What are the medicinal effects of the fruit of the stone tiger?

If many people have not heard of Shihu, then you may be very familiar with Evodia rutaecarpa. That's right, Evodia rutaecarpa is the dried, nearly mature fruit of Shihu or Evodia rutaecarpa sparse hair, and its efficacy cannot be underestimated. For example, it can warm the middle and relieve pain, treat oral ulcers, toothache, eczema, etc. It is usually ground into powder and decocted for oral administration. It tastes spicy and bitter, but good medicine is bitter but good for the disease. Therefore, Evodia rutaecarpa is a rare good medicine.

1. History

Before getting back to the topic, let us first learn some historical allusions (it is said that learning Chinese medicine in this way is conducive to memory) - According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Evodia rutaecarpa originally grew in the State of Wu and was called Wu Yu. One year, the State of Wu presented Wu Yu as a tribute to the State of Chu. The King of Chu was very displeased when he saw it. He did not listen to the explanation of the Wu minister and drove him out. Fortunately, there was a doctor named Zhu from the State of Chu who was well versed in medicine. He went after the victim and saved the Evodia rutaecarpa and planted it in his own yard. One day, the King of Chu caught a cold and his old illness relapsed. He had unbearable stomach pain and all medicines were ineffective. At this time, Doctor Zhu cured the King of Chu's illness by boiling Wu Yu into a decoction. When the King of Chu learned about this, he immediately sent people to the State of Wu to apologize and called on the State of Chu to widely plant Wu Yu. In order to let people remember Doctor Zhu's contribution forever, the King of Chu changed the name of Wu Yu to Evodia rutaecarpa.

Look at it, the Evodia rutaecarpa that “embellishes everyone but one person” is indeed not to be underestimated!

2. Medicinal value

Scientific name: Evodia rutaecarpa

Other names: Wu Yu, Zuo Li

Temperament: hard and brittle, with strong aromatic smell, spicy, bitter, hot taste, slightly toxic; enters the liver, stomach, spleen, large intestine, and kidney meridians.

What it does: Warms the middle, relieves pain, regulates Qi, and dries up dampness. It is used to treat vomiting, acid regurgitation, Jueyin headache, vomiting and diarrhea due to visceral cold, abdominal distension and pain, abdominal pain during menstruation, diarrhea at dawn, hernia, mouth sores and ulcers, toothache, eczema, etc.

How to use: For internal use: decoct in water, 1.5-5g; or make into pills or powder. For external use: take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply on the affected area, or decoct in water for washing.

Who should not take it: People with yin deficiency and excess fire should not take it.

The more you look at it, the more headache you feel, right? And there is also a contraindication that everyone is afraid of - those with yin deficiency and excess fire. In fact, there is no need to be afraid. As the old saying in traditional Chinese medicine goes, "Yin deficiency causes internal heat." The "Inner Canon of Medicine" says: "After the age of forty, the yin energy is halved." First of all, we are talking about external use rather than internal administration, so it is safer; secondly, for children who are full of vitality and have abundant yin essence, there is no need to worry too much if they use Evodia rutaecarpa externally for occasional minor illnesses.

( III) Evodia rutaecarpa for children

1. Treat children's mouth ulcers and recurrent mouth ulcers

Crush the Evodia rutaecarpa, sieve it, take the fine powder and add appropriate amount of good vinegar to make it into a paste. Apply it on gauze and apply it to the soles of both feet. Remove it after 24 hours. Dosage: 2.5-10 grams for children under 1 year old, 10-15 grams for children 1-5 years old, 15-20 grams for children 6-15 years old, and 20-20 grams for children over 15 years old.

2. Children's cough prescription

Grind equal amounts of Evodia rutaecarpa, cinnamon bark, and dried ginger into powder, take 1/3 teaspoon of it, mix it with saliva, make a soybean-sized amount, and stick it on the Gongsun acupoints on both sides, and fix it with adhesive tape. Change it every 24 hours for 3 to 4 days. If your child has a stuffy nose in autumn and winter, you can combine it with the flying bird movement. Do it on the side where the nose is blocked, and swing up and down 300 times. (By @ Dr. Tian Wen)

3. Treatment of pharyngitis in children

For use in summer: 6 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa, 6 grams of cinnamon, and 10 grams of raw rhubarb. Grind into fine powder, mix with aged vinegar and apply to both Yongquan acupoints on the soles of feet. Apply at night and remove during the day.

For use in autumn and winter: 12 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa, 12 grams of cinnamon bark, 12 grams of Arisaema consanguineum, and 8 grams of raw rhubarb. Grind into fine powder, mix with aged vinegar and apply to both Yongquan acupoints on the soles of feet. Apply at night and remove during the day. (By @Dr. Cheng Binggang)

4. External treatment of drooling in children

Take 1 gram of Arisaema consanguineum and 3 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa, dry them in a microwave oven, grind them into extremely fine powder, and store them in a bottle for later use. When using, add a small amount of flour and rice vinegar to the powder to make a paste. Apply it to the Yongquan acupoints on the soles of children's feet before going to bed, wrap it with gauze, and remove it after 12 hours each time.

