Palm root

Palm root

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

[source] the roots of Palmae. See "palm skin" for plant morphology.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "the nature is flat, the taste is bitter and astringent, and it is non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: stop bleeding, remove dampness, detumescence and detoxification. It is used to treat hematemesis, hematochezia, hemodrenching, HAEMORRHEA, leucorrhea, dysentery, arthralgia, edema, scrofula, bleeding, traumatic injury.

① "Diannan Materia Medica" says: "it can not only cure women's blood collapse, but also treat the blood under the large intestine, and men's five drenching stool turbidity. "

② "Collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines": "Tongjing, Qushi. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "nourishing blood, astringent intestines and stopping dysentery. It is used to treat hematemesis, hematemesis due to intestinal wind, collapse, band, injury caused by contusion and low back pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: wash with boiling water.

[selected formula] ① for hematemesis: brown tree root ash, mixed with children's stool and sugar, hollow. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② Treatment of blood drenching: one or two palm roots. Stewed pig essence meat. (Hunan medical records)

③ Cure spermatorrhea: palm root five money. Fry in water and take with sugar. (Hunan medical records)

④ Treatment of red and white dysentery: palm root, Liuhe grass, red dove nest each two. Take it in water. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

⑤ Treatment of chronic dysentery: Brown Root stewed meat. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

⑥ Governance Yin Ting: Brown Tung root 42, pig meat 42. Cook for a long time to remove the medicine. Eat meat and soup for three to five times.

⑦ Treatment of limb joint pain: palm root five money, ginkgo two money. Take it in water.

⑧ Snake bite: palm root, Houttuynia cordata, mulberry bark each three money. Wash in boiling water. (6) the following prescriptions are published in the medical records of Hunan Province.)

⑨ Zhiliuzhu (cold abscess): palm root, peach root, pine root, Elaeagnus root each appropriate amount. Decoct with water, rinse the affected part; smash the dregs and apply externally. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

⑩ Treatment of scrofula: palm root, abacus root, Sapium root each one or two. Fried in water and served in broth. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

(11) treatment of edema: one or two fresh roots of palm trees, five to one or two roots of ascites grass and coix lacryma. Take it in water.

(12) treatment of ascariasis: palm root, Coix root, neem bark, orchid root each three money. Take it in water.

⒀ treatment of testicular swelling: palm root three money, grass root one money, Epimedium two money. Take it in water. (11) Jiangxi herbal medicine manual is published below)