1. Alias
Not leaving seeds, oxen, milk rice, Wang not leaving, wheat blue seeds, cutting gold, and leaving row seeds.
2. Plant morphology
Annual or biennial herb, 30-70 cm tall, smooth and hairless throughout, with only white powder on the tips. The stem is upright, with forked branches at the upper part, thick and short internodes near the base, slightly swollen internodes, and a milky white surface. Single leaf opposite growth, without stem; The leaves are ovate elliptical to ovate lanceolate, with a pointed tip and a rounded or nearly heart-shaped base, slightly connected to the stem. The entire margin is pink green on both sides, and the midrib protrudes below and is wider near the base. In summer, it blooms with light red flowers, sparsely clustered at the top of the branches, with slender flower stalks and 2 scales like bracteoles below; The sepals are cylindrical in shape, and after flowering, they enlarge into a pentagonal spherical shape; Petals 5, inverted in shape, with irregular small teeth at the tip; 10 stamens, upper ovary. The capsule is enclosed in the perennial calyx, and after maturity, the tip cracks in a four toothed pattern. The seeds are mostly dark black, spherical, and have obvious granular protrusions. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruiting period is in June.
3. Origin distribution
Born on slopes, roadsides, and barren land in hilly areas, especially in wheat fields where it grows the most; There is also cultivation. Mainly produced in Hebei, Heilongjiang, Shandong and other places.
4. Harvesting and processing
When the seeds are mature and the capsules are not cracked from June to July, cut the whole plant, dry it in the sun, seed it, remove impurities, and dry it in the sun.
5. Characteristics of medicinal herbs
Spherical, with a diameter of approximately 2 millimeters. The surface is black, with a few reddish brown, slightly glossy, and has fine granular protrusions. There is a concave longitudinal groove on one side. Hard texture, white endosperm, embryo curved into a ring. Leaves 2. Odorless, with a slightly astringent and bitter taste.
6. Sexual Taste Returning to the Classics
Flat in nature, bitter in taste. Return to the liver meridian and stomach meridian.
7. Effect and Function
Promote blood circulation and meridian circulation, reduce swelling in the lower breast. Belonging to the subcategory of blood activating and stasis removing drugs, it is a blood activating and meridian regulating medicine.
8. Clinical application
Take 4.5-9 grams of decoction orally. Used to treat blood stasis, amenorrhea, inability to produce milk, abscess, swelling, and toxin. Nowadays, it is used to treat herpes zoster or as an ear acupressure treatment for cholecystitis and gallstones.
9. Pharmacological research
Anti implantation; Anti early pregnancy; Excited uterus; Contractive smooth muscle and analgesic effects.
10. Chemical composition
It mainly contains saponins of Polygonatum sibiricum, triterpenoid saponins of Polygonatum sibiricum, various cyclic peptides, flavonoids, hydrogenated ferulic acid, urinary nucleosides, flavonoid glycosides of Polygonatum sibiricum, glucuronide of Maillard, glucuronide of Polygonatum sibiricum, isosoap glycoside, secondary saponins of Polygonatum sibiricum, D-glucose and other components.
11. Usage taboos
Pregnant women and those with blood deficiency and no stasis are prohibited from taking it.
12. Compatibility prescription
① At the beginning of treating breast abscess: Take 30g of Wang Buliuxing, 9g of dandelion and melon seeds each, 9g of Angelica sinensis shoots, and decoct with wine. (Compendium of Materia Medica)
② Treatment of carbuncle: Wang Buliuxing (Cheng Mo) two liters, 150g licorice, 60g wild kudzu, 120g cassia, 120g angelica. Five things, drink a square inch dagger with wine, three days and one night. ("Medical Heart Formula" by Wang Buliuxing)
③ At the beginning of treating swelling: Wang Buliuxingzi is the last, toad venom is the last, and pills, millet, and rice are the largest. After taking one pill and drinking, sweating will heal. (A Brief Introduction to Lake Collection)
④ Not only does it treat blood stasis: Wang Buliuxing 30g, Danggui Shen, Chuanxuduan, Baiyaoyao, and Danshen 6g each. Divide into two doses, decoct in water and take orally. ("Bencao Huiyan" cites "Dongxuan Obstetrics Formula")
⊙ The content of the article is for clinical reference only. Non TCM professionals are not allowed to test drugs.