Nicknames: chives, chive kernels
Harvesting and processing: After the chives have sprouted and bloomed, the seeds will gradually mature after about 30 days. When the seed shell turns black and the seeds become hard, use scissors to cut off the flowers
Stem, done in stages and batches, cut off flower stems and tie them into small handles, hang them in a ventilated place, or place them on a mat to dry, and wait until the seeds can be threshed before
Threshing and drying.
Medicinal parts: seeds
Origin: National
Family: Liliaceae
Original plant: Allium
Plant condition: Perennial herb
Height 20-45cm. Has a particularly strong odor. The rhizome lies horizontally, the bulb is narrow cone-shaped, clustered; The scale like outer skin is yellow brown and has a mesh like fibrous texture.
Yejisheng, strip-shaped, flat, 15-30cm long, 1.5-7mm wide.
The bracts are 2-lobed, shorter than the inflorescence, and persist; Umbelliferae inflorescence clustered or spherical, with many flowers; The flower stem is 2-4 times longer than the flower cover; Bract; Flower white or slightly red; Periphyllum slice 6, narrowly ovate to oblong lanceolate, 4.5-7mm in length; The base of the filament is fused and attached to the perianth, growing to 4/5 of the perianth, with a narrow triangular cone shape; The outer wall of the ovary has fine wart like protrusions.
The capsule has inverted heart-shaped fruit petals. The flowering and fruiting period is from July to September.
Characteristics of Chinese chive seed: The seed is flattened and oval in shape, with one side slightly concave and the other side raised. The tip is blunt and the base is slightly pointed. It is 3-4mm long and 2-3mm wide. The surface is black with obvious network wrinkles on the raised surface, and the wrinkles on the concave surface are not very obvious. There are two small protrusions at the base, with the shorter protrusion at the top being gray brown or gray white, which is the navel, and the longer protrusion at the top being the bead hole. The longitudinal section shows thin seed coat, gray white endosperm, curved, and one cotyledon. Hard in texture. Qi is peculiar, chewing it has a chive flavor.
High quality products with plump grains, black color, and no impurities are preferred
Medicinal properties of chives:
[Preparation] Wash, dry in the sun, use raw or stir fry. Rihuazi Bencao ": Select, steam, dry vigorously, remove black skin, stir fry until yellow.
[Taste] Spicy taste; Gan; Sexual temperature
[Guijing] Liver; Kidney meridian
【 Indications and Functions 】 Tonifying the liver and kidneys; Strengthen yang and solidify essence. Main kidney deficiency and erectile dysfunction; Weakness and soreness in the waist and knees; Nocturnal emission; Urinary frequency; Cloudy urine; Bring down the Qingxi
[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: decoction, 6-12g; Or into pills or powder.
【 Attention 】 Avoid using it for those with yin deficiency and excessive fire.
【 Discussions from Various Schools 】
1. "Bielu": The main dream is to release semen and drown in white (also known as drowning in blood).
2. "Rihuazi Bencao": Warm the waist and knees.
3. "Dian Nan Ben Cao": Nourish the liver and kidneys, warm the waist and knees, and promote the Yang Dao. Treat impotence.
4. Gangmu: Nourish the liver and the gate of life. Treat frequent urination, enuresis, and vaginal discharge in women.
5. "Compendium of Materia Medica": It can clear away impurities and promote small amounts of water.
6. "Bencao Zheng": The woman is cold and has less abdominal pain.
7. Yao Kecheng's "Food Materia Medica": Grind the powder, mix white sugar to treat dysentery, mix black sugar to treat dysentery, and drink aged rice.
8. "Herbal Renewal": Treat muscle and bone pain, with red and white discharge.
9. "Lingnan Medicinal Collection Record": Suffering from a rotten nasal cavity, burning and smoking it. Internal administration can dispel bruises caused by falls and injuries.
10. Modern Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine: Treatment of Hernia Pain.
11. "Gangmu": Leek is a vegetable of the liver, with the kidneys regulating the function of storage and the liver regulating the function of drainage. The book "Su Wen" states that if one suffers from foot Jue Yin disease, they will have bedwetting, endless thoughts, and if they enter the room too severely, they will experience muscle weakness and white lewdness. Men will fall down with pleasure, while women will fall down continuously. Jiuzi is used to treat nocturnal emission leakage, frequent urination, and women who bring it down. It can enter Jueyin and supplement the deficiency of Jiaogan and Mingmen. The gate of destiny is the place where the essence is hidden, hence the same governance cloud.
12. According to the "Encountering the Original Text of the Classic", chives are only suitable for those whose kidney qi is too exhausted and cannot be absorbed. If yin deficiency and excessive fire, lack of interaction with yang, or misuse of solitary yin, it is a case of saving oneself from burning. The main function of chives is to disperse and solidify the seeds with warmth, to stimulate the essence of the seeds, and to increase the intensity of the fire, which is called a spear. Nowadays, people use chives to smoke cavities and produce insects, but they can also damage bones and teeth, which cannot be ignored. "
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① Treating deficiency, fatigue, and urinary essence: Two liters of leeks and three liters of rice. Two flavors, with a bucket of water seven liters boiled like Congee. Take six liters of juice and make three servings. (From "Qian Jin Fang")
② Treating kidney and bladder deficiency and coldness, lack of solid true qi, and slippery urine: Four liang of chives, stir fried fennel, stir fried psoralen, Yizhi Ren, deer antler cream, and three liang of white dragon bones (calcined, not finely ground into powder). The top is finely ground, with one or two pieces of green salt and deer antler gum each, boiled together with wine paste to make pills, like the size of tung seeds. Take fifty pills each time, bring warm wine and salt soup. (Wei Family's Tibetan Formula)
③ To treat weakness in the waist and feet: 1 liter of chives (picked clean, steamed for a long time, exposed to dryness, dusted off the black skin, stir fried until yellow, and mashed with flour), 2 liang of benzoin (boiled in water for 1-2 hundred, stir fried over low heat until red). Mash it into a pill, with a large and dry texture, and add a small amount of honey. Drink thirty pills on an empty stomach every day, and press them with three to five spoons of rice. (Offshore Inspection Method)
④ Treating women with diarrhea and men with kidney deficiency and cold, nocturnal emissions: Seven liters of leeks. Boil vinegar for a thousand times, roast, grind into powder, refine honey pills, take 30 pills each time, and let it sit in a hollow container under warm wine. (From "Qian Jin Fang")
⑤ The treatment of jade stems is tough without impotence, and the flow of essence cannot be stopped. It is like needle prickling at times, and it hurts when pinched. Its disease name is Qianzhong, which is a kidney stagnation and leakage disease: one or two leeks and one or two broken old paper. At the end. Three yuan per serving, one cup of water, pan fried, three days a day. (Experience Formula)
⑥ Smoked insect teeth: Boil the tiles until they turn red, take a few leek seeds, count the clear oil, wait for the smoke to rise, and use a tube to suck until it reaches the painful area. After a long time, rinse and vomit with warm water. (Emergency Solution)“