Impatiens

Impatiens

(compendium)

[plant morphology] the root of Impatiens balsamina, a family of Impatiens.

[nature and taste] ① in the Compendium: "bitter, sweet and pungent, with little poison. "

② "Lingnan caiyao Lu": "it is sweet in taste and flat in nature. "

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation, dredging meridians, softening and firming, and detumescence. It is used to treat rheumatism, pain in muscles and bones, tumefaction, swelling and pain, and choking in throat.

① The compendium of Medical Sciences: "it can cure the choking of chicken and fish bones, swallow steel by mistake, and beat swelling and pain with stick. It can disperse blood and dredge meridians. "

② "Classified herbal medicine nature": "it is used to treat all kinds of collapses, rheumatism, paralysis, muscle and bone pain. "

③ "Removing the poison of redness and swelling" in Lingnan medicine collection. The wine is very good. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: grind or soak wine. External use: tamping.

[selected formula] 1. Treatment of falling injury, red swelling, purple stasis, ulceration: Impatiens root and stem tamping. (materia medica justice)

② Treatment of traumatic injury: appropriate amount of Impatiens root, dry in the sun and grind at the end, three to five money each time. Take it with water and wine, one dose a day. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of bone and throat: the root of Goldilocks, chew and soak, bone from the bottom, then rinse with warm water, avoid tooth damage, chicken bone is particularly effective. (Shi Yi De Xiao Fang)

④ Treatment of edema: fresh roots of Impatiens four to five each time, stewed pork to eat, three or four effects. (Quanzhou materia medica)