He Zhang Xiao

He Zhang Xiao

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonym] tudancao (experimental study of traditional Chinese Medicine), hezhangcao, shenxianduishao (Hunan medicinal records), durum and Xiaotong (Jiangxi herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root or whole grass of heshangxiao, a plant of Asclepiadaceae.

[plant morphology] hezhangxiao

Perennial erect herbs, about 50 cm high, smooth and glabrous, with green and white stems and leaves. Leaves opposite, sessile; obovate oblong, 3-6 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, apex short pointed, base slightly narrow, both sides slightly downward, short auricular and embracing stem; veins on the back are obvious. Cyme, axillary; flowers small, yellowish green; calyx 5-lobed; corolla radial, 5-lobed, hairy inside; corolla 5-fleshy, shorter than anther; stamen 5, inserted at the base of corolla, filaments connected in tube shape; pistil composed of 2 carpels. Follicles terete, narrowly lanceolate, ca. 6 cm long, base narrow and upper acuminate. The flowering period is from August to September.

Growing on hillsides or wasteland. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places.

[nature and taste] Hunan Medical Records: "slightly bitter, flat, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, expelling wind and dampness, detumescence and detoxification. Treat acute gastroenteritis, acute hepatitis, rheumatic pain, migraine, bloody stool, carbuncle, eczema.

① "Root: detumescence, pursuing poison. "

② "The whole herb: dispelling wind, detumescence, promoting qi. "

③ Jiangxi herbal medicine: "root: promoting qi and blood circulation, detumescence and detoxification. Treatment of breast carbuncle, testicular swelling, eczema, migraine, acute hepatitis, acute gastroenteritis, irregular menstruation, waist and abdomen pain, snake bite. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or steamed with egg or lean pork. External use: tamping or grinding.

[prescription selection] ① for acute gastroenteritis: fresh Hezhang Xiaogen Wuqian to one or two yuan. Mash, add cold water and a bowl of sauce.

② Treatment of acute hepatitis, testicular swelling and pain: he Zhang Xiao Gen one or two. Take it in water.

③ Treatment of migraine: five to seven money to eliminate the root of the palm. Decoction, to medicine juice with two boiled eggs.

④ Treatment of blood under stool: one or two roots, four or two lean pork. Boiled in water.

⑤ Treatment of positive swelling toxin: he Zhang Xiao Gen Yan extremely fine powder, or egg white mixed application in the affected area.

⑥ Treatment of eczema out of sticky water: Hezhang Xiaogen grind very fine powder, sesame oil to reconcile, apply on the affected area. (1) herbal medicine manual of Jiangxi Province

⑦ Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis pain: one or two to eliminate the root, a thousand years of uprooting three money, four liang of lean pork. Half of the wine with stew, soup and meat, one dose a day. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

⑧ Treatment of sprains and falls: a proper amount of Hezhang Xiaogen, research at the end. Two yuan for each service, two times a day. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)