To treat diarrhea in children, grind 20g of Evodia rutaecarpa into fine powder, mix it with vinegar to make a paste, apply it to the Shenque point on the navel, fix it with adhesive tape, and remove it after 24 hours.

(IV) Evodia rutaecarpa for adults

1. Treating sore throat and taking medicine is ineffective

Grind 300 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa and 100 grams of rhubarb into powder and set aside. After washing your feet every night, take out an appropriate amount of powder. Mix the medicinal powder with rice vinegar and make two 50-cent coin-sized medicine cakes. Stick them on the Yongquan acupoints on the soles of both feet and fix them with Band-Aids or adhesive tape. Remove it the next morning. Generally, the symptoms will be alleviated after two days of continuous use, and will basically disappear in about a week. After three weeks of continuous use, you can apply it every other day to consolidate the therapeutic effect.

2. Treatment of chronic pharyngitis

Take 30 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa, 6 grams of raw aconite, and 0.3 grams of musk, grind them into fine powder, add a little flour and vinegar to mix, make it into a cake, steam the cake until slightly hot and apply it to both sides of the Yongquan acupoints, and sleep for 3 hours after application. If the soles of your feet feel hot in the middle of the night, it means that your heat is moving downward. Once a day, 10 times as a course of treatment.

3. Treat mumps

Grind 12g of Evodia rutaecarpa, 9g each of Fritillaria thunbergii and Rhubarb, and 3g of Arisaema consanguineum into fine powder, mix with vinegar, and apply externally to the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of the foot. Apply the affected left side to the right side, and vice versa. If both sides are affected, apply to both sides. Change the dressing once a day.

4. Treat toothache

6g of Evodia rutaecarpa and 100ml of rice wine, simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. After the medicinal wine has cooled, add 1 gram of borneol and mix well, then you can gargle with it. It will be effective after 1 to 2 times.

5. Treat insomnia

1. Wrap the Evodia rutaecarpa in cloth and place it next to your pillow or use it as a pillow when you sleep. The effect is very good.

2. 40g of Evodia rutaecarpa and appropriate amount of rice vinegar (white vinegar). Decoction Evodia rutaecarpa, add warm water, then add rice vinegar, and soak your feet in a foot bath for 30 minutes, once every night before going to bed.

6. To treat cold-stagnation headache, take 15-20 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa, decoct it into a soup, and fumigate and wash your head while it is still hot, once a day.

Treating high blood pressure

Grind Evodia rutaecarpa into powder, take 30-50 grams each time, mix with vinegar and apply to the Xinshenque acupoints of both feet (it is best to apply before going to bed, wrap with cloth). Generally, blood pressure will begin to drop and subjective symptoms will be alleviated after 12 to 24 hours of application. Apply once for mild cases and 2 to 3 times for severe cases to show the blood pressure lowering effect.

7. To treat hiccups, take 20g of Evodia rutaecarpa, 20g of Xanthium sibiricum and 5g of Cinnamon bark and grind them into powder. Take 10g each time and mix with vinegar to apply to the Yongquan acupoints on the soles of both feet.

8. Treatment of indigestion (stomach cold type)

Take 2.5-3 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa powder, mix it into a paste with 5-6 ml of vinegar, heat it to about 40°C, spread it on two layers of square gauze (about 0.5 cm thick), fold it up in 4 circles; stick it on the Shenque point of the navel and fix it with adhesive tape. Change every 12 hours.

9. Treat eczema

Grind Evodia rutaecarpa into powder, mix with vaseline to make 30% ointment, apply to the affected area, twice a day. One week is one course of treatment, and 1 to 2 courses should be used continuously.

10. To treat rubella in both the elderly and children, apply boiled wine of Evodia rutaecarpa to the affected area.

For the treatment of scabies, Evodia rutaecarpa is air-dried, crushed, sieved, and made into a 10% to 15% mud paste. After washing the skin, apply the ointment. One course of treatment is 1 to 7 days.

11. To treat rheumatism and cold pain in the waist and legs, take 15 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa, grind it into powder, mix it with rice wine, stir-fry it until hot, spread it on oil paper and apply it to the affected area, wrap it with cloth, and it will relieve pain immediately.

12. Treat impotence

30 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa and 10 grams of Asarum are ground into fine powder. Use an appropriate amount of the medicine, add warm water to make it into a paste, apply it to the Shenque point on the navel every night before going to bed, fix it with adhesive tape, and remove it in the morning. Avoid sexual intercourse during treatment. It is effective in treating impotence caused by external invasion of cold evil, blockage of kidney orifices, and dysfunction of tendons.

In short, Evodia rutaecarpa is warm in nature. Judging from its commonly used acupuncture points such as Yongquan, Shenque and Gongsun, it is meant to guide fire back to the origin and treat the upper disease from the lower part. At the same time, I would like to mention again why people with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire should avoid using Chinese medicine. Since ancient times, the quality of Chinese medicine has not been judged by its price, and there is not even a simple definition of tonic and poison (otherwise there would not be the saying that ginseng kills without fault, while rhubarb saves people!). The actual person's physique is the most critical. In other words, as long as we try to accurately identify the physique of a good person, the more acute the disease, especially the children's fever, cough, pharyngitis, which are the problems that are most likely to make parents "paralyzed", often have immediate effects when used, and deserve our due attention.