Cauliflower

Cauliflower

(daily use materia medica)

[synonym] Shi Hua (Jiang Fu by Guo PU), Haicai, qiongzhi, Caoshanhu (notes of South Vietnam).

[source] it is the algae of qiongzhi, a kind of red feather vegetable.

[plant morphology] qiongzhi, also known as jiaoqilinlai.

In summer, the back of the algal body is usually yellow, while the abdomen is red. Cartilaginous, irregularly branched. Branches flat, 3-5 mm wide, 1-2 mm thick. Sometimes there are conical protuberances on one side of the algal body, and pinnate branchlets on both sides. The top of the branchlets often has disk-shaped fixators, which are more on the ventral side of the algal body and are used to attach to the broken coral or other substrates. The branches often adhere to each other and form clumps. Internal structure: there are 3-4 layers of pigmented cortical cells in the outermost part, and the thin-walled cells in the medullary part are inward, and there are dense filaments in the center of the medullary part. The capsule is globose and protrudes from the surface of the algal body. The tetrasporangium is stratified and located in the cortex. The cysts mature from June to August.

It grows on the broken corals 1-2 meters below the main tidal line, and a few in the dark crevices of the low tide zone. It is distributed along the coast of Hainan Island, Guangdong Province.

[pharmacological action] it has the effect of reducing serum cholesterol in rats with hyperlipidemia.

[flavor] sweet and salty, cold.

"Gangmu": "sweet and salty, cold, slippery, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] 1. Bencao Zaixin: "entering the liver and lung meridians. "

② Summary of materia medica: "enter the hand foot Taiyin and Yangming scriptures. "

[functions and indications] ① daily use materia medica: "removing the upper Jiao and floating the heat.". "

② "Suixiju diet spectrum": "eating for a long time will cure hemorrhoids. "

③ "Ben Cao Bian Du": "clearing phlegm due to heat in the lung, guiding damp heat in the intestines, yin deficiency damp heat, hemorrhoids II and other syndromes can be used. "

[should avoid] take it with caution if the spleen and kidney are deficient and cold.

① Daily use Ben Ji: "the deficiency cold of the lower Jiao. "

② Yao Kecheng's food materia medica: "pregnant women should not eat more. "

③ "Ben Jing Feng Yuan" says: "don't eat if you don't have a good temper. "