, inflammation and swelling in the parts lacking pigment, such as ear, nose, claw, tail, etc.; it can also produce conjunctivitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, animal excitement and even convulsion, and sometimes intestinal and urinary tract irritation. Generally, sheep and pigs are more common than horses and cattle. Some people can also produce allergic symptoms, such as dermatitis. Buckwheat can also cause some skin irritation.

[nature and taste] Yilin zuanyao: "sour, cold. "

It can also be used to stop bleeding.

① "Eating Materia Medica": ye zuoru's food is good for ears and eyes. "

② Yilin zuanyao: "leaves, smooth intestines and lower Qi. "

③ "Chinese medicine plant illustrated book": "stem and leaf can be used for hypertension with capillary vulnerability, which can prevent cerebral hemorrhage, various kinds of hemorrhage caused by capillary vulnerability and pulmonary hemorrhage caused by non tuberculosis; it can also treat diabetic retinitis. "

[taboo] ① Qianjin Shizhi: "buckwheat leaves, raw food, prickly wind, itch the body. "

② "Eating Materia Medica": "if you eat more leaves, you will have a slight discharge. "

[prescription selection] ① choking food: burn buckwheat straw, drench the juice, put it into the pot, fry the white frost for 1 yuan, add the Pengsha for 1 yuan, grind the powder, and take it for half a yuan. (maritime side)

② Treatment of deep carbuncle: buckwheat whole grass one or two, beat juice, take with old wine, drug residue external application. (manual of Chinese herbal medicine by Su Yi)

③ Rotten carbuncle, erosion of bad meat, to dimple mole: buckwheat straw burning ash drench juice, take alkali to boil dry, with lime, close (point affected area). (compendium)

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