1. Alias
Ku Chun Cai.
2. Plant morphology
Herbaceous shrubs. The plant height is 20-40 centimeters. The woody stem is short or creeping. The small branches are straight or slightly curved, opposite or whorled, with a diameter of about 2 millimeters and a middle internode length of 2.5-5 centimeters. Leaves are 2-lobed, with sharp triangular lobes and pointed tips, accounting for 1/3-2/3 of the leaf sheath. Male bulbous flowers often form compound spike like inflorescences, with 4 pairs of bracts and 7-8 stamens. The filaments are fused or slightly separated at the top. Female bulbous flowers have a solitary branch top or old branch leaf axil, with 4 pairs of bracts, and the top 1 pair of fused parts accounts for more than 1/2, with 2 female flowers. When the female bulbous flower is ripe, its flesh is red, and it is oblong or spherical, about 8 millimeters long. There are 2 seeds, and the seeds are triangular or spherical, 5-6 millimeters long. The flowering period is from May to June, and the seeds mature from August to September.
3. Origin distribution
Born in sandy and dry areas. Distributed in Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang, etc.
4. Harvesting and processing
Excavate in late autumn, remove residual stems, fibrous roots, and sediment, and dry.
5. Characteristics of medicinal herbs
It is cylindrical, slightly curved, 8-25 centimeters long, and 0.5-1.5 centimeters in diameter. The surface is reddish brown or grayish brown, with longitudinal wrinkles and root marks. The outer skin is rough and prone to flaking off. The rhizome has nodes, with internodes measuring 0.7-2 centimeters in length, and there are horizontally protruding pores on the surface. The body is light, hard and brittle in texture, with a yellow white skin on the surface and a light yellow or yellow wood on the surface. The radiation is radial, and there is a marrow in the center. The air is faint and the taste is slightly bitter.
6. Sexual Taste Returning to the Classics
Flat in nature, sweet and astringent in taste. Return to the lung meridian and heart meridian.
7. Effect and Function
Fixed surface to stop sweating. It is a type of antiperspirant that belongs to the sub category of astringent drugs.
8. Clinical application
The dosage is 3-9 grams. Boil in water, apply an appropriate amount externally, grind powder and sprinkle. Treat self sweating and night sweats.
9. Pharmacological research
Has the function of lowering blood pressure and stopping sweating.
10. Chemical composition
Containing ephedrine A, B, C, D, feruloyl histamine, ephedra root extract A, ephedra diketone A, B, C, D, tyrosine betaine, etc.
11. Usage taboos
Those with surface evil should avoid taking it.
12. Compatibility prescription
① Treating excessive sweating: equal parts of ephedra root and astragalus root. For the end, fly the batter and make pills of wutong seeds. Take a hundred pills with each serving of floating wheat soup until the limit is reached. (Talking about the Wild Weng Test Formula)
② Treating deficiency, fatigue, and excessive night sweats: Ma Huang Gen (file), Oyster (calcined), Astragalus membranaceus (file), etc. Three flavors, roughly mash and sieve. Take 9 grams per serving, one cup of water, three inches of scallion white, fry together until half a cup, remove impurities and warm up. (Ephedra Root Soup in the General Record of St. Francis of Assisi)
③ Treatment for night sweats: 0.9 grams of ephedra root, 0.3 grams of dried fan (burnt debris), two ingredients, treated with sieve, take 0.9 grams of milk orally, take a small knife for adults, three times a day. ("Yi Xin Fang" cites "Fan Wang Fang" Ma Huang San)
④ Postpartum excessive sweating: 30g Angelica sinensis (file, stir fried), 60g Ephedra root, 30g Astragalus membranaceus (file). Mash the medicine and make it coarse, then use Luo as a powder. Take 12 grams per serving, take one cup of water, fry until six minutes, remove impurities, and warm up regardless of time. ("Shenghui Fang" Ma Huang Gen San)
⑤ Foot sweat treatment: 30% ephedra root, 30% oyster, 15% Urotropin, 25% talcum powder. Grind the medicine together and sprinkle an appropriate amount on your feet. Generally, it can be maintained for 10-15 days without sweating on the feet. (National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines)
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