Iron sweep bamboo

Iron sweep bamboo

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonym] yelanzhizi (Leguminosae), honeysuckle, wild mungbean, mulanjiao, jiguchai and nuerhong (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] it is the whole grass or root of leguminous plant iron broom.

Iron broom

Shrubs, about 1 m high. Pinnate compound leaves, about 3-5 cm long, leaflets 7-9, rectangular to narrow rectangular, 7-15 mm long, 4-8 mm wide, hairy on both sides, raceme terminal or axillary, longer than leaves, loose, with florets 10-15; calyx 5-toothed lanceolate, shorter than calyx; corolla about 3.5 mm long, butterfly shaped, purple or lilac purple; flag petal nearly round to broad obovate, few clawless; wing and keel petals Several equal, the claw of keel petal has a distance. Stamens 10, 2-bodied; pistils 1. Pods linear and straight, with flat hairs, 2.5 cm long; 8 seeds. The flowering period is June.

Cultivated or wild, distributed in Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Hubei, Guizhou, Yunnan, Anhui, Zhejiang and other places.

[collection] harvest from March to April.

[flavor] Guizhou folk medicine: "cool in nature, bitter and astringent in taste, non-toxic. "

[function and indications] it is used to treat trauma, swelling and toxin, aphthous ulcer, sore throat, hematemesis and watery diarrhea.

[usage and dosage] external use: grind powder, mix and apply, pound and apply or decoct and wash. Oral: fried soup, 3 ~ 5 yuan (fresh 1 ~ 2 liang).

[prescription selection] 1. To treat the wound for a long time: sweep the bamboo leaves with iron, dry them in the sun, and apply them at the end.

② Treatment of gunshot wounds: Iron sweep bamboo, smash and apply.

③ Treatment of knife injury: Iron sweep bamboo leaves or flowers, mash and apply.

④ To cure swelling by sweeping bamboo powder and applying dry water.

⑤ Treatment of pediatric aphthous ulcer: Iron sweep bamboo, fried water wash.

⑥ Treatment of acne: Iron sweep bamboo root skin (depending on the size of the affected area), steaming wine juice, wipe around.

⑦ Cure hematemesis: Iron sweep bamboo leaf three money. Add boiling water.

⑧ Treatment of diarrhea: Iron sweep bamboo root one or two. Fried with glutinous rice. We take it three times a day, half a cup each time. (Guizhou folk medicine was selected)