Polygonum hydropiper

Polygonum hydropiper

(Guizhou folk medicine Collection)

[synonym] qiongliucao (Guizhou traditional Chinese medicine prescription), Polygonum multiflorum (Guizhou folk medicine Collection), banjiaocao (Chinese medicine plant Atlas), qingliao (Polygonum multiflorum), batgrass (Quanzhou materia medica), Polygonum hydropiper and Capsicum (Jiangxi folk medicine prescription).

[source] it is the whole plant of Polygonum hydropiper.

[plant morphology] Polygonum hydropiper

Annual herb, 60-90cm high, with glandular spots and Tricholoma throughout the plant. Stem erect, or lower part prostrate, usually purplish red, nodes inflated. Leaves alternate, shortly stipitate; leaf blade broadly lanceolate. Apex acuminate, base cuneate, coarsely hairy on both sides, dark green above, with black spots in shape of octagonal; stipules membranous, margin of mouth spiny. The inflorescence is at the end of the branch, the pedicel is slender, 6-12cm long, drooping and sparse; the perianth is 5-lobed, white, scattered with green glands, and the upper part is red; the stamen is 7-8: ovary is 1-locular, and the style is 3. Achene 3-ribbed, with persistent perianth. It blooms in summer.

Born near the wet water. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

[collection] harvest from May to June.

[chemical constituents] it contains glycosides and tannins.

[pharmacological action] the flow extract and its extract have strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Streptococcus hemolyticus.

Polygonum hydropiper and Polygonum cuspidatum produced in Japan have the function of driving Ascaris.

[flavor] Quanzhou materia medica: "pungent, warm, non-toxic. "

[function indications] for dysentery, hematochezia, stomachache, malaria, swelling and pain.

① "Root: treatment of dysentery" in Guizhou folk medicine collection. "

② "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "clearing away heat and toxin, relieving thirst, facilitating urination. Treatment of stomach and abdomen cold pain, heatstroke, thirst, infantile dysentery, snake dog bite. "

③ "Jiangxi folk herbal medicine prescription": "to rheumatism, clearance orifices, blood stasis, detoxification. Kill insects and stop bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.3 ~ 1 Liang; or into pills, powder. External use: tamping or boiling water gargling.

[prescription selection] ① for the treatment of blood under large intestine: Spicy willow grass or two, stewed with pork. Take it again every ten days. (Guizhou traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions)

② Cure dysentery: Spicy Polygonum root eight money, water fried, sugar transfer service. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

③ Treatment of stomach gas pain, Sha pneumoperitoneum pain: fresh and spicy Polygonum twigs and leaves, three money, mash, add a large cup of cold water, challenge juice service.

④ Treatment of malaria: leaves of Polygonum hydropiper and peach. Grind fine powder, water, wine and make pills. Take one money every morning and evening, warm water.

⑤ Treatment of toothache: four liang of fresh and spicy Polygonum, fried in water, frequent gargling.

⑥ Treatment of bruises and bruises, local purple swelling and pain: fresh and spicy Polygonum, with rice wine or sweet wine fermented grains mashed application. (3) the prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine is listed below.)

⑦ Treatment of tonsillitis: appropriate amount of stem and leaf of Polygonum hydropiper, mash juice, warm water and gargle. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

⑧ Treatment of arthritis: appropriate amount of hot Polygonum hydropiper leaves, soak in boiling water for a while, and then rub the pain. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

[clinical application] treatment of acute bacillary dysentery

Wash and chop the whole fresh Herba Polygonum hydropiper, soak it with water at the ratio of 1:5, boil it with slow fire for 1 hour, filter the juice and fry it again. Combine the two filtrates, add appropriate amount of syrup and preservatives, and store for later use. The first dose was 200 ml, then 100 ml each time, 3 times a day, 7 days as a course of treatment. After a course of treatment, 15 cases were cured, 19 cases were basically cured, and 5 cases were improved. One case was invalid. The main symptoms were fever for 16.3 hours, diarrhea for 4.6 days, abdominal pain and diarrhea for 4.5 days, stool microscopy for 4.2 days and bacterial culture for 3.4 days. This medicine has no other side effects except a few people feel abdominal discomfort or pain when taken cold.