Rhododendron root

Rhododendron root

(Zhejiang folk herbs)

Another name: fanshanhu and soushanhu (Wang Lianshi's book of collecting herbs).

[source] it is the root of Rhododendron, which belongs to the family rhododendraceae. The plant morphology is detailed in the section "Rhododendron".

[collection] it can be collected all year round, washed, sliced and dried in the sun.

[chemical composition] the root bark contains 7% tannin.

Sweet and sour, warm.

① Classified herbal medicine nature: "sweet taste, warm nature. "

② "Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "the nature is flat, the taste is acrid, non-toxic. "

[function indications] He Xue, hemostasis, dispel wind, relieve pain, treat hematemesis, bleeding, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, intestinal wind blood, dysentery, rheumatism pain, traumatic injury.

① Wang Lianshi's book of collecting herbs: "when you treat Kechuang, you can root it out. Medical style, he bashanhu (naoyanghuagen), steamed wine service. "

② Cao Mu Bian Fang: "it can cure red and white dysentery, HAEMORRHEA, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids and hemorrhoids, traumatic injury, and muscle growth."

③ "Classification of herbal medicine nature": "treatment of hematemesis, metrorrhagia. To wind cold, and blood. "

④ "Guizhou folk medicine collection" says: "it can treat irregular menstruation, stop red collapse; it can treat rheumatism by soaking wine and taking it orally. "

⑤ Jiangxi herbal medicine: "activating blood circulation, stopping bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or soaking in wine. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] ① irregular menstruation: Rhododendron root, rabdosia root, motherwort each five money, red flower three money. Take it in water. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

② Treatment of metrorrhagia and metrorrhagia: Rhododendron root or two, Rosa laevigata root or two, woolen hair root eight money, Qiancao root five money, powder dried Pueraria four money. Take it in water. (prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

③ Cure leucorrhea: Rhododendron root, three white grass root each five money. Decoct with water to remove the dregs and mix with pork soup. (prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of traumatic injury: Rhododendron root skin (fresh) amount, a little lees, mashed topical. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of qi stagnation and chest tightness: one or two Rhododendron roots (stems), six banyan roots and two pig ribs. Stewed in water. Those without liver fire should take wine.

⑥ Treatment of epistaxis: Rhododendron root five money to one or two, water stew service.

⑦ Treatment of mastitis chuchao: Rhododendron root five money to one or two, water stew service: external use of fresh leaves with Xiangfu mashed compress. (5) Fujian Chinese herbal medicine is listed below.)