Pitaya root

Pitaya root

(Chongqing herbal medicine)

[source] the root of Herba pyrophyllae, a Polygonaceae plant.

[collection] in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] sour and sweet, flat.

① "Classified herbal medicine nature": "sweet taste, flat, non-toxic. "

② Chongqing herbal medicine: "sweet and sour in taste, gentle in nature. "

[function indications] for Qi deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, leucorrhea and traumatic injury.

① "Classification of herbal medicine nature": "treatment of qi deficiency deafness, women's leucorrhea. "

② Flora of Guangzhou: "medicine for injuries caused by falling and stabbing.". "

③ "Chongqing herbal medicine": "Yiqi, Xingxue, Qufeng, antipyretic. Treatment of weakness, wind heat, dizziness, Qi deficiency tinnitus, blood gas pain, leucorrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh). External use: grind and apply.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of wind heat, dizziness, high blood pressure, weakness of Qi and blood, dizziness and tinnitus: one kilogram of pitan grass root. Stewed black skin chicken. (Chongqing herbal medicine)

② Treatment of mastitis: one or two roots of fresh charcoal. It's fried in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of falls and injuries: fresh fire charcoal mother root two Liang. Simmer the pork, add wine and simmer for more than ten minutes. (Quanzhou materia medica)