Red?

Red?

(Heilongjiang traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] Qibao (records of northeast medicine), chibao and shanshigua (Handbook of northeast commonly used Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the fruit of the Cucurbitaceae plant Chilian.

Plant morphology?

Perennial creeping herbs. Stem covered with long hairs, few branches; tendrils simple. Leaves alternate; broadly ovate heart-shaped, 5-10 cm long, 4-9 cm wide, apex pointed, margin slightly serrate; both sides hairy; petiole. Flowers axillary, single, dioecious; pedicels of male flowers short and thin, pedicels of female flowers long and thick; calyx short campanulate, lobes 5, linear lanceolate, reflexed; corolla yellow, campanulate, 5-lobed, petals narrowly ovate, short hairy, about 2.5 cm long; stamens of male flowers s, sterile stamens linear, filaments hairy; female flowers have short staminodes, ovary inferior, oblong, long hairy Pilose, with 3 forked reniform stigmas. The bottle gourd is long ovate or wide elliptic, 4-5cm long and 2.5cm wide, red or green. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruit period is from August to September.

Born on hillsides or near houses. It is distributed in Northeast and North China.

[collection] after the fruit is ripe, the stalks should be taken off to prevent the fruit from cracking. The stalks should be tied up with thread and hung in the sun or in a ventilated place to dry. Place in a well ventilated and dry place to prevent damp, mildew and insects.

[medicinal material] the dried fruit is oval, oval to oblong, flat under normal pressure, 3-5 cm long and 1.5-3 cm in diameter. Orange yellow, orange red, red to reddish brown. The surface is shrunken, with very thin white hairs and longitudinal furrows. There is a residual stigma at the top and a thin and curved fruit stalk at the base. The pericarp is about 1 mm thick. Most of the small yellow oblong granules are adhered on the inner surface. They are undeveloped seeds. There are many flat ovate and brownish black thermogenic seeds in the center. They are soft and sticky when fresh. Qi is special. It's sweet.

[nature and taste] Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China: "sour, bitter, flat. "

Functions and indications: reducing adverse reactions, regulating dampness and harmonizing blood stasis. Treatment of jaundice, dysentery, nausea, acid vomiting, hemoptysis, chest pain, lumbar sprain.

① "Northeast medicine Zhi": "Shun Qi, Tiao Qi. "

② "Heilongjiang traditional Chinese medicine": "for the treatment of waist twisting, fork Qi, chest and hypochondriac pain. "

③ "Northeast commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "expectorant, stop vomiting. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction or powder.

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of nausea, acid vomiting and food vomiting: red package of one to three coins (dry product), and take it at the end of research. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China)

② Treatment of tuberculosis, cough, hematemesis, jaundice, dysentery, hematochezia: red package (dry product) one to three money, research at the end of Chongfu. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Northeast China)