What Are the Medical Uses of Prunella?

Prunella vulgaris, Chinese medicine name. It grows on wet grasslands in ditch waters or wet grass on both sides of river banks, wasteland, and roadsides, and is widely distributed throughout China, with Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hunan and other provinces as the main producing areas. It can clear fire and eyesight, and can cure redness, swelling, pain and headache. It is a "holy medicine" for clearing the liver and protecting the liver. Dedicated to night pain and dizziness. The common herbal tea Xia Sangju originated from the famous recipe of the Qing Dynasty, and the three flavor medicines all pass through the liver, which is a unique classic formula. In 1980, Xingqun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. adopted the exclusive secret technology to create Xia Sangju for the first time in the country. Now it is a household name and has been selected as the intangible cultural heritage of Guangdong Province.

Chinese scientific name: Prunella
nickname: Nine building, iron grass, big head flower, etc.
boundary: Plant kingdom
door: Angiosperm
Tsuna: Dicotyledoneae
Head: Tubular flower order

Branch: Labiatae
Genus: Prunella
Species: Prunella
distribution area: All over the country
Harvest time: summer
Amount: 9-15g
Poisonous: Non-toxic

Prunella vulgaris

Dry fruit ears of the labiata prunella.

Prunella

Hard, bitter, and cold.

Prunella return

Return to the liver and gallbladder.

Prunella effect

Qinggan Xiehuo, eyesight, scattered knots and swelling.

Prunella Indications

It is used for redness and pain in the eyes, night pain in the eyes, headache, dizziness, nausea, tumors, breast palate, breast addiction, and breast tenderness.

Prunella usage dosage

9-15g.

Attention to Prunella

Spleen and stomach cold with caution.

Prunella preparation method

Harvested in summer when the ears are brown-red, remove impurities, and dry.

Physiological Characteristics of Prunella vulgaris

The whole spike of Prunella vulgaris is composed of several to ten rounds of perennials and bracts. Each round has two opposite bracts, fan-shaped, apex pointed, tail veins obvious, and white hairs on the outer surface. There are 3 flowers in each bract, and the corolla has mostly fallen off. The loquat has two lips. It contains 4 small nuts, oval, brown, and has white protrusions on the tip. It likes a warm and humid environment. Cold-resistant and adaptable, but sandy loam with plenty of sunlight and good drainage is better. It can also be planted in dry slopes, foothills, forest-side grasslands, roadsides, and fields, but it is not suitable for cultivation in low dust and waterlogged areas. It grows on moist lands such as barren slopes, grasslands, streams, and roadsides, and can reach an altitude of 3000 meters.

Prunella vulgaris

Mainly produced in Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hunan and other places.

Prunella related articles

1 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Li Jushi's" Easy Recipe ", Prunella vulgaris is used to treat pain, soak it in sugar water overnight, and use it to relieve internal heat and relieve liver irritability. Lou Quanshan Yun, Prunella vulgaris The night is even worse, the magical effect or the bitter cold medicine point is also very effective. The cover beads and the eyebrows are also the liver system, which belongs to the Jueyin classics. The night is even worse than the bitter cold medicine point, night and cold is also Yin also goes. Prunella suffixes pure yang and replenishes yin and blood, so treating it like a god, treating yang with yang. " ^[1]

2 "Materia Medica for truth": "Prunella vulgaris, hard and slightly cold. According to the book's treatment of power, many words disperse the heat and relieve heat, can heal all the symptoms of dampness, paralysis, night pain, etc.. He Shu also said that Qi yang is pure yang, and liver and blood are not contradictory? know that although Qi is cold and tastes pungent, and all knots are scattered, its qi is cold and warm, so Yunneng It is also tonicate the blood. With all the evidence of heat stagnation and liver dysfunction, the cure is ineffective, and it can be used to dispel the power of dissolution. If it is an internal fire, the cure should not be used. "

3 "Materia Medica Justice": "The nature of Prunella vulgaris, the Book of Sutras, the text is bitter and hard, and there is no cold word. The Han word can be proved by asking Sun Jingtang. Since Qianqian, a Han word has been added under the Xin word. However, the summer solstice has withered since then, so it is named Danxi. If you get Yin, you will die immediately. Observe the main symptoms, spleen and swell, and the feet are swollen and wet. All of them are good at Xuantong. They must have a gentle air to relieve the coagulation, clear the suffocation, and cause cold. The role of coolness. Shi Wan's "Feng Yuan" was changed to bitterness and warmth, which has its own reason, suffering can be relieved, the energy can be dredged, and the energy can be circulated. It is good at venting the suffocation of liver, gallbladder, fire, and blood. Wherever sputum is condensed, the wind is cold and paralyzed, they are full-time. "

4 "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "Remove liver wind, meridian and collateral. Treatment of crooked eyes and mouth, liver qi, liver stagnation, pain in tendon and bone, eye pain, scattered spleen, tuberculosis around the body."

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