Longya grass root

Longya grass root

(Ben Cao Tu Jing)

[synonym] Di Lengfeng (records of traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the root of the Rosaceae plant Longya grass. For plant morphology, please refer to "Agrimonia pilosa".

[collection] harvest after autumn, wash and remove the reed head.

[nature and taste] the book of materia medica: "pungent and astringent, warm and non-toxic. "

[function indications] it is used to treat Chibai dysentery, women's amenorrhea, swelling and toxin, and to drive tapeworms.

"Lvyan Materia Medica": treating swelling and poison. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or grind powder. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] ① to treat red and white dysentery: the root of Longya grass is baked, no two points are counted, the mash is the end, and the rice drink is mixed with a dagger. (Ben Cao Tu Jing)

② Treatment of red white bacillary dysentery: Longya grass root one or two, fried in water.

③ Treatment of migraine: one or two roots of Longya grass, one chicken and one duck egg, boiled.

④ Treatment of infantile malnutrition and eye obstruction: Longya grass root and stem (to coarse skin) five money, pig liver two liang, cooked, eat liver and soup. (2) Jiangxi herbal medicine manual is published below.)

⑤ Treatment of summer heat abdominal pain, women amenorrhea: Dragon bud grass root three to five money, water decoction, or mashed topical. (Hunan medical records)