1. Alias
Chicken Bone Changshan, Huangchangshan, Hengshan, Tree Disk Root, Mutual Grass, Stomach turning Wood, Big Golden Knife, and Pendant Medicine.
2. Plant morphology
Deciduous shrubs. The main root is cylindrical and often curved. The stem has obvious nodes. Leaves grow opposite each other, with elliptical, broadly lanceolate, or oblong ovate leaves. Conical inflorescence with umbrella shaped inflorescence, attached to the leaf axils at the top or upper part of the branch, light blue flowers, tubular sepals, light blue, petals 5-6, blue, oblong lanceolate or ovate; Stamens 10-12, attached to the base of petals, anthers blue, long elliptical, 2-chamber longitudinal, ovary blue, semi inferior, oblong, 1-chamber, numerous ovules, styles 4, stigma elliptical. Berry round, blue, with persistent sepals and styles. The flowering period is from June to July, and the fruiting period is from August to September.
3. Origin distribution
It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Xizang. Sichuan has cultivation.
4. Harvesting and processing
Excavate in autumn, remove the roots, wash, and sun dry.
5. Characteristics of medicinal herbs
Cylindrical, often bent or twisted, or branched. The surface is brownish yellow with fine longitudinal lines, and the outer skin is prone to peeling off, with light yellow wood exposed at the peeling area. Hard in texture, not easily broken, with dust flying when broken. The cross-section is yellow white in color, with a radiating white color. Odorless, bitter taste.
6. Sexual Taste Returning to the Classics
Cold in nature, bitter and pungent in taste. Toxic. Return to the lung meridian, liver meridian, and heart meridian.
7. Effect and Function
Stop malaria and expel phlegm. It belongs to the category of spitting medicine.
8. Clinical application
Take 5-9 grams and decoct. Use to treat phlegm retention, chest and diaphragm congestion, and malaria.
9. Pharmacological research
Has antipyretic, antihypertensive, and emetic effects. The total extract has good therapeutic effects on both artificially cultured malignant malaria parasites and animal experimental malaria parasites. The efficacy of Changshan alkaline B against amoebic protozoa is twice that of imitidine. Animal experiments have shown that Changshan alkali A, Changshan alkali B, and Changshan alkali C can lower blood pressure.
10. Chemical composition
Containing ingredients such as Changshan alkali A, Changshan alkali B, Changshan alkali C, Changshan secondary alkali, quinazolone, umbelliferone, Huangchangshan alkaloids, Huangchangshan alkali A, Huangchangshan alkali B, Changshan A, Changshan B, Baxianhua phenol, 4-hydroxy Baxianhua phenol, etc.
11. Usage taboos
The oral dosage should not be too high. Patients with spleen and stomach weakness and liver and kidney dysfunction should take it with caution.
12. Compatibility prescription
① Treating malaria and cold heat: 3 grams from Changshan, 1.5 grams each from Magnolia officinalis, Qingpi, Chenpi, roasted licorice, betel nut, and Caoguo kernels. Cut finely, make one serving, half a glass of wine each, add more wine when cold, add more water when hot, pan fry for eight minutes, expose stars and moon overnight, and serve cold in a hollow container. Avoid hot tea soup for a day, and eat warm Congee at noon. (Quoted from "Local Formula" in "Medical Chronicles": Seven Treasure Drink for Malaria Control)
② Malaria treatment: 30g each of Changshan, Betel Nut, and Biejia, 9g each of Ume and Red Dates, 9g each of Licorice and Ginger, to make a concentrated liquid extract of 10g. Take 1-2 times a day, 5 grams each time. Generally, 12-18 grams are sufficient for healing. There is no vomiting or other side effects after taking it. (Chinese Journal of Medicine, 1955. (6): 526)
③ For the treatment of excessive phlegm in the chest, headache, reluctance to eat and drink: 120 grams of Changshan and 15 grams of licorice. Seven liters of water, boil three liters, add half a liter of honey, take one liter, take even if you don't vomit. No honey is also acceptable. (Behind the Elbow)
④ Treatment for phlegm stagnation and headache, alternating cold and heat: 30g Changshan, 60g mica powder. The upper medicine is finely ground into powder, and 3 grams of salt soup is added at any time to induce vomiting; If you can't vomit completely, take another dose. (Holy Blessing Formula)
⑤ Governing Goose Palm Wind: 1 pound in Changshan. Wipe your hands and feet with oil walnuts, burn 1 pound of Changshan in the furnace, cover with green cloth and smoke it. Seven days without going into the water. (He's Theory of Jisheng)
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