Paiqiancao

Paiqiancao

(Fujian folk herbal medicine)

[synonyms] longguicao, Wushihe (preparation of raw herbs), Lysimachia christinae, wushiling (collection of herbs in Lingnan), dieqiancao, qianpaicao (Guangxi wild resources plants), shuangpaiqian (Fujian folk herbs), qianqianbao, sijichun (Quanzhou native herbs), qianchuancao (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual), shuangqianqian, zhiqianjian, and liebuwei (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the aboveground part of leguminous plant Qianshu.

[plant morphology] Paiqian tree, also known as liwanzi tree, Jianye agqian, qianchuanmu, qianpaimu and agqian.

Shrub, 0.6-1 m high. Branches slender, pilose. The lateral leaflets are 2 times smaller than the terminal ones, the apex is obtuse or subacute, the base is rounded, the edge is slightly wavy, leathery, green above, bald or pubescent on both sides; the petiole is 6-8 mm long. Raceme terminal and lateral, 8-30 cm or more long, composed of 12-60 umbels or clusters, each umbel hidden in 2 1-3 cm long round, leafy bracts; petiole 2-3 mm long, pubescent with calyx; calyx 2 mm long, cleft teeth lanceolate; corolla butterfly shaped, white, 6 mm long, flag petal elliptic, wing petal adnate to keel Petals; stamens 10, 2-bodied; pistils 1, style incurved. Pods oblong, glabrous or puberulent, margin ciliate, usually with 2 nodes. The flowering period is from July to September.

It grows in wasteland, hillside and sparse forest. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Yunnan and other places.

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

[collection] harvested in summer and autumn, chopped, dried or fresh.

[chemical constituents] the whole herb contains many tryptamine derivatives, such as toad venom tryptamine, N, n-dimethyltryptamine, N, n-dimethyltryptamine oxide, 5-methoxy-n-methyltryptamine, 5-methoxy-n, n-dimethyltryptamine, 5-methoxy-n, n-dimethyltryptamine oxide, and gramineine. The seeds contain emodin methyl ether, 1-glucose rhamnoside, galactose and mannan.

[nature and taste] "preparation of raw herbal medicine:" it tastes mild and bitter, and has a flat nature. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind and promote diuresis, disperse blood stasis and detumescence. Treatment of cold, rheumatic arthralgia, edema, swelling, laryngopathy, toothache, tumefaction.

① "Preparation of the nature of raw herbal medicine" says: "it can eliminate wind heat, soak wine to remove blood stasis and generate new life. It can treat infantile equine tooth crevasse and traumatic brain injury. "

② "Lingnan caiyao Lu" says: "it can cure locked throat disease and toothache within the month. Soaking it in wine can remove blood stasis and generate new life, and also remove dampness and stagnation. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-5 yuan (2-4 Liang fresh); or soak in wine. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat cold and fever: three to six Qian dried leaves of Pennisetum, fried in water. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

② Treatment of arthritis: paiqiancao two to four Liang, rice wine two Liang. Add some water and fry.

③ Treatment of ascites: paiqiancao two to three Liang. Take it in water.

④ Treatment lock throat, toothache: row money grass two Liang. Take it in water. (2) Fujian folk herbal medicine

⑤ Treatment of traumatic injury: row money stem, leaves two to three Liang, water fried wine service. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)