Mother in law's nail dish

Mother in law's nail dish

(save famine materia medica)

[synonym] Cucurbitaceae (a textual research on the name of plants) and thunbergium Bigfoot (a record of Tianmu yam in Zhejiang Province).

[source] it is the whole plant of cirrus mucilaginosus.

[plant morphology] cirrus mucilaginosus

Herbs biennial, erect, tufted, densely pilose; up to 26 cm tall. The stem is purplish red in the lower part and green in the upper part. Leaves opposite; leaf blade 1-2 cm long, 0.5-1.2 cm wide, basal leaf spoon shaped, upper leaf ovate to elliptic, entire, apex obtuse or slightly convex, basal round obtuse; main vein obvious, protruding from leaf back. Florets in dichotomous cymes; sepals 5, green, glandular hairy, margin membranous, lanceolate; petals 5, white, obovate, apex 2-lobed; stamens 10, anthers yellow; pistils 1, ovary ovate, style 4-5. Capsule, cylindrical, 10 toothed at maturity. Seeds brown, slightly triangular, densely with small protuberances. The flowering period is April.

It grows on roadsides and grass. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Henan and other places.

[chemical composition] contains sugars.

[pharmacological action] antihypertensive effect. In the acute test of intravenous injection of the decoction to anesthetized rabbits, cats and dogs, and in the chronic test of intragastric administration of the decoction to anesthetized rabbits and dogs, the effect of lowering blood pressure was good, especially in the acute test of dogs and intragastric administration of the decoction to dogs. The hypotensive effect of Manihot Veronica (6 g / kg) on rabbits was more obvious than that of Xueping 10% suspension (5 mg / kg).

[toxicity] the median lethal dose of mice is 141.6 g / kg, which is quite different from the effective dose of dogs (2 g / kg), so it shows that the toxicity is small; on the other hand, it also shows that the damage to the kidney and liver function of rabbits is small, but it has an impact.

[nature and taste] saving famine materia medica: "sweet taste. "

[function indications] textual research on the names and facts of plants: "clearing urine fever. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 5-6 yuan. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] ① for the treatment of women's breast carbuncle: mash the fresh mother-in-law's nails and vegetables, add distiller's grains to make cakes, heat and apply them on the wrist vein, apply the left breast on the right wrist, and apply the right breast on the left wrist. (records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

② Treatment of children's cold cough, body heat, nasal congestion and other diseases: mother-in-law donated vegetables, coriander, five to six money, Elaeagnus leaves two to three money, fried in water, red sugar, daily morning and evening before meals. (records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

③ To cure gangrene: mash the whole fresh grass with tung oil and apply it to the affected area. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)