Mill root

Mill root

(records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[source] it is the root of Malvaceae. For plant morphology, please refer to "mopancao".

[collection] in April, it was dug and dried in the sun.

[herbal medicine] the dry root is conical, thick, 15 cm long and about 2 cm in diameter. It has branches. The surface is yellowish brown. The lenticels are arranged in rows. The branch root marks are punctate. It is tough, white in cross section, fibrous, thick in skin and easy to separate from wood.

It is produced in Guangxi and Guangdong.

Sweet and light, cool.

① Lu Chuan's materia medica: "it tastes light and cool. "

② "Nanning medicine annals": "Gan, Ping. "

③ The Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine in Jinjiang, Fujian Province: "bitter, flat, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] 1. In Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "into the kidney. "

② "Into the spleen, lung, bladder three channels. "

Functions and indications: clearing heat, removing dampness, resuscitation and promoting blood circulation. Treatment of cough, drenching, diarrhea, otitis media, throat moth.

① "Luchuan Materia Medica": "diuretic, to bladder damp heat. Treatment of tinnitus, deafness, drenching, hemorrhoids. "

② "Dispersing wind, clearing away heat, opening orifices and promoting blood circulation" is the main content of Nanning medical records. Treatment of cough, malaria fever, falls, drenching, abdominal pain, diarrhea. "

③ "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "treatment of five tuberculosis, seven injuries, lung dry cough. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping or boiling water fumigation.

[prescription selection] ① for hemorrhoids: five liang of Mopan root, deep fried in water, take a cup of tea; the rest, fumigate anus by heat, wash when warm, fumigate five or six times a day. (Lu Chuan Ben Cao)

② Treatment of traumatic injury or fatigue: Mopan grass root two, pig foot one, rice wine two. Stewed in water.

③ Treatment of hand and foot arthritis, sore poison late muscle flaccidity: Mopan grass root one or two, half wine stew service.

④ Treatment of throat moth: one or two fresh grass roots, fried in water; or add Achyranthes bidentata, shoot dry roots, appropriate amount of mash juice, soak children's casual clothes.

⑤ Treatment of chronic otitis media: Mopan grass root five money to one or two, a cup of glutinous rice (or pig red meat or tofu amount). Stewed in water.

⑥ Treatment of gingival ulcer: tangpan grass root five money, brown sugar amount, decoction; or fresh Mopan grass root vinegar for an hour, cloth included in the mouth. (2) the prescription is listed in the Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine in Jinjiang, Fujian Province.)