Ranunculus, a traditional Chinese medicine name. Water Ranunculus, Mao Jian's "Behind the Elbow", Mao Jiancao, Monkey Garlic's "Herbal Collection", Tianjiu's "Dream Pool Essays", Mao Jin, White Moxibustion's "Gangmu", Crane Knee Grass, Sleepy Grass, Tiger Grass, Dog Foot Trail, Tiger Foot Trail Grass, Fire Tube Green's "Chinese Medicinal Plant Chronicles", Wild Celery's "Fujian People's Herbal Medicine", Spicy Grass, Spicy Grass "Compilation of Common Folk Herbs", Rotten Lung Grass "Chinese Medicinal Plant Atlas", Three Legged Tiger, Water Celery "Quanzhou Herbal", Pudi Palm, Yizi Medicine, One Pack Needle "Guizhou Folk Medicine"
[Sexual Taste Returning to the Classics]
Taste: pungent and warm in nature.
Gui Jing: Lung Meridian, Stomach Meridian, Liver Meridian
【 Functions and Indications 】
Function: Clearing heat and dampness, reducing swelling and detoxifying, cooling blood and dispersing stasis
Indications: jaundice, asthma, malaria, migraine, toothache, crane knee wind, rheumatic joint pain, ocular mucosae, scrofula, abscess and toxin.
Clinical Application
1. To treat jaundice, crush fresh buttercup into balls (such as soybean paste), tie them to the arm, and let them bubble overnight. Use a needle to puncture and release the yellow water, and the jaundice will heal on its own. (Compilation of Medicinal Materials)
2. To treat malaria, crush fresh grass and apply it to the acupoint of the inch mouth (Taiyuan), wrap it with cloth, and after 1 hour, blisters will appear on the skin. Remove the medicine and use a needle to puncture the blisters. (Hunan Pharmaceutical Journal)
3. To treat migraines, use fresh roots of buttercup and a small amount of salt to crush and apply to the affected temple. Application method: Place one copper coin (or cut it into a coin shape with a thick paper shell), separate it from the meat, then place the medicine on the coin hole and tie it with a cloth strip for protection. Apply for about 1 hour until it bubbles, then remove it. Do not apply for too long to avoid large blisters. (Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine)
4. To treat toothache, follow the external treatment formula for migraine and apply it to the acupoint of Jingqu. For toothache on the right side, apply it to the left hand, and for toothache on the left side, apply it to the right hand. You can also use a small amount of buttercup to treat toothache. (Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine)
5. To treat Crane Knee Wind, crush the roots of fresh buttercup into a ball as big as soybeans and apply it to the knee (there are dimples on both sides below the knee). When water bubbles occur, puncture with a disinfectant needle to release yellow water, and then cover with clean gauze. (Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine)
6. To treat eye opacities: ① Crush fresh roots of Ranunculus, wrap them in gauze, insert them into the nostrils, insert the left eye into the right nose, and insert the right eye into the left nose. ② Apply the method of treating migraine externally to the Yintang acupoint. (Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine)