Taboos of morning glory

The Chinese medicinal herb morning glory seed, also known as morning glory, black ugly, white ugly, two ugly, morning glory seed, etc. This product is the dried perfect seeds of the Convolvulaceae plant Morning Glory. In autumn, when the fruits are ripe and the cores have not cracked, the main stems are harvested, dried, the seeds are laid, and the residues are removed. Slightly concave. It is hard in texture, and a cross-section shows light yellow or light green wrinkled and retracted young leaves, which are slightly oil-soluble. Odorless, spicy, bitter, and numbing. It has the effects of laxative, moistening the intestines, removing phlegm and eliminating fluid, and removing parasites and attacking accumulation. It is used to treat edema, blocked bowel movements, accumulation of phlegm, gas reversal, asthma and cough, abdominal pain caused by worm accumulation, and parasitic and worm diseases.

1. Taboo

Pregnant women and people with weak stomach and qi deficiency should not take it.

1. "Bencao Gangmu" (Bencao Gangmu): Qingmuxiang and Paojiang are good.

2. "Bencao Yanyi Buyi" says: Do not use if you are not suffering from bloating or severe constipation.

3. “Pin Hui Jing Yao”: Do not take during pregnancy.

4. "Bencao Beiyao": If cold and dampness are in the blood, people with weak stomach and qi deficiency should not use it.

2. Function

1. Laxative and intestinal moisturizing

The physical properties of the pharmacoside often contained in the seeds of the pharmacoside are similar to those of jalapin, and it has a significant laxative effect. When it meets bile and intestinal juice in the intestine, it dissolves the bile acid, stimulates the stomach and intestines, increases intestinal motility, and causes diarrhea. It is used to treat damp-heat in the stomach and intestines, food stagnation, constipation and abdominal bloating. For example, Bencao Yanyi says that for treating intestinal wind-constrained constipation, heat and astringency, one can make pills with morning glory seeds and peach kernels.

2. It is beneficial for urination and edema removal

Pharbitis seeds can speed up the excretion of inulin in the kidneys, so they may have a beneficial effect on urination. In addition, the bitter, pungent and cold nature of the seeds of the morning glory enters the spleen meridian, flows through the water pathway, and can both drain water and facilitate urination, thereby clearing water from the two stools. Used for hepatic ascites, it can be used in conjunction with diuretic drugs such as gansui, yanhua, and da ji.

3. Remove accumulation and eliminate insects

The seeds of the morning glory can also be used to remove worms and parasites. It can be used together with Areca and Quisqualis fructus to treat abdominal pain caused by worms and parasites. Grind them into powder and swallow them to enhance the effect of removing worms and parasites.

4. Treat phlegm and cough

The seeds of the morning glory can relieve lung qi deficiency, expel phlegm and turbidity, and are used to treat lung qi deficiency and stagnation, phlegm and turbidity cough, and edema of the face.

For treating children with swollen and wheezing lungs, high chest and shortness of breath, flapping ribs, sunken ribs, dilated nostrils, stuffy cough and thirst, hoarse voice, and phlegm and salivation, commonly known as horse spleen wind: one liang of white morning glory (half-cooked), one liang of black morning glory (half-cooked), one liang each of Sichuan coptis root and areca root. The above is powder. For children under three years old, take 2 qian of the medicine each time. Mix with cold water and add a small amount of light powder to the saliva. If necessary, add a small amount of honey.

5. Treat children's night crying

The method of using morning glory seeds to treat night crying in children is very simple. Take 7 seeds, mash them, mix them into a paste with warm water, apply them on the child's belly button before going to bed, and then fix them with tape. Generally, the crying will stop that night after applying the medicine. This method is suitable for children who eat and play normally during the day, but start crying and making a fuss after falling asleep at night until dawn, and have no other abnormalities found in the hospital.