Hongyaozi

Hongyaozi

(Ben Cao Tu Jing)

[synonym] Hongyao, chiyao (the picture of Materia Medica), zhushaqi, huangyaozi, zhushalian, houxueqi, xuesanqi, maohulu (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the tuberous root of Polygonum villosum.

[plant morphology] Polygonum villosum

Perennial creeping herbs. Rhizome expanded into massive, woody. Stem slender, hollow, green purple, apex branched. Stipules sheathy, brown, almost transparent. Leaves alternate; petiole 0.5-5 cm long, furrowed above, with mucinous papillae or microfibrils below; leaves oblong elliptic, 6-11 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, panicles terminal or axillary; flowers with obvious pedicels; perianth white or lavender, 5-lobed, lateral lobes, midrib winged; stamens 8; ovary trigonous, stigma 3, shield shaped. Nutlets triangular, black purple, enclosed by perianth of enlarged membranous wing. It blooms in summer.

It is distributed in Northwest and northeast of China, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round. After digging out, the stems, leaves and fibrous roots are removed and dried in the sun.

[medicinal material] the root tuber is dry, the skin is brown, clingy, and difficult to peel off. The head of root often has scar of remnant stem, which is hard and not easy to break. Commodities are often cut into pieces, 3-6cm in diameter and 0.8-2.5cm in thickness. The cross section is uneven, yellowish or yellowish brown, and the cross section of fresh roots is orange red or pink; sometimes it presents the heteromorphic vascular bundles of Polygonum multiflorum with thin yellowish texture. The taste is slightly fragrant but not bitter. The saliva is dyed yellow when chewing, and the powder reacts with lye to show purplish red.

Produced in Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan and other places.

[chemical constituents and pharmacological effects] the contents of cinnabarin a (i.e. emodin) and cinnabarin B were diluted in double order by tube method, and finally dropped into the bacteria liquid transfer plate, which had inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Shigella flexneri. The water extract of Lindera crassifolia has broad-spectrum antiviral effect on a variety of respiratory and enteroviruses.

[natural flavor] bitter and astringent, cool.

Main functions and indications: antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, promoting blood circulation, cooling blood to stop bleeding, sedation and spasmolysis, pain relief, antidiarrhea, promoting ulcer healing; salt for kidney, vinegar for hemostasis, alkali for stomach. It can treat tonsillitis, enteritis, gastritis, ulcer disease, bacillary dysentery, biliary ascariasis, traumatic infection, cellulitis, carbuncle, purulent scab, urinary tract infection, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, traumatic bleeding, hematemesis, bleeding, hematochezia, traumatic injury, rheumatism, lumbago and leg pain.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, raw product 0.5 ~ 2 yuan (product 3 ~ 4 yuan); or soak wine, powder. External use: powder compress.

[should not] pregnant women should use it with caution. (the following is Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[selection] ① for postpartum blood supply, cold limbs, blue lips, abdominal distension, coma: one or two hongyaozi, one or two Honghua. Two pieces of water, one for frying, convenient size. Blood from the bottom also. (Professor Yu's experience formula)

② Treatment of acute stomach pain: cinnabar seven two money. Powder and wine.

③ Treatment of acute bacillary dysentery: cinnabar seven (raw powder) seven minutes each time. Take it with warm water three to four times a day for seven days.

④ Treatment of irregular menstruation, Qi and blood accumulation and abdominal pain: cinnabar seven (vinegar boiled) three to four money. Take it in water.

⑤ Treatment of metrorrhagia and metrorrhagia: Zhu Sha Qi (stir fried with vinegar) three to four carefully, fried in water.

⑥ Treatment of hematemesis, hematemesis, hematochezia: cinnabar seven, Imperata root, white structure, four money each. Fried in yellow rice wine. (2) Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine is listed below.)

[clinical application] ① treatment of acute bacillary dysentery

Make cinnabarin tablets, 0.25g each. Adults take 0.5-1g every time, once every 4 hours on the first and second days, and then four times a day. In 110 cases, 61 cases were cured, 33 cases improved and 16 cases ineffective. Body temperature generally returned to normal within 24 hours. The pyogenic blood will decrease or disappear in 2-3 days. The fastest time to take medicine is 3 days, generally 7 days. Among 22 cases of bacterial culture, 9 cases were positive, 8 cases were reexamined, 7 cases turned negative on 6 days, and 1 case turned negative on 9 days. Some patients recurred. Among the 61 patients recovered, 25 patients still had abdominal pain caused by mild rubbing. No side effects were found during the treatment.

② Treatment of upper respiratory tract infection

Take cinnabarin powder or tablets, 2G each time, 4 times a day; or 10% decoction, 20ml each time, 4 times a day. 32 cases were treated, 16 cases were markedly effective, 14 cases were effective and 2 cases were ineffective. In addition, cinnabarin a (0.2g each tablet), 1 tablet each time, 4 times a day, and 0.5g sodium bicarbonate each time. 24 cases of pneumonia, bronchitis and tonsillitis were treated.

③ Others

In some areas, it is used to treat epigastric pain, sore poison, traumatic infection, etc. Dosage: 1-2 yuan, decocted in water; or prepared into 20-30% ointment, 1% aqueous solution for external use. Side effects include abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting, hand numbness, etc., which can disappear after withdrawal.