Polygala fallax

Polygala fallax

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

[synonyms] huanghuashen, jizishu, diaodiaohuang (Guangzhou army's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine), huanghuadiaoshui, guanyinchuan (Guangxi medical plant directory), huanghuadayuanzhi (Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] the root or whole plant of Polygala fallax.

[plant morphology] Polygala fallax

Deciduous shrub, 1-3 meters high, with sweet taste. The root is thick, light yellow and fleshy. The bark is gray white. Leaves alternate; membranous: lanceolate or obovate lanceolate, 8-20 cm long, 3-7 cm wide, apex acuminate, base attenuate or suborbicular, entire; shortly stipitate. Raceme terminal, drooping; yellow flowers, symmetrical; sepals 5, inner 2 large petal shaped; petals 3, lower connate, central one larger, saccate, near the top with fimbriate appendages; stamens 8, lower part of filaments connate; ovary superior, 2-locular. Capsule broad, reniform, flat. Seeds hairy, one end flat, one end protuberant. It blooms in summer.

It grows under the sparse forest on the hillside or in the valley forest. Distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] 1. The manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army: "sweet, slightly warm. "

② Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "Gan, Ping. "

Functions and indications: tonifying, strengthening, eliminating dampness and dispersing blood stasis. It is used to treat weakness, deficiency and swelling, acute and chronic hepatitis, waist and leg pain, and traumatic injury.

① "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "the whole plant: Shujinhuoluo, treatment of jaundice, bleeding, irregular menstruation, uterine prolapse, maternal weakness. Root: dispel wind, remove dampness, relieve pain. "

② "Nourishing and strengthening, dispersing blood stasis and detumescence" is the common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. It is used to treat strain lumbago and leg pain, traumatic injury, acute and chronic hepatitis. "

③ Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "tonifying qi and blood, strengthening muscles and bones, weakness after treatment, postpartum blood deficiency, spleen deficiency and edema. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: rub water on the skin.

[selection] ① treatment of acute and chronic hepatitis: Radix Polygalae flavescens for three to five yuan; or fresh leaves for two to five Liang, decoction.

② Treatment of dystrophic edema: Radix Polygalae, Radix Polygoni Multiflori, Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Rhizoma Polygonati, Radix Codonopsis, decoction.

③ Treatment of anemia: Polygala, Codonopsis, Caulis Spatholobi each one or two, decoction. (1) the following formula comes from the science of Chinese herbal medicine in Jiangxi Province.)

④ Treatment of traumatic bleeding: pour the fresh leaves of water lily, mash and apply to the affected area. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)