Radix Glycyrrhizae

Radix Glycyrrhizae

(Minnan folk herbal medicine)

[synonyms] wild white paper fan (flora of Guangzhou), white butterfly (folk herbal medicine of Southern Fujian), white tea (Quanzhou materia medica), white paper fan, herbal tea vine, baitougong (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army), liangteng, huangfengteng, shengjiteng, nianqueteng (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine), earth licorice, shuitenggen (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine), false honeysuckle vine, butterfly vine (Practical Chinese herbal medicine) Medicine).

[source] it is the stem and leaf of Rubiaceae.

[plant morphology] chrysanthes pubescens

Small vine like shrub. Branchlets pilose. Leaves opposite, membranous or thin papery, ovate oblong or ovate lanceolate, 5-8 cm long and 2-3.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base acuminate, entire, glabrous or sparsely hairy above, pilose below; stipules 2-lobed, ca. 5 mm long, lobes linear. Flowers terminal, sessile, dense corymb; calyx hairy, 4 linear, 3-4 mm long, 1 expanded to leafy, It is broad ovate to oblong, white, 2.5-4 cm long, petiolate; corolla yellow, funnel-shaped, about 2 cm long, lobes 5, covered with close pubescence; stamens 5, inserted at the throat of corolla tube, filaments short; ovary inferior, 2-locular. Berry globose, 8-10 mm long, 6-7.5 mm wide. The flowering period is summer and moon.

Born on hillsides or shrubs. Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

The root of this plant is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

In addition, there are also stems and leaves of Flos Chrysanthemi. See the article "Bai Changshan"

[collection] all year round.

[flavor] sweet, slightly bitter, cool.

① "Astringency, calmness," is the key to the development of traditional Chinese medicine in Guangxi

② "Sweet, light, cool" in the Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army. "

③ Fujian Chinese herbal medicine: "slightly sweet and bitter, cool. "

Functions and indications: relieving exterior heat, relieving heat, diuresis, detoxification and promoting blood circulation. It can cure cold, heat stroke, fever, cough, sore throat, diarrhea, dysentery, sore, abscess, contusion, snake injury.

① "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals:" decocting water to wash sores has a new effect of removing decay. "

② "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "it can treat traumatic injuries, blood stasis and pain, and disperse malignant sores and swelling. "

③ "Qingre jiebiao" in the Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou army. Treatment of influenza, cold, heatstroke, bronchitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, nephritis, edema, enteritis, diarrhea, snake bite. "

④ Guangdong Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing heat and relieving summer heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. Treatment of tea medicine poisoning, skin eczema. "

⑤ "Practical Chinese herbal medicine": treating deep abscess. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang (fresh 1-2 Liang); or mashed juice. External use: tamping.

[selected formula] ① for acute gastroenteritis: fresh jade leaf, golden flower stem, one to two leaves. Take it in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment of summer dampness diarrhea: Jade Leaf golden flower two liang, big leaf Eucalyptus six money. Fried in water, three times a day. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of summer diarrhea: Mountain licorice one to two. Take it in water. (Minnan folk herbal medicine)

④ The treatment of dampness and heat is disadvantageous to urinate: one or two jade leaves and golden flowers, two or two honeysuckle vines and one or two Plantago asiatica. Take it in water. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of malignant sores: licorice mash applied to the affected area. (Quanzhou materia medica)

⑥ Treatment of food poisoning: fresh licorice leaves, mashed juice gavage. (Quanzhou materia medica)

⑦ To cure the poisoning of heartbroken herb, arsenic and zinc phosphide: three to four taels of fresh leaves of Yuye Jinhua, three to five pieces of chicken protein, five pieces of artichoke root powder and asparagus powder respectively, and take them by gavage every 15 minutes. Thirsty people drink more mung bean soup. When using this product to treat the poisoning, we should closely observe the condition, and cooperate with other rescue methods of traditional Chinese and Western medicine when necessary. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Shan Gan Cao