Caulis Polygoni Multiflori

Caulis Polygoni Multiflori

(Ben Jing Feng Yuan)

Another name: QiTeng (Nanjing folk herb), shouwuteng (Jiangsu Zhi Yao Zhi).

[source] it is the stem or leafy stem of Polygonum multiflorum. The plant morphology is detailed in the article "Polygonum multiflorum".

[collection] the stems with leaves were collected in summer and autumn. However, most of the commodities are made of vines, which are cut after the fall of leaves in autumn to remove the twigs and residual leaves, cut into sections about 70 cm long, tied into bundles and dried in the sun.

[medicinal materials] the dried stems are slender, cylindrical, usually twisted, sometimes branched, 3-7 mm in diameter. The surface is purplish brown, rough, with twisted longitudinal wrinkles and nodes, and scattered with small red spots. The cork is thin and flake. It is hard and easy to break. The skin of the broken face is brownish red, the wood is light yellow, the xylem is radial, and the central part is white and loose pith. No gas, slightly bitter taste. It is better to be strong and uniform with purple brown appearance.

Mainly produced in Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places.

The commodity of Sichuan is dry tender stem with leaves. The stem is thin, yellowish green or yellowish brown, and the leaves are wrinkled.

[chemical constituents] the stem contains anthraquinones, mainly emodin, chrysophanol or physcion, which exist in the form of binding.

[processing] wash with clean water, soak slightly, remove, moisten thoroughly, cut into sections and dry in the sun.

[flavor] sweet, slightly bitter, flat.

① Ben Cao Zai Xin: "it tastes bitter, warm and nontoxic. "

② "Yinpianxinshen": bitter and slightly sweet. "

③ "Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine": "the nature is flat, the taste is sweet. "

[Guijing] into the heart and liver channels.

① In Bencao Zaixin: "entering the heart and spleen meridians. "

② Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "entering liver and kidney channels. "

Functions and indications: nourishing the heart, calming the nerves, dredging collaterals and dispelling wind. It can treat insomnia, fatigue, hyperhidrosis, blood deficiency, body pain, carbuncle, rash, wind sores and scabies.

① "Compendium": "wind sores itch, decoction bath. "

② "Bencao Zaixin": "buzhongqi, xingjingluo, tongxuemai, treatment of fatigue. "

③ "The justice of Materia Medica" says: "to cure the night and sleep in peace. "

④ "Yinpianxinshen": "nourishing liver and kidney, stopping sweating, tranquilizing hypnosis. "

⑤ "Anhui herbal medicine": "eliminate carbuncle, rash and hemorrhoids. "

⑥ Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "dispel wind and dampness, dredge channels and collaterals. For insomnia, hyperhidrosis, anemia, soreness, scabies and other skin diseases. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-4 yuan. External use: fried, washed or tamped.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat insomnia all night, especially in other days, such as malaria: four yuan for yejiaoteng (cut), eight yuan for Zhenzhumu, two yuan for Longchi, one yuan for Bupleurum (stir fried with vinegar), one yuan for menthol, six yuan for Shengdi, two yuan for Guishen, one yuan for Baishao (stir fried with wine), two yuan for Danshen, two yuan for Baizi Ren, two yuan for yehehua, five yuan for Chenxiang and ten red dates. Take it in water. (Yi Chun Ying Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi GUI Zang Tang)

② Treatment axillary gangrene: shouwuteng, Jishiteng appropriate amount of each leaf. Mash and apply to the affected area. (commonly used folk herbs in Guangxi)

③ Treatment of hemorrhoids swelling and pain: shouwuteng, false LouYe, fir leaf each amount. Wash the affected area with boiling water. (commonly used folk herbs in Guangxi)

[famous treatise] Ben Cao Zheng Yi: "yejiaoteng, which is close to the lake, is called stem and leaf. It is very effective in treating wind sores and scabies. Today, it is used to treat sleep at night, and it can lead yang to Yin ear. However, the source of insomnia is not one end. I don't know the source of the disease, but if it is used as a common product, it will be ineffective. However, it is also beneficial and harmless to offer assistance to the envoys because it is the one who harmonizes Yin and Yang. "