Gao lianggen

Gao lianggen

(compendium)

[synonym] Shugen, gualong (compendium), gaoliangqi (Guizhou herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of broomcorn. See "Sorghum" for plant morphology.

[nature and taste] Guizhou herbal medicine: "sweet in taste, flat in nature. "

[function indications] antiasthmatic, diuretic, hemostatic. Treatment of cough, asthma, stomach pain, blood collapse, postpartum hemorrhage.

① "The compendium of medical science and technology" says: "boiling juice and taking it can benefit urination and stop asthma; burning ash and wine and taking it can cure dystocia. "

② Guizhou herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and dampness, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Calm the mind and settle the mind. "

[selection] ① treatment of heart qi pain: take sorghum root decoction warm. (compendium)

② Treatment of dystocia: sorghum root, dry in the shade, burning, research, wine, two money. (compendium)

③ Treatment of functional uterine bleeding, postpartum hemorrhage: Chen Gaoliang root seven, brown sugar five money. Take it in water. (selected materials of new medical treatment of Chinese herbal medicine, Inner Mongolia)

④ Treatment of asthma and cough: sorghum 75 money, steamed sugar service. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

⑤ Cure madness disease (mental disorder): sorghum 712, stone calamus, water wick each five money, bitter bamboo leaf five. Simmer water clothes. (Guizhou herbal medicine)