Gardenia root

Gardenia root

(classified herbal medicine)

[source] it is the root of Gardenia jasminoides in Rubiaceae. See "Gardenia" for plant morphology.

[nature and taste] 1. Classified herbal medicine: bitter. "

② "Bitter, cold" in the Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army. "

[function indications] heat clearing, blood cooling and detoxification. Treatment of cold, high fever, jaundice hepatitis, hematemesis, epistaxis, bacillary dysentery, gonorrhea, nephritis, edema, ulcers, carbuncle swelling poison.

① Classified herbal medicine nature: "it can cure the disharmony of Qi and blood in women. "

② "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "treat toothache. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "Kaixin orifices, relieve heart heat, pass urine. Treatment of jaundice, hematemesis, dysentery, Wulin, Dieda. "

④ "Clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and purging fire" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. It can treat jaundice hepatitis, broad bean yellow, cold, high fever, bacillary dysentery, nephritis, edema, epistaxis, sore mouth and tongue, mastitis, sore swelling and poison. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: tamping.

[selected formula] ① treatment of jaundice: Radix Gardeniae 1-2 Liang. Cook lean meat.

② Treatment of cold and high fever: Mountain Gardenia root two liang, mountain Mazi root one or two, duck foot tree two skin two liang, red flower crazy head woman root one or two, fried; or add a little wine service.

③ Treatment of nosebleed: Gardenia root - two, Maogen three money, baiziye five money, maolihong five money. Take it in water. Pregnant women should not take it. (1) Lingnan herbal medicine annals

④ Treatment of red and white dysentery: Stewed with gardenia root and rock sugar. (Mindong materia medica)

⑤ Zhimi Decoction like urine: one or two Gardenia root, one or two cotton hair root. Add water and stew with lean pork

[clinical application] treatment of acute infectious hepatitis

Decoct with gardenia root, once a day. Dosage: 5 yuan under 2 years old, 8 yuan from 3 to 4 years old, 1 liang from 5 to 7 years old, 1.5 liang from 8 to 10 years old, 2 liang from 11 to 15 years old, 3 Liang above 16 years old. In 30 cases, the urine output increased significantly, the symptoms improved or disappeared, the appetite improved, the abdominal pain improved significantly, the vomiting and defecation decreased gradually, and the body temperature decreased within 2-3 days on average. Most of the patients with positive urobilioerythrin or urobilinogen turned negative in 5-10 days. After treatment, the brain flocculation, musk turbidity and jaundice index returned to normal or close to normal.