1, Introduction to Tobacco
Tobacco can be made into cigarettes, dry cigarettes, pipe cigarettes, cigars and so on. , and has many medical uses. Although tobacco has brought a lot of harm to human beings, it is even called "poisonous weeds". However, as a medicinal plant with a long history, its medicinal value cannot be denied because of its harmfulness.
Tobacco, the medicinal part is the leaves of Solanaceae tobacco. Usually in July, when the tobacco leaves turn from dark green to light yellow and the tips of the leaves droop, they can be harvested. Because leaves mature in sequence, they can be picked several times, dried after picking or dried first, then moistened, fermented and dried.
The dried leaves are oval or elliptic-lanceolate, the petiole is very short, winged, the top is yellow-brown, the bottom is light, the main pulse width is prominent, it is full of pus, and it is sticky when it is slightly wet. It has a special fragrance and tastes bitter and spicy.
2, the efficacy and role of tobacco
Activating qi to relieve pain, detoxifying and killing insects. Treat indigestion, fullness, gas knot pain, carbuncle, scabies, scabies, snake bites and dog bites.
1, "southern Yunnan materia medica": "Treat heat toxic furuncle, carbuncle on the back, nameless swelling, all heat toxic sores, or poisoning after eating cattle, horses and mules."
2, "Materia Medica": "Used to treat the exterior, good at expelling all yin and cold toxins, Shan Lan miasma, rheumatism and phlegm, muscle pain; It is used for treating internal diseases, strengthening stomach qi, eliminating yin turbidity and cold stagnation, relieving bloating and retention of food, stopping vomiting and cholera, eliminating parasites, relieving depression and pain, promoting qi circulation and stopping blood stasis, and ascending to triple energizer. "
3, "Drug Test": "The wound stops bleeding."
4. Li's pharmacognosy: "The infusion can be used as an enema to drive away pinworms."
5. "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine": "Treating parasitic skin diseases such as scabies."
6. Flora of Guangzhou: "Treat joint pain, numbness, headache and snake bite."
7. "Jidong Materia Medica": "Removing blood stasis and swelling, killing insects and detoxifying. Treat women's colds, irregular menstruation, furuncle, swelling, swelling and pain, rabies bite, tube leakage and fire injury. "
3. Medicinal value of tobacco
1, cure nameless swelling poison, cure aphtha, and ask for poison: fresh tobacco leaves and brown sugar are mashed. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)
2, cure back carbuncle: fresh tobacco leaves for three to five dollars, drink and fry; In addition, fresh leaves and fresh squid meat are mashed and applied externally. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)
3, treatment of transverse sputum: wild tobacco fresh leaves and rice pestle, hot compress the affected area. (Mindong Herbs)
4, cure gold sores: on the end of the smoke. ("Friends Collection")
5, treatment of poisonous snake bites: advanced wind to squeeze out evil blood, mashed with raw tobacco leaves; Without fresh leaves, it can be ground, even tobacco oil and ash can be used. ("Ci Hang Huo Shu")
6, cure mad dog bites: hold wild tobacco fresh leaves, wash, mash a spoonful of juice, stew with red wine. (Mindong Herbs)
7, cure women's colds, irregular menstruation: wild smoke stew. (Mindong Herbs)
8. At the beginning of the treatment of breast abscess: soak fresh tobacco leaves in hot wine and apply it to the affected area. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)
4. Usage and dosage of tobacco
Oral administration: decoction, fresh leaves 9-15; Or have a cigarette. External use: appropriate amount, washed with water; Or make trouble; Or polished and trimmed.
5. Side effects of tobacco
Lung disease, cough, hematemesis and all throat syndrome should not be taken.
1, "Materia Medica Zheng Zheng": This nature belongs to pure yang, which is good at dispersing and used for gloom. If the yang is full, you are more and more impatient, and you are angry and sweaty, you should not use it.
2, "Materia Medica": Yin deficiency, lung dryness, fatigue and vomiting blood, do not use.
3, "Jidong Herbal Medicine": Pregnant women should not take it.
