1. Alias
Phoenix Intestine, Flat Wood, Scattered Blood Pill, Purple Gold Bull.
2. Plant morphology
Shrubs, 1-2 meters tall, completely hairless. The roots are thick and fleshy, with many branches, and the outer skin is slightly red. The stem is upright and has several branches. Leaves alternate, hard papery, elliptical lanceolate to oblanceolate, apex gradually pointed, base wedge-shaped, margin with rounded wavy teeth, rolled back, slightly purplish red on the back; The petiole is about 1 centimeter long. Umbelliferae inflorescence grows at the top of lateral branches and leaf axils; The flowers are white or light red in color, with glandular spots on the sepals, corolla lobes, and back of stamens; The drupe is spherical, with a diameter of 6-7 millimeters, red when ripe, and has black glandular spots. Sepals and styles persist. The flowering period is from June to July, and the fruiting period is from October to November.
3. Origin distribution
Born in the grass and shrubs along the hillside and roadside. Distributed in various regions south of the Yangtze River Basin in China.
4. Harvesting and processing
Dig the roots in autumn, wash them, cut them into sections, and use them fresh or dry them in the sun.
5. Characteristics of medicinal herbs
The roots and stems are slightly swollen. Roots clustered, cylindrical in shape, slightly curved, varying in length, with a diameter of 2-10 millimeters; The surface is dark brown or dark brown, with longitudinal wrinkles and transverse fracture marks; Hard and brittle in texture, the broken skin layer is easy to distinguish from the wood, the skin is thick, accounting for 1/2 to 2/3 of the transverse surface, almost white or pink, with scattered "cinnabar dots", and the wood is light yellow. Qi is faint, taste is slightly bitter and spicy.
6. Sexual Taste Returning to the Classics
Cold in nature, bitter and pungent in taste. Return to the lung meridian and liver meridian.
7. Effect and Function
Detoxification and swelling reduction, blood circulation and pain relief, dispelling wind and dampness. Belonging to the subcategory of clearing heat and detoxifying drugs.
8. Clinical application
Use 10-15 grams. Used to treat sore throat, rheumatism, and injuries caused by falls and blows.
9. Pharmacological research
It has anti fertility, cough and asthma relieving, deworming and insecticidal, antibacterial effects, and can also inhibit platelet aggregation and lower blood pressure.
10. Chemical composition
Containing quercetin, terpenoids, p-sitosterol, colchicine, inorganic elements, cinnabar root glycoside, cinnabar root new glycoside A, cinnabar root new glycoside B, hundred taels of gold saponin A, hundred taels of gold saponin B, 11-O-galloyl-based camptothecin, 11-O-vanilloyl-based camptothecin, 11-O-syringaoyl-based camptothecin, Xiankelaiting A, and cyclic phenolic peptides.
11. Usage taboos
Pregnant women and frail individuals should use with caution.
12. Compatibility prescription
① Treatment for sore throat: a. Take 9-15g of cinnabar root and decoct in water. b. 6 grams of cinnabar root whole grass, 3 grams of dried bamboo shoots, 3 grams of licorice, decoct in water and take orally. (Hunan Pharmaceutical Journal)
② Treatment of Lymphatic Vasculitis Caused by Lymphatic Filariasis: 30-60 grams of dried cinnabar root. Boil in water, cocktail drink. (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine)
③ Treat lung disease and labor injury vomiting blood: 9-15g cinnabar root, stewed with pig lung and taken. First, take the soup, then take the medicine and take the lungs. Taking three lungs in a row is one course of treatment. (Commonly Used Herbs in Zhejiang Folk Medicine)
④ Treat injuries caused by falls and joint pain: Take 9-15g cinnabar root, decoct in water or mix with yellow wine. (Commonly Used Herbs in Zhejiang Folk Medicine)
⑤ To treat women's vaginal discharge and dysmenorrhea: Take 9-15g of cinnabar root, boil in water or add white sugar, and mix with yellow wine. (Commonly Used Herbs in Zhejiang Folk Medicine)
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