Herba Epimedii

Herba Epimedii

(Ben Jing)

[synonyms] Ludou (notes to Guo Pu in Erya), Qindou, yemungbean (compendium), yehuangdou (Leguminosae), mouse eye (flora of Guangzhou), mouse bean, wild bean, menshou, jiuhuteng (flora of Hunan), bird eye bean, Daye yemungbean (flora of TIANRI, Zhejiang).

[source] it is the stem and leaf of leguminous plant Herba Epimedii.

[plant morphology] Herba Epimedii

Herbs twining perennial, each part densely yellowish pilose. The stem is long. Lateral leaflets obliquely broad ovate, or obliquely broad elliptic, 2-6 cm long, 1.5-4.5 cm wide, apex acute, base rounded; terminal leaflets nearly round, 2.5-6 cm long, 2.5-6.5 cm wide, apex acute or short acuminate; leaflets papery, sparsely pubescent above, densely pubescent below and pale yellow glandular dots; stipules linear lanceolate, not falling off . Raceme axillary, with more than 10 flowers; yellow flowers, 7 mm long; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed; corolla butterfly, keel with long beak; stamen 10, 2-body, anther 1-locular; ovary superior, ovule 2, style long, base curved, hairy, stigma capitate. Pods short rectangular, red purple, about 1.5 cm long, about 9 mm wide; 1-2 black shiny seeds. The flowering period is from May to September.

Growing in weeds or attached to climbing trees. It is distributed in Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hunan, Hubei, etc.

The root of this plant (Radix Epimedii) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] collected from May to June and dried in the sun. Store in a dry place.

[Xing Wei] 1. Ben Jing: "it tastes bitter and flat. "

② Bielu: "non toxic. "

[Guijing] "Ben Cao Jing Shu": "enter the Foot Yangming, Taiyin, Jueyin meridians. "

[function indications] cool blood and detoxify. Treat headache, lumbago, abdominal pain, puerperal heat, rash, carbuncle, bleeding.

① "Ben Jing" says: "the main woman is not happy with lumbago and abdominal pain, intestinal carbuncle, scrofula, Yang Qi. "

② Jiangxi herbal medicine manual: "expectorant, detoxification, insecticidal, wind dampness, and blood gas. Treatment of intestinal carbuncle, fever, headache, eye pain, abdominal pain. "

[usage and dosage] for internal use: put soup, 3-5 yuan, for external use: tamp.

[prescription selection] ① for habitual headache: fresh Herba Epimedii, decocted in water.

② Treatment of puerperal fever in women: three to five buckthorn stems and leaves, decoction.

③ Treatment of scrofula: lukao Wuqian, appropriate amount of tofu, boiled with water.

④ Treatment of flow, carbuncle swelling: fresh deer huoye appropriate. Mash, add wine and mash well. External application. (herbal medicine manual of Jiangxi Province)

In the classic of Materia Medica, Lu Huo is a medicine for detoxification and cooling blood. Therefore, the main intestinal carbuncle Yang Qi. Women are mainly blood, blood deficiency and heat, then the waist and abdomen pain is not happy, get bitter and cool gas, then the heat subsides and the blood is raised, so the woman waist and abdomen pain is not happy. "