Coptis chinensis

Coptis chinensis

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

[alias] Coptis chinensis Franch. (Kunming Medical Plant investigation report), three needles (Sichuan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root, stem and leaf of Berberis jiulianensis or Berberis hupehensis.

[plant morphology] 1. Berberis jiulianensis, also known as shimeici (Diannan materia medica) and huzhuci.

Evergreen shrubs, up to 2 m tall. Branchlets slightly angulate, yellowish when young, yellowish gray or yellowish brown the next year. Branchlets spinose, spines hard, 3-branched, 1-3 cm long. Leaves clustered; hard leathery, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 3-8 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, apex acute or obtuse, base cuneate, margin spiny serrate, somewhat retrorse, upper green, lower pale green, reticulate veins not visible. Flowers bright yellow, 15-30, clustered, pedicel 5-20 mm long; bracteoles 3, ovate or lanceolate; sepals 6, 2-whorled, outer whorl lanceolate, inner whorl ovate, longer than petals; petals 6, ovate, apex slightly concave; stamens 6, opposite petals; pistils 1, ovate oblong, ovary superior, stigma sessile. Berry, ovate oblong, about 7-8 mm long, blue black, superficial The surface is white, with short and distinct persistent style.

Born in low mountains and hills. Distributed in Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places.

② Berberis hupehensis

Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 2-3 cm long, 8-11 mm wide, serrate. 3-10 flowers clustered. Berry ovoid, 8-10 mm long, stigma almost sessile.

It grows in the mountain bush. It is distributed in Hubei, Sichuan and Yunnan.

[nature and taste] "South Yunnan Materia Medica" says: "bitter in taste, cold in nature. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, detoxifying and urinating. Treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, red eye pain, gingival swelling, laryngitis, fever, mumps, erysipelas, eczema.

① "Diannan Materia Medica": "diarrhea small intestine through solid fire, stomach in solid fire, diuresis. Zhirelin pain, swollen root pain, sore throat, infantile breast moth, mumps. "

② "Sichuan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "clearing heat and detoxifying, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial. It is used to treat red eyes, dysentery, fatigue, hematemesis, sore throat, diarrhea, toothache, earache, bruise, redness and swelling. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, root 2-3 coins, stem and leaf 1-2 Liang. External use: soak the milk in the eyes or apply it at the end of the research.

[prescription selection] 1. It can also cure hot eyes, swelling and pain: Rhizoma Coptidis is too, and it can be used to soak human milk. (yongcao, South Yunnan)

② Treatment of acute gastroenteritis, oral pharyngitis, conjunctivitis: three needles, stems and leaves 2 liang, fried instead of tea. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

③ For unknown swelling, erysipelas, eczema, scald, bruise and swelling: scrape off the skin of three needles and stems, slice and bake, grind fine powder, and apply with water; or mix sesame oil and vaseline into 30% ointment, cool a thin layer on gauze, and apply on the affected area. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)