Yanlaihong

Yanlaihong

(save famine materia medica)

[synonyms] houtinghua, laolaihong, Manxu, hongamaranth, qingxiangamaranth, Jiangxi herbal medicine manual. )

[source] it is the whole grass or stem tip of Amaranthaceae.

[plant morphology] yanlaihong

It is an annual herb, 80-150 cm high, with alternate leaves, varying from rhomboid ovate to lanceolate, 5-10 cm long and 2-7 cm wide, except green. It is often red, yellow, purple or variegated, glabrous, and its petiole is 2-6 cm long. Flowers unisexual or heterozygous, densely clustered, globose, axillary or pinnate; bracts and bracteoles ovate lanceolate. They are dry membranous; sepals 3, oblong, awned; stamens 3 of male flowers; styles 2-3 of female flowers. Utricles oblong, covered with cracks. It blooms in summer and autumn.

It is cultivated all over the country.

[chemical composition] it contains a lot of vitamin C and amaranth pigment.

[natural flavor] "saving wasteland Materia Medica" is sweet, slightly astringent and cool. "

[function indications] it is used to treat dysentery, hematemesis, blood avalanche and eye shadow.

① Pharmacology of Chinese medicine: "treatment of amoebic dysentery. "

② "Collection of commonly used folk herbs": antipyretic. Treatment of hematemesis, blood avalanche. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang (3-4 Liang fresh). External use: Fry water to smoke nose or boil cream to dot eye.

[prescription selection] ① for red and white dysentery: appropriate amount of amaranth, boiling water and white honey, avoid hot and sour. (records of Lingnan herbal medicine)

② Treatment of cerebral leakage: the old and young, fried soup hot smoked nose, and then take two or three mouthfuls of soup wonderful. Use roots in winter. (first aid prescription)

③ Treatment of Yuannian xingzhang: old and young, Ginkgo biloba (shell), Cinnamomum officinale (big leaf is better), Senecio scandens, male bayberry root bark. Decoct into thick paste, add amount of sweet stone and borneol. Add the root bark of tea tree. (ophthalmology essentials ointment)