Huaqin

Huaqin

(Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)

Another name. Diandenghua (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine), dengyinhuaer (mengming).

[source] it is the rhizome and root of Cymbidium sinense.

[plant morphology] silk flower organ

Perennial herbs, 30-50 cm high. Stem erect. The basal leaves have long stalks; the stem leaves are alternate, odd pinnate compound, leaflets 11-21, ovate lanceolate, entire. Panicle terminal; pedicel and sepal glandular hairs; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed; corolla 5-lobed, blue purple; stamen 5; pistil stigma 3-lobed. Capsule round.

It grows in gully, shrubbery and grassland. Distributed in Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and other places.

[collection] harvest in autumn, wash the soil and dry in the sun.

[pharmacological action] the same plant, Huaqin, has the following effects:

① Anti atherosclerotic effect

The results showed that the content of cholesterol in blood decreased significantly, the ratio of lecithin / cholesterol increased, and the lipid deposition in skin, cornea, sclera, artery, liver and other viscera decreased. Both intravenous and oral administration were effective. It has not only preventive effect, but also therapeutic effect. Pathological anatomy showed that the changes of blood vessels, heart, liver and kidney were milder than those in the control group.

② Effects on cardiovascular and respiratory system

Allium sativum saponin has no obvious effect on the blood pressure of normal and cholesteric arteriosclerosis rabbits. The respiration is slightly deepened, the amplitude of cardiac contraction is increased and the frequency is slowed down. It had a contractile effect on the normal isolated rabbit ear blood vessels, but a little dilative effect on the arteriosclerotic rabbit ear blood vessels.

[nature and taste] Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, flat. "

[function indications] expectorant, hemostasis, sedation. Treatment of acute and chronic bronchitis, gastric ulcer bleeding, hemoptysis, bleeding, uterine bleeding, epilepsy, insomnia, menorrhagia.

① "Jilin Chinese herbal medicine": "expectorant, hemostasis, sedation. Treatment of phlegm cough, epilepsy, insomnia, menorrhagia. "

② "Heilongjiang commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "treatment of acute and chronic bronchitis, hemoptysis, hematemesis, bleeding, hematochezia, uterine bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan.

[prescription selection] ① for gastric and duodenal ulcer bleeding: Huaqin, Jitan and xiaojitan are fried in water. (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment of insomnia, epilepsy: Huaqin, valerian each three money, decoction. (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)