Calabash root

Calabash root

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[source] it is the root of Cucurbitaceae, a leguminous plant. The plant morphology is shown in the "Cucurbitaceae" section.

[collection] collection in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] Guizhou herbal medicine: "the nature is flat, the taste is slightly bitter and pungent. "

[function indications] clearing away heat and toxin. Treatment of wind heat, cough, lung carbuncle, jaundice, carbuncle, rash, bone tuberculosis.

Guizhou herbal medicine: "clearing away heat, detoxifying, diuresis, relieving cough. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat wind heat, cough and hemoptysis: Cucurbitaceae root costs three to five yuan. Simmer water with honey. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

② Cure lung carbuncle: gourd tea root five money. Take it in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of high fever or jaundice: gourd tea root one or two. Simmer water clothes. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

④ Cure carbuncle swollen: gourd tea fresh root, stem one to two. Fry in water; add a little cold rice with fresh leaves, mash and apply to the affected area.

⑤ Treatment of scrofula, melon and vine carbuncle: gourd tea fresh root one to two. Take it in water.

⑥ To cure bone tuberculosis: one or two dried roots of gourd tea, one or two dried roots of Celastrus orbiculatus, one or two dried roots of mountain sesame and one or two dried roots of Ficus crassifolia. Drink tofu and fry in water. (4) Fujian Chinese herbal medicine is published below.)