See through the stone

See through the stone

(compendium)

[synonym] yuexiahong (Suzhou native medicinal material), Salvia Sinica, wushacao, heimianfeng, Dafan (Guangxi Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine plant), shidachuan and shidachuan (selected works of the exhibition? Obstetrics and Gynecology).

[source] it is the whole plant of purple ginseng in Labiatae.

[plant morphology] purple ginseng, also known as small Salvia miltiorrhiza

Herbs annual, erect or decumbent at base, 20-70 cm high. Stems branched or simple pubescent. The compound leaf consists of three leaflets: leaflets ovate or lanceolate, apex obtuse or acute, base heart-shaped or cuneate, margin serrate, lower veins pubescent; leaflets ovate to lanceolate, apex obtuse or acute, base heart-shaped or cuneate, margin serrate or entire, length 13-70 mm, width 8-45 mm Petiole 1-30 mm long. The cymes are 6-flowered, integrated into multiple terminal or axillary racemes, 6-ton-4 cm long; bracts lanceolate, longer than pedicels; calyx campanulate, 4.5-6 mm long, with 11 veins, villous outside veins and throat, purple upper lip, entire margin, 3 short tips at the top, narrow wings on both sides, 2 teeth at the lower lip; corolla purple, 10 mm long, villous outside, corolla tube The upper lip is obcordate, apex concave, 3.5 mm long and 3.3 mm wide, the lower lip 5 mm long and 7 mm wide, with 3 lobes; stamens inserted at the base of the lower lip, filaments short, anthers 1-locular. Nutlets elliptic ovate, brown, smooth. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruit period is from September to October.

It grows on the roadside and hillside. Distribution in East China, Hubei, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer.

[chemical constituents] the whole plant contains sterols, triterpenoids and amino acids. The root contains stachyose.

[nature and taste] Suzhou native medicinal materials: "bitter, pungent, flat. "

[function indications] it is used to treat choking diaphragm, phlegm asthma, hepatitis, red leucorrhea, carbuncle swelling and scrofula.

① "Compendium": "the main bone pain, wind, carbuncle swelling. "

② "Suzhou native medicinal materials": "treatment of choking diaphragm, phlegm and asthma. "

③ "Treatment of scrofula". "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or mash juice and take.

[clinical application] ① treatment of acute and chronic hepatitis

Take 2 liang of purple ginseng, or add 1 liang of glutinous rice straw, decoct twice, decoct liquid combined with half of brown sugar, take twice (children half). 205 cases were treated, 150 cases were cured, 33 cases were improved and 22 cases were ineffective. Among them, 169 cases were acute, 126 cases were cured, with an average of 36 days; 36 cases were chronic, 24 cases were cured.

② Treatment of leukorrhea

Take 2 liang of stone, and fry in water. One dose daily for 5-7 days. More than 800 cases were treated, and the effective rate was 80%.