Coix root

Coix root

(Ben Jing)

[synonym] daiwanzi root (caomuben prescription), Wugu root (classified herbal medicine), niaozhu root (Chengdu "commonly used herbal medicine treatment manual").

[source] it is the root of Coix lacryma jobI, a gramineous plant.

[collection] in autumn.

[chemical constituents] the root contains Coix, palmitic acid, stearic acid, stigmasterol, β - and γ - sitosterol, potassium chloride, glucose, protein, starch, etc.

Bitter and sweet, cold.

① "South Yunnan Materia Medica" says: "it is cold in nature, bitter and slightly sweet in taste. "

② "Gangmu": "sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic. "

③ Zhejiang folk herbal medicine: "cool, tasteless, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] materia medica of Southern Yunnan: "entering spleen and bladder meridian. "

Functions and indications: clearing heat, removing dampness, strengthening spleen and killing insects. Treatment of jaundice, edema, gonorrhea, hernia, amenorrhea, leucorrhea, abdominal pain.

① Ben Jing: "the next three insects. "

② "Fill the back of the elbow": "the treatment of stroke is full of heart and abdomen, chest swelling and pain. If you want to die, file the root of Coix lachryma and take it with thick boiling juice. "

③ Tao Hongjing: "children's disease of Ascaris lumbricoides, take the root to boil juice to eat.". "

④ "Diannan Materia Medica": "clear urination. It can cure the pain of heat drench, urinate blood, stop bleeding, and eliminate edema. "

⑤ "Treatment of lung carbuncle" in herbal medicine. "

⑥ "Compendium": "mash juice and wine to treat jaundice. "

⑦ "Cao Mu Bian Fang" says: "it can eliminate and accumulate a hundred sores, dredge two stools, and activate Qi and blood. Treatment of chest fullness, internal injury. "

⑧ Classification of herbal medicine: treating hernia. "

⑨ Zhejiang folk herbal medicine: "treating leucorrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh).

[taboo] materia medica: boiling abortion. "

[prescription selection] ① jaundice treatment: Coix root, decoction frequency. (compendium)

② Treatment of jaundice, urine adverse: Coix root five money to two Liang. Wash, pestle rotten juice, red wine half a cup, twice a day. Or take root two liang, wormwood one or two, rock sugar a little, drink water decoct, three times a day. (Mindong materia medica)

③ Treatment of blood drenching: Coix root: two money, dandelion one money, bristle one money. Yangliugen a money, water fried, water wine service. (materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

④ Treatment of drenching, collapse with: Coix root five money to one or two. Take it in water. (Hunan medical records)

⑤ Treatment of Ascaris lumbricoides heartache: Coix root a Jin. Cut, water 7 liters, boil 3 liters, take it. (Mei Shi Ji Yi Fang)

⑥ Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: Coix root one to two, decoction service, twice a day, or on behalf of tea frequency service.

⑦ Treatment of spleen and stomach weakness, diarrhea, dyspepsia: Coix root one to two. Stew with pork tripe.

⑧ Treatment of infantile pneumonia, fever, asthma and cough: Coix root three to five money. Fried soup with honey, three times a day. (6) the herbal medicine of Mindong is published below the prescription.)

⑨ Treatment of nephritis lumbago, urine astringent pain: urine bead root, causticus root, sea Jinsha vine. Take it in water. (Chengdu Manual of common herbal medicine treatment)

⑩ Treatment of tooth wind pain: Coix root four Liang. Boiled and gargle, cold is easy. (Yannian Fang)

(11) treatment of night blindness: cook chicken liver with Coix root and rice swill. (Hunan medical records)

[clinical application] it is used to drive Ascaris

Cut the root of Coix seed and dry it in the sun, take 5 Jin and add 10 jin water, boil for half an hour, take the juice, add water to the dregs, and then fry it for 3 times; the liquid is mixed and concentrated into 2500 ml (each ml contains 1 g of crude medicine). Adults take 50ml three times a day before eating, or once a day. 17 patients were observed, 6 patients had stool reexamination after one week, and 4 patients had egg negative. There was no adverse reaction after taking the medicine. In addition, 4 cases of biliary ascariasis were treated with 2-3 Decoction of fresh Yiren root, or combined with syndrome differentiation and other traditional Chinese medicine. After taking the medicine, Ascaris lumbricoides appeared and abdominal pain was relieved.

In addition, Yiren root liquid can be used to treat lung abscess.