The efficacy and function of Kangbangui

I believe many people are familiar with the Chinese medicinal material Kangbangui. As a common Chinese medicinal material, Kangbangui is rich in nutrients. Let us learn about it in detail below.

[Other names] Plowshare thorny vine ("Physical Knowledge"), tiger profit ("Essentials of Raw Herbal Medicine"), Tripterygium wilfordii ("Saving the Sea of ​​Bitterness"), river white grass, thunder wood, square win board, inverted golden hook, branding grass, inverted purple golden hook, plow point grass, raking grass, dragon fairy grass, fish tail flower, three-wood cotton ("Compendium of Materia Medica"), thorny plowshare, snake but not, urgent change rope, blood-removing grass ("Illustrated Record of Plant Names and Realities"), tiger tongue grass ("Tianbao Materia Medica"), there is 竻諻牛草 ("Lingnan Collection of Medicinal Herbs"), thorny Physalis ("Guizhou Folk Prescriptions and Medicines"), chicken eye grass, thorny pigeon rice grass ("Fujian Folk Herbs"), snake-blocking wind ("Collection of Common Folk Herbs"), white 竻 ("Luchuan Materia Medica"), there is thorny feces dustpan ("Nanning City Drug Records"), plowshare vine, triangle vine ("Jiangxi Folk Herbs"), snake retreats, ground grape

[Source] It is the whole herb of the Polygonum multiflorum plant. Harvest in autumn, wash, dry or use fresh.

[Original form] Polygonum multiflorum, also known as Polygonum perforatum.

[Habitat distribution] Growing in barren ditch banks and river banks. Distributed all over the country. Produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Guizhou and other places.

[Properties] The dry whole herb has a smooth purple-red or purple-brown stem surface with fine vertical lines and numerous inverted thorns, and ring marks of broken sheaths at the nodes. The fracture surface is nearly square, fibrous, yellowish white, with white loose pith or small pores. Most of the leaves have fallen off, and the remaining leaves are burnt yellow-green, mostly broken and wrinkled, brittle and easy to fall off. The flower spike is borne at the top and may wither or remain. The smell is faint and the taste is bland.

[Chemical composition] The whole plant contains flavonoids, anthraquinones, cardiac glycosides, phenols, amino acids, organic acids, tannins and sugars (about 7.48% sucrose, about 3.4% reducing sugar, 2.884% starch).

【Nature and flavor】 Sour and bitter, neutral.

【Functions and indications】Diuresis and detumescence, clearing away heat, promoting blood circulation and detoxification. Treat edema, jaundice, diarrhea, malaria, dysentery, whooping cough, gonorrhea, erysipelas, scrofula, eczema, and scabies.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-5 qian (0.7-1.5 liang for fresh product). For external use: mash and apply, grind into powder and apply, or decoct in water and use for fumigation.

【Note】 Those with weak constitution should take with caution.

[Additional prescription] ① Treating edema: 3 qian of Platycodon grandiflorum, 5 qian of Tripterygium wilfordii, 4 qian of Plantago asiatica, 3 qian of Aspergillus niger, and 5 Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae. Crush and boil. (Saving the Sea of ​​Bitterness)

【Clinical application】 ①Treatment of whooping cough

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Wan Bing Hui Chun": Carrying the board back, it grows in April and May, and disappears when frost appears in September. The leaf tips are green, like the tip of a plowshare, and the vines have small thorns. The seeds are round and black like eyes. To treat snake bites, it is also advisable to carry a board back, no matter how many.

Regarding Kangbangui introduced in the article, I hope everyone can learn more about the relevant information in daily life, so that you can correctly treat the disease when facing it.