Polygala tenuifolia

Polygala tenuifolia

(Jiangxi herbal medicine)

[synonym] golden egg, diaohuang, Huanghua chicken bone (Jiangxi herbal medicine), chicken root, xiaohebao, jiweiguo, Hebaoshan Osmanthus (Yunnan herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of Polygala flaviflora.

[plant morphology] Polygala tenuifolia

Deciduous shrub or small tree, 1-5m high. The root is woody, the outer skin is light brown, fleshy, and the inner surface is light yellow. Stem erect, cylindrical, less branched. Leaf blade lanceolate, obovate lanceolate or oblong, 7-10 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate to rounded, entire, often wrinkled, lateral veins about 6 pairs, protruding below; stipe. Inflorescence racemose or panicle, pendulous, up to 15 cm; flowers yellow, with red halo; calyx 2-whorled, outer whorl 3, very small, inner whorl 2, petal shaped; petal 3, middle keel, petal with 8 coronoid appendages on the back, 2 / 3 parts of petals on both sides are adnate to filaments; stamen 8, 3 / 4 parts of lower part of filaments are united into sheath. The fruit is flat. When mature, it is reddish brown, with two valves dehiscent. 2 seeds, black. The flowering period is summer and autumn.

It is distributed in southwest, East China, Shaanxi, Hubei and other places.

[collection] harvest in autumn and winter, wash, slice and dry

[pharmacological action] the coumarin part of the root has a certain antitussive effect on mice (SO2 induced cough method).

[nature and taste] 1. Jiangxi herbal medicine: "sweet, slightly warm. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "Gan Xin, Ping. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and removing dampness, tonifying deficiency and detumescence, regulating menstruation and activating blood circulation, treating cold, rheumatism, pain, pulmonary tuberculosis, edema, postpartum weakness, irregular menstruation and traumatic injury.

① Jiangxi herbal medicine: "Dispelling Phlegm and promoting orifices, calming nerves and improving intelligence. "

② "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine" and "Qingre Jiedu, Qufeng dehumidification, Buxu detumescence. Treatment of rheumatism, pain, traumatic injury, tuberculosis, edema, postpartum weakness, urinary tract infection, early mastitis, hepatitis, upper respiratory tract infection, pneumonia. "

③ Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection: "regulating menstruation and activating blood circulation, dispelling wind and removing dampness, eliminating inflammation and relieving pain. Treatment of irregular menstruation, waist and leg pain, traumatic injury, acute and chronic gastroenteritis, rheumatic heart disease, women's low back pain, uterine prolapse. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang (2-3 Liang fresh).

[prescription selection] ① for liver abscess: Chicken root, Cinnamomum camphora, Dracaena Draconis, Acorus calamus, tongguangsan each five money. Decoction, one dose a day, three times. (selected works of the whole exhibition: Internal Medicine)

② Treatment of tuberculosis: fresh polygala root two liang, pig lung four Liang. Decoct in water, take soup and lung, one dose a day.

③ Treatment of yellow swelling: fresh polygala root two Liang. Decoct in water and use brown sugar as the guide.

④ Treatment of insomnia: polygala root five money to one or two, Fu Shen five money. Take it in water, one dose a day.

⑤ Treatment of traumatic injury: fresh Huanghua Yuanzhi root two liang, duhenggen one money. Take it in water. (2) Jiangxi herbal medicine