Pedicularis equisetifolia

Pedicularis equisetifolia

(Ben Jing)

[synonyms] Ma Shi Hao (Ben Jing), Ma Xin Hao (Shi Shu) by Lu Ji, Lan Shi Cao (behind elbow), Lian Shi Cao (BIE Lu), Hu MA (Tang Ben Cao), Ma Niao Pao (Shanxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the stem, leaf or root of Scrophulariaceae.

A review of Pedicularis

Perennial herbs, 30-70 cm high, erect. The roots are mostly tufted, slender and fibrous. The stem is stout, hollow, square and ribbed. Leaves alternate or sometimes opposite, ovate to oblong lanceolate, 2.5-5.5 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, apex tapering, base broadly cuneate or rounded, margin with blunt double teeth, both surfaces glabrous or glabrous; petiole short. The Corolla is 2-2.5 cm long, light purple and red, the corolla tube is twisted to the right, the upper lip is galeate, twisted to the rear, the lower lip is large, ciliate, 3-lobed, and the middle lobe is small; the stamen filament has a pair of hairs in front; the stigma extends out of the beak. Capsule oblong lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm long. The flowering period is from June to August. The fruit period is from September to September.

In grassland and forest margin. Distributed in Northeast and Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Anhui, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] collect and dig in autumn, remove the stems, leaves and soil, and dry them in the sun.

Bitter and smooth.

① Ben Jing: "Wei Ping. "

② Bielu: "bitter, nontoxic. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind, overcome dampness and promote diuresis. Treatment of rheumatoid joint pain, adverse urination, urinary calculi, women's leucorrhea, scabies.

① "Ben Jing": "the main cold and heat, stroke dampness Bi, women with disease, no son. "

② Bielu: "it can cure five diseases, break stone drenching, accumulate Qi in the bladder, and benefit the water channel to urinate. "

③ Tao Hongjing: "the Lord is evil. "

④ Shanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "dispelling wind is better than dampness. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-3 Qian; or powder. External use: wash with boiling water.

[prescription selection] ① to cure leprosy, gangrene and failure of bone and flesh, degeneration of eyebrows and whiskers, itching and pain of the body: Pedicularis equisetifolia, stir fried and mashed powder, take a square inch dagger every time, take warm wine before eating, take three times a day, and you will feel sick all year. (behind the elbow)

② Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain, urination less: Pedicularis equisetifolia root five money, decoction.

③ Treatment of urinary calculi, dysuria: Radix Pedicularis four Liang, research end, each take two money, boiled water delivery service, twice a day.

④ Treatment of scabies: Pedicularis equisetifolia root amount, decoction wash affected part. (2) Hebei Chinese herbal medicine manual is published below.)