River crossing Dragon

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

[synonyms] pudihu, di (Diannan materia medica), dishushu (plants in Central China), bianxincao (Guizhou folk medicine Collection), xiaoshenjin, mujincao, gongyuyangcao, Fengweicao, masson pine (Hunan medicine records), houzicao, houziweiba, shujincao, wulongbujiang, saotianqingmingcao, Platycladus tabulaeformis (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass of Lycopodiaceae

[plant morphology] Pinus elliottii

Perennial herbs. Its stolon is creeping; its erect stem is 30-40 cm high, yellow green; its vegetative branches are flat, fan-shaped and bifurcated. The leaves are slightly crossed and opposite, 4-row; the lateral leaves are in two rows, scaly rhomboid subulate, downward extending and healing, the apex spiny pointed, ventral curved, the dorsal leaf linear lanceolate, the apex short spiny pointed, sandwiched between the two leaves; the ventral leaf is very small, scaly subulate, 1 / 3-1 / 2 of the dorsal leaf long, short spiny pointed. The spore branch is far higher than the lateral vegetative branch, with two branches at the top; one sporangium spike at the top of the last branch; the sporophyll is broad and ovoid, the apex is sharp and narrow, with irregular teeth at the edge and a stalk at the base. The sporangia are round kidney shaped. The spores are tetrahedral, reticulate and protuberant.

It is distributed in Northeast, southwest and South China.

This product is commonly known as shujincao (shujincao) in Sichuan Province. It is the same as the whole herb of the same genus, shiziteng and Shisong. Please refer to "shujincao".

[chemical constituents] it contains alkaloids such as lycopodine, lycopodine, α - cupressine, and triterpenoids such as kaempferol and kaempferol.

[nature and taste] 1. In the South Yunnan Materia Medica, it is warm in nature and pungent in taste. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "pungent, slightly warm. "

[function indications] Shufeng Shengshi, Shujin Huoluo, diuretic, blood stasis. Treatment of dampness, numbness, pain, gonorrhea, traumatic injury.

① "Diannan Materia Medica" says: "the meridian of the whole body radiates wind, cold and dampness. It can be used to treat hand foot dampness arthralgia, numbness, dampness phlegm, muscle and bone pain, or injury of muscle and bone, and injury of meridians. It can strengthen tendons, relax tendons, activate collaterals and settle pain. "

② Guizhou folk medicine collection: "treating lung cough. "

③ "Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "treatment of irregular menstruation and foot tendon. "

④ "Hunan medicine records": diuretic, Shujin. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1.5-3 yuan; or soak in wine.

(1) treatment of excessive exertion, numbness in the arm, pain in the back, numbness in the extremities, pain in the hands and legs. Put the medicine into the pot, tie the mouth tightly, and fry it in the pot with heavy water for a long time. Take it out overnight, remove the fire poison, and simmer the wine. (materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

② Treatment of rheumatism, low back pain, joint pain, fracture: Brush five money, water decoction or wine service. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of gonorrhea: cross the river dragon three money, fried in water. (Hunan medical records)