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Seven-leaf Polygonum multiflorum is the dried rhizome of the Liliaceae plant Seven-leaf Polygonum multiflorum. Seven-leaf Polygonum multiflorum has the effects of detoxifying and anti-cancer, relieving cough and asthma, reducing swelling and relieving pain, clearing away heat and calming the nerves. Seven-leaf Polygonum multiflorum has the effects of treating carbuncle, tuberculosis, chronic cough, bruises, snake and insect bites. The contraindications of taking Seven-leaf Polygonum multiflorum are physical weakness, no real fire and heat toxins, external ulcers with yin syndrome and pregnant women.

The efficacy and function of seven-leaf flower

Drug name: Seven-leaf flower

Other names: Chinese Chonglou, Qiyelou, Tiedengtai, Zaoxiu, Chonglou, and Jinpantuolizhi.

Efficacy classification: heat-clearing and detoxifying medicine; antiasthmatic medicine.

Nature and flavor: bitter, cool, slightly toxic.

Meridians: Heart meridian, liver meridian, lung meridian, stomach meridian, and large intestine meridian.

Efficacy: Anti-cancer, anti-swelling and analgesic, heat-clearing and relieving convulsions, antitussive and antiasthmatic.

Main indications: It is used to treat carbuncle, tuberculosis, chronic cough, bruises, snake and insect bites, lymph tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, etc. It is one of the main ingredients of Yunnan Baiyao.

Usage and Dosage: For internal use: decoct in water, 1-3 qian; grind into juice, mash into juice or make into powder. For external use: mash and apply or grind into powder for application.

Medicinal material source: Seven-leaf Polygonum multiflorum is the dried rhizome of the seven-leaf Polygonum multiflorum plant of the Liliaceae (Trilliaceae) family.

The role of seven-leaf flower:

1. Seven-leaf Aconite Flower is used to treat ear sores, heat and pain: take appropriate amount of fleabane. Rub vinegar and apply to the affected area. (Commonly used herbal medicines among the people of Guangxi)

2. Seven-leaf Achyranthes treats leukemia: 26 each of centipedes, geckos, and toads, 24 grams each of leeches and Aconitum, 48 grams each of Xu Changqing and Han Xincao, 90 grams each of Seven-leaf Achyranthes, Taurus root, Cynoglossum, Polygonum cuspidatum, and Houttuynia cordata. Grind them into fine powder, make granules with pig bile and water chestnuts, and press them into tongue cancer tablets. It can also be made into pills. Take 9 grams each time, 3 times a day. At the same time, apply Xiaoai powder (48g each of local pinellia, raw pinellia, raw arisaema, raw gardenia, raw Chuanwu, one yellow flower, raw aconite, chuanxinlian, and Hanxincao, 48g each of wild elsholtzia, hibiscus, and hibiscus) to the enlarged liver and spleen.

3. Seven-leafed Aconite is used to treat laryngeal cystic tumors: 60 grams of wild buckwheat, 30 grams each of purple flower, selfheal, oyster, nine-headed lion grass, and stemona, 15 grams each of Laojunxu, one arrow, and cat's claw, decocted in water for 3 times and taken. It can relieve symptoms such as shortness of breath and asthma, and make cystic masses disappear. For vocal cord cancer, take 15 grams each of wild buckwheat, stonecrop, and snakeberry, 12 grams each of yellow ear grass and Ophiopogon japonicus, 30 grams each of Solanum nigrum and Bletilla striata, decocted in water twice and taken in the morning and evening. It can make cancer disappear and restore voice loss. For laryngeal cancer, take 15g each of wild buckwheat, seven-leaf gentian, and snakeberry, 9g of Eupatorium, and 10g of Solanum nigrum. For gastric cancer, take 30g each of Shuyangquan, decocted in water and taken orally, 1 dose per day. It can relieve dyspnea, pain when swallowing, etc., and gradually eliminate neck lumps and lymph nodes.

4. Seven-leaf Aconite treats snake bites: Grind two cents of Seven-leaf Aconite root into powder and take with boiled water, two to three times a day; alternatively, mash the fresh root of Seven-leaf Aconite, or mash it with sweet wine and apply it to the affected area. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

5. Seven-leafed Aconite Flower is used to treat sudden swelling caused by wind poison: one liang each of Cyperus rotundus, Momordica charantia (shell removed), and Pinellia ternata. Grind the above medicines into powder, mix with strong vinegar and apply it on the affected area; burn it on any swelling caused by heat. (Zhongtaicao San from Shenghuifang)

6. Recipe 2 for treating lung cancer with seven-leaf aconite: 9 grams of horsetail lotus, 12 grams of golden osmanthus, 15 grams of seven-leaf aconite, 20 grams of goldenrod, 30 grams of four-season vegetable, and 60 grams of persimmon root. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day. It can clear away heat and detoxify, cool blood and eliminate abdominal distension, and is suitable for primary liver cancer. Tumor Essentials

7. Seven-leaf Polygonum multiflorum treats lung cancer: 60 grams of Lithospermum officinale root, 10 grams of artificial bezoar, 60 grams of Seven-leaf Polygonum multiflorum, 30 grams of Peucedanum chinense, and 10 grams of Houttuynia cordata. Make an extract of lithospermum root, seven-leaf flos spatholobi, houttuynia cordata and peucedanum peucedanum, dry and grind them, add artificial bezoar and mix well. Take 15 grams each time, 3 times a day.

8. Seven-leaf Paris polyphylla is used to treat milk lumps in women, milk obstruction, or breast-blowing in children: three grams of Paris polyphylla. Decoction in water and drink with a little water or wine. (Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan)

9. Seven-leaf gentian flower treats rectal prolapse: fleabane, grind the juice with vinegar. After applying to the affected area, use gauze to press and reposition it. It can be applied two to three times a day. (Commonly used herbal medicines among the people of Guangxi)

30 grams each of Astragalus and Ligustrum lucidum, 15 grams each of Angelica sinensis, White Peony Root and Rehmannia glutinosa, 10 grams of donkey-hide gelatin (melted), 15 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 9 grams of Licorice, 15 grams of Millettia reticulata, 10 grams each of Epimedium and Ginseng (decoction separately), 30 grams each of Scutellaria barbata and Polygonum multiflorum.

10. Seven-leaf Aconite Flower can treat new and old internal injuries from falls, relieve pain and disperse blood stasis: Soak Seven-leaf Aconite Flower in children’s urine for forty to fifty days, wash, dry and grind into powder. Take three parts each time, with wine or water. (Guangxi Medicinal Plant Atlas)