Pistil grass

Pistil grass

(Ben Cao Tu Jing)

[synonyms] Bai rushao (the classic of Materia Medica), di pomegranate (the collection of Guizhou folk prescriptions), Xiao Cao (selected works of the whole exhibition? Internal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of thymus in sandalwood family

[plant morphology] Thesium chinense

Perennial semi parasitic herbs, 15-30 cm high. The base is much branched, the branch is soft and thin, with ribs. Leaves alternate; linear and pointed, 2-5 cm long, 2 mm wide, with 1 vein. Flowers small, axillary; with 1 bract and 2 bracteoles; perianth campanulate, greenish white, 5-lobed, even 4-lobed; stamens as many as lobes, inserted on the inner surface of lobes and opposite to lobes; ovary inferior, stigma capitate. Nut globose, ca. 2 mm in diam., perianth persistent, reticulate. The flowering period is April. The fruiting period is May.

It grows in the fields, the edge of sandy land and grassland in mountainous areas. It is distributed in the north and south of China.

The root of this plant is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] harvest in spring and summer and dry in the sun.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, tonifying kidney and astringent essence. Treatment of acute mastitis, pneumonia, lung abscess, tonsillitis, upper respiratory tract infection; kidney deficiency, low back pain, dizziness, spermatorrhea, spermatorrhea.

① Summary of traditional Chinese medicine: "treating head sores and cervical lymphadenitis. "

② "Guizhou folk medicine collection": "treatment of dizziness, weakness, lumbago, spermatorrhea, spermatorrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine.

[selected prescriptions] ① for kidney deficiency, lumbago and dizziness: one or two pomegranates. Wine making clothes. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

② Treatment of acute mastitis: Grass 15 to 20. Three hundred milliliters of boiling water, a cup of rice wine to serve. (selected works of the whole exhibition: Internal Medicine)

[clinical application] in the treatment of acute inflammation

Take the whole herb (dry product) of Thesium chinense and decoct it. In spring and summer, 0.5-2 Liang per day; in autumn, 2-3 Liang per day. More than 30 kinds of acute inflammation were treated, more than 200 cases, the average effective rate was about 90. Among them, 44 cases of acute mastitis were cured in 31 cases, markedly effective in 9 cases, improved in 2 cases and ineffective in 2 cases, with an average course of 4 days; 40 cases of lobar pneumonia were cured in 30 cases, markedly effective in 2 cases, improved in 1 case and ineffective in 7 cases, with an average course of 12 days; the temperature of cured cases returned to normal in 2.5 days, and the absorption of local inflammation in X-ray examination was 12.7 days; 14 cases of pulmonary abscess were cured in 7 cases, markedly effective in 1 case and improved in 1 case, 5 cases were invalid, the average temperature of cured cases returned to normal for 6 days, and the average absorption time of local inflammation by X-ray was 28 days. Other such as purulent pericarditis, brain trauma infection, skin abscess, bronchopneumonia, etc., the effect is also good. According to the observation, the curative effect of herbs collected in spring and summer is higher; the power of decocting herbs should not be too large, and the boiling time should not be too long; for diseases caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Diplococcus pneumoniae, Catacoccus, Streptococcus A, such as mastitis, pneumonia, lung abscess, tonsillitis, upper respiratory tract infection, etc., the effect is better; for diseases caused by Escherichia coli, such as acute secretory pneumonia, etc Urinary tract infection, the effect is poor. For postoperative prevention of infection, but also effective.