Yellow flower mother root

Yellow flower mother root

(records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] mucilaginous root (records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine) and radix astragali (Fujian traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the root of Malvaceae. See "huanghuamu" for plant morphology.

[collection] all year round.

[pharmacological action] it contains a lot of mucilage. It has been used to treat tuberculosis abroad, but some people think that it has no specific effect on tuberculosis.

[nature and taste] 1. Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine records: "the taste is slightly sour and astringent, the nature is cool and non-toxic. "

② Guangzhou Air Force's "manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "sweet, light, cool. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and dampness, benefiting qi and expelling pus. It can treat cold, asthma, diarrhea, jaundice, carbuncle, Qi deficiency, or unclear sepsis and no new muscle.

① "Removing dampness and heat". To cure dysentery due to damp heat. "

② "Clearing away heat and dampness, expelling pus and promoting muscle growth" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou air force. Treatment of cold, fever, bacillary dysentery, enteritis, jaundice, malaria, suppurative inflammation, carbuncle ulcer. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan; large dose, 1-3 Liang. External use: tamping or frying and washing

[selection] ① asthma treatment: two liang of huanghuamu root and one or two liang of white sugar. Fried soup. (records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② Carbuncle swelling into pus, but Qi deficiency is not easy to break: fresh huanghuaren root one to three Liang, or add pork ribs. Take it in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

③ For the treatment of gas gangrene (gas gangrene): three liang of fresh huanghuaren root, fried in water; or add appropriate amount of chicken, stewed in wine. (Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine, Jinjiang, Fujian)

④ Treatment of lumbago: huanghuaren root one or two, two dried cuttlefish, half wine stew service. (Chinese herbal medicine manual of Fuzhou military region)

⑤ Treatment of Yin gangrene and toxin: two pairs of root and stem, one or two pairs of brown sugar. Stew in boiling water. (Fuzhou folk herbs)