Crane louse wind

wind

(classified herbal medicine)

[synonym] wild radish (classified herbal medicine) and Chinese medicinal plants.

[source] it is the whole plant of wild carrot in Umbelliferae.

[plant morphology] wild carrot

Herbs biennial, 20-120 cm high. The stem is erect with white bristles on the surface. The root leaves have long petioles with sheath like base; the leaves are pinnately divided 2-3 times, and the final lobes are linear or lanceolate; the petioles of stem leaves are shorter. The compound umbel is terminal or lateral, with coarse hairs and 15-30 or more pedicels; the involucre is 5-8, leaflike, pinnately divided, the lobes are linear, the edges are membranous, with villous hairs; the involucre has several, undivided or pinnately divided; the small umbel has 15-25 flowers, small, white, yellow or purplish red, and one flower in the center of each umbel is usually deep purplish red; the flower is mainly composed of two parts Calyx 5, narrowly triangular; petals 5, unequal in size, apex concave, forming a narrow and inflected tongue; ovary inferior, densely villous, outer margin of inflorescence bent inward when fruiting, suspensory fruit ovoid, main ribs of schizocarps inconspicuous, secondary ribs 4, developing into narrow wings. The wings are densely covered with barbs. The flowering period is from May to July. The fruit period is from July to August.

It grows in roadsides, gullies, streams and wasteland. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

The fruit of this plant () is also used for medicine. See "crane louse" for details.

[collection] harvest from June to August and dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents] roots are rich in carotene and volatile oil. The main components of volatile oil were pinene, limonene, daucosterol, daucosterol, ether, asaronal, etc. The root also contains carotene. The leaves contain a lot of carotene, which can be used as raw materials for carotene production, and also contain carotene and pyrrolidine. The flower contains phenol-3-glucoside and kaempferol-3-_ Diglucoside and apigenin glucoside. It also contains a lot of malic acid.

[pharmacological action] carotene and pyrrolidine have no physiological effect. Carotene, namely vitamin A, is of nutritional value. If you eat too many carotene containing plants, you can have the so-called carotenemia, that is, yellowing of the skin, but it is harmless to the human body. It has been reported that its extract can contract uterus.

[nature and taste] 1. Classified herbal medicine: it has little poison. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is cold in nature, bitter and slightly sweet in taste, and has little poison. "

[functions and indications] 1. Classified herbal medicine: "killing insects, relieving tobacco poison, detumescence, relieving Qi and resolving phlegm. "

② Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "treating dry disease and prurigo in women. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: wash with boiling water.

[prescription selection] ① for women with Qi deficiency and abdominal distension: heloufeng, geshanpry. Take it in boiling water.

② Treatment of women's dry disease: Crane louse wind. Chicken stew.

③ Treatment of damp heat sore itching: Crane louse wind, horse. Wash in boiling water. (selected prescriptions from Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals)