Red millet

Red millet

(Handbook of Chinese medicinal materials)

[synonym] chuanpengsu (Chinese herbal medicine manual).

[source] it is the tuberous roots of Liliaceae plants such as Smilax glabra or Smilax China. For the plant morphology, please refer to "tulia" and "jingangtengtou".

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

[herbal medicine] the whole tuber is thick, and the weight can reach several jin. The surface is rough, brown and reddish. Most of the products are irregular flakes with rough edges and hard protuberant roots or root marks. The surface of the slice is brown, and the inner part is yellow, reddish brown or maroon. Tough, containing yellow coarse fiber, not easy to break, no powder after breaking. The smell is weak. The best color is red and yellow.

It is mainly produced in Sichuan.

The root tuber of Smilax China L. from Yunnan Province. The tuberous root is solid, nodular, brown on the outside and red on the inside.

[nature and taste] 1. Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine records: "bitter, flat, non-toxic. "

② "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection": sweet, light, flat. "

[Guijing] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "entering the liver, stomach and kidney. "

[functions and indications] 1. In Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "dispel wind and dampness, separate turbidity, benefit joints, and relieve sores and poisons. Treat rheumatism pain, lumbago and knee arthralgia. Urine drenching and syphilis sores. "

② "Selection of Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": "Qufeng dehumidification, Tonglin, Lishui, anti-inflammatory, detoxification. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, urinary tract infection, chronic gastritis, irregular menstruation, sores. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.

[taboo] Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it should not be used in patients with Yin deficiency, excessive fire, kidney deficiency, spermatorrhea, polyuria and low back pain. "