1. Alias
Douling, Madou Ling, Stinky Bell, Water Horse Fragrant Fruit, Stinky Lark, Solitary Root.
2. Plant morphology
Perennial entangled herb, completely hairless, fragrant. The stem is slender, twisted, and angular. The leaves are triangular, narrowly ovate, ovate lanceolate, or ovate in shape, measuring 3-8 cm in length and 2-4 cm in width. The apex is short, sharp, or blunt, and the base is heart-shaped. The flower is solitary in the leaf axil, with a slanted trumpet shaped corolla that is 3-4 centimeters long. The base of the corolla tube swells into a spherical shape, contracts into a tubular shape in the middle, and gradually expands into a slanted trumpet shape in the upper part, with a long pointed tail at the tip; The upper part is dark red, and the lower part is green. The capsule is nearly spherical in shape. The seeds are flat and thin, blunt triangular or fan-shaped, with winged edges, and light brown in color. The flowering period is from July to August, and the fruiting period is from September to October.
3. Origin distribution
Born in the mountains and forests. Mainly produced in Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and other places.
4. Harvesting and processing
The autumn fruits are harvested when they turn from green to yellow and are dried.
5. Characteristics of medicinal herbs
Ovary shaped, 3-7 centimeters long, 2-4 centimeters in diameter. The surface is yellow green, gray green, or brown in color, with 12 vertical ridges that divide into many horizontally parallel fine veins. The top is flat and blunt, with a slender stem at the base, and the skin is light and brittle, easily splitting into 6 petals. The fruit stem also split into 6 pieces. The inner surface of the fruit peel is smooth and glossy, with horizontal veins. The fruit has 6 compartments, with most seeds in each compartment. Arrange them neatly in a flat stack. The seeds are flat and thin, blunt triangular or fan-shaped. 6-10 centimeters long and 8-12 centimeters wide. Winged edges, light brown. Qi is unique, with a slightly bitter taste.
6. Sexual Taste Returning to the Classics
Slightly cold in nature and bitter in taste. Return to the lung meridian and colon meridian.
7. Effect and Function
Clearing the lungs and reducing qi, relieving cough and asthma, clearing the intestines and eliminating hemorrhoids. It belongs to the subcategory of cough suppressants and asthma relievers under the category of phlegm resolving cough suppressants.
8. Clinical application
The dosage is 3-9 grams. Used to treat lung heat cough, phlegm with blood, intestinal heat hemorrhoid blood, and hemorrhoid swelling and pain.
9. Pharmacological research
Has cough suppressant, expectorant, and anti asthmatic effects on the respiratory system, and can enhance immune function; It also has anti-tumor, antibacterial, antihypertensive, anti fertility, bronchodilator, and smooth muscle contractile effects.
10. Chemical composition
Contains ingredients such as aristolochic acid, aristolochic acid, magnolol, xylocarpine, aristolochic lactam, quaternary ammonium alkaloids, etc.
11. Usage taboos
This taste is bitter and cold. If taken orally in excess, it can cause vomiting, coughing and wheezing due to deficiency cold, and weak spleen with diarrhea. Caution should be exercised when taking it.
12. Compatibility prescription
① Treating persistent cough: 15 grams of Aristolochia, 6 grams of Turmeric Cream, and 3 grams of Schisandra chinensis. Stir fry until the end, take 3 grams each time, and mix with white soup after eating in the morning and evening. (Compendium of Materia Medica)
② Treatment of hemorrhoids and various fistulas: 30g Aristolochia, 15g Licorice, 60g Huai Sheng Di, and 60 g Gan Bai Zhu. Make five doses and decoct in water. (Compendium of Materia Medica)
③ For those who have been drinking water for a long time and have a bulging belly, boil Aristolochia in water and take it. (From "Qian Jin Yao Fang")
④ For the treatment of lung qi heat obstruction, the lower part is for the treatment of chronic stagnation or astringency: 9 grams each of Aristolochia and Huaishengdi, 3 grams of raw licorice, and 4.5 grams each of Poria cocos, Houttuynia cordata, and Cordyceps sinensis. Boil it in water. (Compendium of Materia Medica)
⑤ Treating heartache: One Aristolochia macrocephala, burned on the lamp, as the powder, warm the wine and take it. ("Extracting Mysterious Formulas")
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