Capsaicin root

Capsaicin root

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[synonym] Zingiber officinale (Chongqing herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of Cinnamomum officinale. For the plant morphology, please refer to the section "mujiangzi".

[collection] from August to October.

[nature and taste] ① Chongqing herbal medicine: "spicy, hot and non-toxic. "

② Guizhou herbal medicine: "Xin, Wen. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind, disperse cold, warm middle and regulate qi. It is used to treat cold pain in the stomach and rheumatic joint pain.

① Chongqing herbal medicine: "expelling cold, relieving pain, strengthening stomach, relieving fullness and distension. Treatment of heart and stomach cold air pain, cold bone wind, cold food pendulum, dysmenorrhea.

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "Regulating Qi, strengthening spleen, detoxifying dampness. "

③ "Guizhou herbal medicine": "dispersing wind, dispersing cold, relieving pain. "

[usage and dosage] take orally: decoct soup, 1-3 yuan; take at the end of research, 0.7-1.5 points; or soak in wine.

[taboo] Chongqing herbal medicine: "do not use it if the stomach and intestines are hot. "

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of cold air pain in heart and stomach: seven yuan for Zingiber officinale root, one or two for Evodia rutaecarpa root, one or two for snake ginseng root, one or two for cross Hill prying, eight yuan for plate root and five yuan for cinnabarin root. They are made into powder and soaked in wine. Once a day, five to one or two yuan each time; take fennel powder mixed with wine. (Chongqing herbal medicine)

② Treatment of rheumatoid cold pain: Wood pepper root two Liang (fresh), simmer water service. (Guizhou herbal medicine)