Shao sauce

Shao sauce

(Tang materia medica)

[synonyms] Goujiang (Hanshu), Shaozi (Guangzhi), tubaiba (dietotherapy materia medica), dabaiba (Chengdu county annals), Shaoqing, binglangshao (Lingnan herbals annals), Qinglou, Xiangqiao (Guangdong herbals), Luzi (Yunnan herbals).

[source] it is the fruit ear of Shaojiang, a pepper plant.

[plant morphology] Shao sauce, also known as fuliuteng (Tang materia medica), fuliuteng, fulishi and louteng (compendium).

Evergreen climbing vines, up to 10 meters high. Leaves alternate, large and thick, oval oblong, base often oblique, 10-15 cm long, 4-10 cm wide. Spikes, 5-15 cm long, pendulous. The berries are fleshy, greenish yellow, and connected into a long cylinder. The flowering period is from May to July.

It grows in the wet forest. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan.

The leaves of this plant (Shao sauce leaves) and the distilled oil of the leaves (Lou oil) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] after autumn, the fruits are picked when they are ripe, and then dried after one day's sun exposure.

[medicinal materials] the ear is dark brown, long and curved, about 3-6 cm long, and the peduncle is about 2-4 cm long, with longitudinal grooves. It is easy to break, and dust flies out when breaking, and the color of cross section is light. The gas is special and the taste is spicy. It is better to be dry, not moldy, spicy and strong.

Produced in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[chemical constituents] the root contains β - sitosterol.

[processing] Lei Gong's treatise on frying: "when the sauce is picked, scrape the thick skin with a knife, pound it, mix it with ginger juice, steam it for one day, and dry it on the day. For each practice, five liang of ginger juice is used and steamed to dryness. "

[nature and taste] 1. Tangbencao: "it is pungent, warm and nontoxic. "

② Compendium: "Qi is hot, taste is pungent. "

Functions and indications: warming the middle, lowering Qi, dispersing stagnation and eliminating phlegm. It is used to treat cold pain in heart and abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea, insect pain, cough and upper Qi.

① "Tang Materia Medica": "the main temperature, breaking phlegm accumulation. "

② "Dietotherapy Materia Medica": "dispersing Qi, treating cold air in the heart and abdomen. "

③ "Haiyao Materia Medica": "it is mainly used for coughing against upper Qi, abdominal pain, stomach weakness, diarrhea, cholera vomiting, detoxification and food taste. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 0.8-1.5 yuan. External use: grind and mix.

[selection] for toothache: Shao sauce, asarum each half two, big Gleditsia five collar (to seed, each hole into green salt, burning). At the end of the same study, the saliva was frequently mixed. (Imperial medicine prescription)