The original form of tobacco
Annual or limited perennial herbs, all glandular hairy; The roots are thick. The stem is 0.7-2 meters high and the base is slightly lignified. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, lanceolate, oblong or ovoid, tapering at the top and tapering at the base into spikes, with a length of 10-30(-70) cm and a width of 8- 15(-30) cm, and the stalks are inconspicuous or winglike. Inflorescence terminal, conical, flowery; Pedicel 5-20 mm long. Calyx tubular or tubular bell-shaped, 20-25 mm long, lobes triangular-lanceolate, different in length; The corolla is funnel-shaped, reddish, the tube is light in color, slightly arched, 3.5-5 cm long, the brim width is 1- 1.5 cm, and the lobes are sharp; Among the stamens, 1 is obviously shorter than the other four, does not extend out of the corolla throat, and the filaments are hairy at the base. Capsule ovoid or oblong, approximately equal to persistent calyx. Seeds round or broadly oblong, about 0.5 mm in diameter. , brown. Flowers and fruits in summer and autumn.
6, the harm of smoking
1, the harm of smoking to the throat
Smoking can cause laryngeal cancer. Laryngeal cancer patients are mostly male. Otolaryngology experts found that most smokers have hoarse throats, which may be related to tar in smoke.
2. The harm of smoking to the heart and blood vessels
Studies have found that smoking can increase the viscosity of platelets in the blood, making it easier for blood to coagulate, thus easily forming thrombus in the coronary artery. At the same time, smoking will also increase the low-density cholesterol in the blood, making it easy for fatty substances to deposit in blood vessels and form coronary atherosclerosis. Smoking will completely block the blood circulation of hands and feet, leading to amputation. Doctors advise smokers to quit smoking immediately if they have high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, heart disease or a family history of heart disease.
3. The harm of smoking to the lungs
Smoking can cause lung cancer. 90% of the total mortality rate is caused by smoking. The prevalence rate of a person who smokes ten cigarettes a day is ten times that of a non-smoker. Smoking is the main cause of chronic obstructive tracheal disease. Because smoking can cause the cilia of bronchial epithelial cells to become shorter and irregular, cause dyskinesia, reduce local resistance and be susceptible to infection. Smokers should have a chest X-ray every 3 to 6 months. If there are symptoms such as dry cough, bloodshot sputum, dull pain in the chest, fever, etc., you should go to the hospital immediately for sputum exfoliated cells examination.
4. The harm of smoking to the stomach
People with gastrointestinal diseases, smoking is enough to make gastrointestinal diseases worse. People with gastric ulcer or duodenal ulcer will slow down the healing of ulcer and even become chronic diseases. Smoking can stimulate the nervous system, accelerate the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, make the gastrointestinal tract often tense, and lead to the loss of appetite of smokers. In addition, nicotine can also contract gastrointestinal mucosal blood vessels and reduce appetite.
5. The harm of smoking to bones
The recovery period of fracture of smokers is longer than that of non-smokers. Smoking more than ten cigarettes a day will double the prevalence of periostitis. Most people with severe back pain are addicted to smoking, because smoking will reduce the blood flow of the articular disc and the articular disc will degenerate early. Smoking can lead to arthritis. Smoking a pack of cigarettes a day will increase the prevalence rate by 50%.
6. The harm of smoking to the liver
Smoking will increase the burden on the liver. Regular smoking will affect the lipid metabolism of the liver, increase blood lipid, decrease benign cholesterol and increase malignant cholesterol. This has caused the burden of detoxification function of the liver to increase.
7. The harm of smoking to the intestine
Smoking can lead to colon cancer. The risk of this kind of cancer is directly proportional to the amount of smoking. Research shows that although quitting smoking can reduce the risk of heart disease, lung cancer and other diseases, the risk of colon cancer is still high.
8. The harm of smoking to the eyes
Smoking can lead to cataracts and affect vision. Research shows that there are twice as many cataract patients who smoke more than one pack a day as those who never smoke.
9. The harm of smoking to reproductive system
Smoking has an inhibitory effect on the nerve center of the spinal cord, which weakens the desire of men who smoke, and because smoking will make blood vessels contract and spasm, it will cause peripheral blood circulation disorder. Therefore, smoking is the main cause of impotence. Australia and Canada have printed this information directly on cigarette packets. In addition, smoking will affect sperm motility and increase abnormal sperm, and it will take three to six months to return to normal after quitting smoking. If you want a smart and healthy child, baby experts advocate that you must give up smoking for three to six months.