The efficacy and function of Guanzhong

After thousands of years of sedimentation and accumulation, the types and quantities of Chinese medicine have become quite astonishing. Therefore, choosing Chinese medicine to treat some difficult and complicated diseases always has a very good effect. Next, I will recommend a Chinese medicine, Guanzhong, to you.

[Alias] Difu, Luo (Erya), Guanjie, Guanqu, Baitou, Hujuan, Bianfu (Benjing), Guanzhong, Guanzhong, Guanlai, Qumu, Boqin, Yaoqu, Huangzhong (Wu Pu's Materia Medica), Boping, Lezao (Bielu), Caochitou (Tao Hongjing), Boyao, Yaozao (Classic Interpretation), Fengweicao (Bencao Tujing), Jueweicaigen (Southern Yunnan Materia Medica), Heigouji, Guanzhong, Guanzhong (Compendium of Materia Medica).

[Source] Mainly the rhizomes of Dryopteris crassipes of Dryopteris family, Pteris crenata of Pteris family, Pteris podioides of Pteris family, Pteris fern of Ostreaceae, Pteris chinensis , Pteris cycad and Pteris fasciata of Pteris family . Dig it up in spring and autumn, remove the petioles and fibrous roots, clean the soil, and dry it in the sun.

[Original form] ① Thick-stem hair fern, also known as: Cotton horse hair fern, chicken wing hair fern, pheasant wing, Cotton horse fern, Eastern Cotton horse, Japanese Cotton horse, and cow hair yellow.

【Properties】 ①Cyssop

[Chemical composition] The main component of the rhizome of Dryopteris crassipes is phloroglucinol, a complex derivative of phloroglucinol. It is unstable and can slowly decompose to produce pteridinol and white pteridinol; it also contains pteridinol, yellow pteridinic acid, and phloroglucinic acid. It also contains volatile organic compounds, tannins, fat, resin, etc.; it also contains triterpenoids such as fernene, jasmine-b, adiantum ketone, fern alcohol, jasmine alcohol-29-fernene, etc.

[Pharmacological action] There are many varieties of Rhizoma Cynomorii, most of which were not identified during pharmacological tests.

[Processing] Guanzhong: Soak in clean water, take out, sprinkle water once in the morning and evening, soften, slice and dry in the sun. Guanzhong charcoal: Take clean Guanzhong slices and fry until they are charred black, spray with clean water and let cool.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, cool.

[entry into meridians] Enters the liver and stomach meridians.

[Functions and indications] Kill ascaris, red worms and pinworms, clear away heat, detoxify, cool blood and stop bleeding. Treat wind-heat cold. Warm macules, vomiting blood, epistaxis, bloody stool due to intestinal wind, bloody dysentery, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, sores, hematuria, menorrhagia, bleeding from knife wounds, ascariasis, nematodes, and red worm disease, artificial abortion, and postpartum hemorrhage.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 1.5 to 3 qian; or make into pills or powder. For external use: grind into powder and apply.

[Note] It is not suitable for people with yin deficiency, internal heat, and spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness. Pregnant women should use it with caution.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat ascariasis attacking the heart, vomiting like vinegar water, and unstoppable pain: Guanzhong 1 liang, Heshi 1 liang (slightly fried on paper), Langya 1 liang, Musk 1 qian (finely ground), Wudiren 1 liang, Longdan 1 liang (remove the reed head). Grind the above medicines into powder. Take two cents of it with light vinegar soup before each meal. (Guanzhong Powder from Shenghui Fang)

【Discussions by various scholars】 ① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Guanzhong is a great cure for women's blood and qi. Wang Haizang used it to treat summer pox that was not coming out quickly with Kuaibansan. He said that Guanzhong is poisonous, but it can eliminate the poison of evil heat in the abdomen. It is mostly effective for those with internal causes that manifest externally, which is not the ancient method of dividing meridians."

[Clinical Application] There are many varieties of Guanzhong, and most of the clinical reports from various places have not been identified.

[Remarks] The varieties of Glechoma longituba have always been very complex. In addition to the above-mentioned varieties, the rhizomes of many other ferns are used as Glechoma longituba in different regions. For example, the rhizomes of Liaodong Dryopteris are used in Henan, Shandong, and Hunan; the rhizomes of the single-bud dog spines are used in Gansu, Hunan, Yunnan, and Guizhou; the rhizomes of the multi-scale ear fern are used in Tibet; and the rhizomes of the European Dryopteris are used in Xinjiang. In addition, the mountain smilax glabra plant of the Dryopteris family is commonly known as smilax glabra, which is consistent with the smilax recorded in "Illustrated Catalogue of Plant Names and Realities". However, the rhizome of this plant is rarely used as medicine at present, and is only used by the people in some counties in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiangxi and other provinces, and in Nanjing, Jiangsu and other places. See the entry for "dizzy chicken head".

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] 1. "Wu Pu Materia Medica": Guanzhong, leaves are green and yellow, facing each other in pairs, stems are covered with black hairs, it never dies in winter or summer, the flowers turn white in April, the fruits turn black in July, the roots are collected in March and August, and the leaves are collected in May.

The above is some basic information about Guanzhong. I hope you can learn more about Chinese herbal medicine, which will be beneficial to you.