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Also known as Prunella Spica, Sang Xue Grass, and Poxue Dan.
English name HerbaAjugae
Dry whole grass of Ajuga. Labiatae.
The plant morphology is panicum miliaceum, with a height of 10 ~ 30 cm. The stem base is inclined or prostrate, the upper part is erect, multi-branched, quadrangular, purplish, and the whole plant is densely white pilose. The single leaf is opposite, petiolate, ovate or oblong, 4 ~ 1 1 cm long, disk length 1 ~ 3 cm, blunt or short apex, tapering downward at the base, wavy teeth at the edge, purple on the lower surface and leaf margin, and pubescent on both sides. There are several kinds of flowers in Hua Lun, with axillary or round spikes at the top of branches. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, corolla lip-shaped, lavender or white. The lower lip of corolla is about twice as large as the upper lip, with four stamens and two strong stamens, and the ovary is superior. Nuts are grayish yellow with reticular wrinkles. It blooms in late spring and early summer.
The origin is distributed in wet and fertile soil near roadsides, forests, grasslands, villages and ditches. Distributed in East China, South China and Southwest China.
Harvesting and processing: harvesting in spring when flowers bloom, removing sediment and drying in the sun.
The medicinal materials are10 ~ 35cm long, with small roots and dark yellow, and the overground parts are grayish yellow or yellowish green, densely covered with white hairs. The thin stems are clustered, flexible and not easy to break. Leaves opposite, mostly withered and broken. After flattening, the whole leaves are spoon-shaped or obovate-lanceolate, 3 ~ 6 cm long and 1.5 ~ 2.5 cm wide, green-brown, with wavy coarse teeth on the edge and narrow wings on the petiole. Cymes axillary, small flowers 2-lipped, yellowish brown. Slight breathing and bitterness.
Cold and bitter in nature. Return to lung meridian.
Efficacy and function: clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and reducing swelling. It belongs to the subclass of antipyretic drugs.
The clinical dosage is 1.5 ~ 30g, which is taken by decoction; Appropriate amount is applied externally, mashed and applied to the affected area. Treat sore throat, hemoptysis due to lung heat, and traumatic swelling and pain.
Pharmacological research has antitussive, expectorant, antiasthmatic, anti-inflammatory, immune, antibacterial and antiviral effects.
The chemical constituents include desquamation, acetyl habasin, cyanosterone, ajuganone B and C, ajugalactone, ajugase, flavonoid glycosides, saponins and alkaloids.
The use of taboos is not clear.
Related prescription
① Treatment of tonsillitis, pharyngitis and laryngitis: Ajuga 15 ~ 30g, decocted in water. Or use 4 ~ 5 strains of Ajuga, add tofu and cook together, eat tofu and drink soup. (Handbook of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in the North)
② Treatment of hemoptysis due to lung heat: Ajuga 15g, cogongrass rhizome 30g and rock sugar 30g. Decoct with water. (Handbook of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in the North)
③ Treatment of traumatic injury and sprain: Fresh Ajuga grass is added with a small amount of ginger and scallion, and mashed for external application. (Handbook of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in the North)
efficacy
Cough relieving, phlegm resolving, heat clearing, blood cooling, detumescence and detoxification. Treat tracheitis, hematemesis, epistaxis, dysentery, gonorrhea, sore throat, furuncle, carbuncle and traumatic injury.
(1) Addendum to Materia Medica: "Treat the sore to stop bleeding, build muscle, break nose bleeding, take leaves and apply them in pieces;" I'm still cooking, I'm bruised, and I suddenly bleed. "
(2) Supplement to the Compendium: "Expertise in clearing liver and purging fire."
(3) Vegetation Renewal: "Clear fire in the open air."
(4) Textual research on plant names and facts: "Nourishing tendons and promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold and decocting with wine." "Dumping toxic substances"
⑤ Classification of Materia Medica: "Annealing disperses blood and reduces swelling and toxicity. Fell and soaked in wine. "
⑥ Fujian Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and purging fire, reducing swelling and detoxifying. Treat dysentery, diphtheria, laryngitis, tonsillitis, eczema in children, furuncle, tooth abscess, toothache, breast abscess and rabies bite. "
⑦ Annals of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine: "Treating tuberculosis and cough. Hematemesis and women's blood gas pain. "
⑧ "Mindong Herbal Medicine": "Treat palm or finger stab wounds, snakes and insects sigh injuries.