Sambucus williamsii

Sambucus williamsii

(notes on materia medica)

[source] it is the root or root bark of Sambucus williamsii. See "elderberry" for plant morphology.

[collection] from September to October. Wash and dry.

[nature and taste] ① classified herbal medicine nature: "sweet, flat, non-toxic. "

② Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "bitter taste, flat nature, non-toxic. "

[function and indications] it is used to treat rheumatism, pain, phlegm, edema, dysentery, jaundice, injury and scald.

① According to the collection of Materia Medica, "the root bark governs phlegm, and the water swells and phlegm malaria. Take it with boiling juice. It should benefit the lower part of the body and vomit. Do not take it more. "

② "Classified herbal medicine nature": it can cure all traumatic injuries. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it can connect bones and make tenons. Treatment of traumatic injury, dysentery and jaundice. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: boil soup, fresh 1-2 Liang; grind powder for pills or soak wine. External use: tamping or grinding.

[selection] ① for rheumatoid arthritis pain: three to four liang of Sambucus williamsii and four to five liang of fresh tofu. Add boiling water or red wine to stew. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of foot swelling: Tiegu San Gen (Jiegu Mugen), with licorice decoction water wash. (a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

③ Treatment of broken bones and muscles: fresh Sambucus williamsii root skin (or fresh leaves) two to five Liang, Yellow Gardenia one or two, a total of mash, yellow wine, stir fry hot, according to the size of the wound spread medicine on the cloth, fracture reduction, namely the above medicine applied to the affected area, splint fixation. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

④ Treatment of soup fire injury: Sambucus Sambucus stick skin and leaf amount, powder, with vegetable oil or sesame oil transfer application. (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)