I remember when I was a child, there was a little girl in my hometown, because of tuberculosis cough for a long time, she kept coughing, her body gradually weakened, and she was skinny. In fact, Baibu of this flavor of traditional Chinese medicine has been an important medicine for the treatment of tuberculosis since ancient times, and the Northern Song Dynasty's "Zheng Class Materia Medica" believes that Baibu can treat "corpse", the so-called "corpse", in fact, is the modern tuberculosis, corresponding to the main effect of "cough" in the treatment of 100 parts, and was first applied to the human body and trees insect moth, that is, "worm bite and scabies" [1]. This also shows that it is particularly important to improve the clinical level of traditional Chinese medicine.
At present, the Chinese medicine community has always believed that the Baibu was first published in the "Catalogue of Famous Doctors" in the late Han Dynasty under the names of "Yuxiao" and "Arrow", and its efficacy mainly focuses on "treating the lungs and coughing up qi, performing the five organs, and making all kinds of diseases unbearable" [1]. However, Mr. Wang Dequn, an outstanding contemporary herbalist, has made a major discovery in his research on ancient and modern materia medica, and found that the tuber roots of the hundred-part family, such as the hundred-part leaf, the hundred- It turns out that the hundred books have been recorded in the "Shennong's Materia Medica", but it is a pity that the doctors of all dynasties have always believed that the hundred books were the first to come out of the "Famous Doctors", which is a pity.
"Shennong's Materia Medica" records that the main effect of this traditional Chinese medicine is divided into four major points: the first is "the main long-term asthma reversal", that is to say, the main role of the hundred is to treat cough and asthma, and it can treat long-term cough, which is basically the same as the core effect of the hundred in the past generations; the second is for the treatment of "long-term cold and palpitations", that is, for the treatment of cold syndrome, and palpitations and other diseases; the third is for the treatment of "scab scabies and baldness, ulcers" The fourth is to "kill skin insects", from ancient and modern clinical research, it has been found that hundreds can kill all kinds of insects, as said in the "Rihuazi Materia Medica", "kill roundworms, inch white, pinworms, and all tree borers", and as the "Benjing Fengyuan" said, "100 parts for insecticide medicine", and modern also use 100 to kill acares. That is to say, the role of "Herb" contained in the "Shennong's Materia Medica" is basically the same as the usage of the modern Baibu, which shows that the invention of this research has a new direction for the historical origin of the Baibu of this flavor of traditional Chinese medicine, especially the Baibu for the treatment of "long-term cold palpitations", which may be another breakthrough in the pharmacological effect of the Baibu.
From the "Herbs" in "Shennong's Materia Medica", to the "Hundred Roots" in "Famous Doctors", from the "Hundred Grasses" in "Naturalist", to the "Hundred Grasses" in "Hug Puzi", the Hundred Herbs of this flavor of Chinese medicine have finally settled down. "Naturalist" pointed out that the hundred "main cough is very good", so it is also called "cough medicine", but it has not been explained why this plant is called a hundred, until the "Bao Puzi" did not explain this, that "its roots have a hundred, similar as one", which means that the roots of this plant are almost more than 100, so it is called "100 parts". In this regard, Li Shizhen, an outstanding medical scientist and medicine saint in the Ming Dynasty, explained, "There are many roots of one hundred and ten subordinates, such as the Ministry of Wuran", so it is called "one hundred departments". Baibu this flavor of traditional Chinese medicine, from ancient times to the present, its origin is mainly divided into three kinds, that is, erect hundreds, creeping hundreds, and leaves hundreds, although it is three primitives, but the medicinal effects are roughly similar, so these three can be used as hundreds.
For the miraculous effect of the hundred parts, the doctors of the past dynasties paid the most attention to two major points, the most core is the treatment of cough, if it is used to treat wind-cold cough, it can be compatible with traditional Chinese medicine such as nepeta, bellflower, aster, etc.; if it is used to treat wind-heat cough, it can be compatible with traditional Chinese medicine such as ephedra, skullcap, bellflower; if it is used to treat children's cough, it can be compatible with traditional Chinese medicine such as skullcap and mulberry white bark; if it is used for tuberculosis cough, it can be used alone, and it can also be compatible with traditional Chinese medicine such as wheat Dong, Chuanbei, Ejiao. In addition to coughing, the most striking thing about Baibu is to kill insects and relieve itching, the effect of Baibu insecticide is very powerful, almost can kill most of the insects, whether it is tree borers, pinworms, inch white worms, roundworms, or all kinds of lice, mites, flies and other insects, generally with a strong decoction or soaked in liquor, or "with a hundred parts as the end, in the smoke furnace, with bamboo shrouded clothes smoked, lice fall by themselves", you can also "cook soup and laundry".
For the hundred parts of this flavor of traditional Chinese medicine, the medicine saint Li Shizhen believes that "cold cough is appropriate", but the Qing Dynasty famous doctor Zhang Shanlei does not think so, he pointed out in the "Materia Medica" that "although the hundred parts are said to be slightly warm, but moist but not dry, and can open and reduce qi, all cough is not suitable, and especially long-term cough deficiency cough is necessary medicine." In fact, 100 of this flavor of traditional Chinese medicine, in terms of cough suppressant, can not only treat cold cough, but also can treat hot cough, especially for strain cough can be called a must, as said in the "Materia Medica", 100 "phlegm and qi, cure bone steaming cough holy medicine". However, in the process of clinical use of Baibu, later generations of doctors gradually found that the use of honey burning method can alleviate the irritation of the stomach, and can enhance the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, especially for tuberculosis cough, whooping cough and other symptoms of long-term cough and severe cough, but the effect of raw Baibu cough and phlegm, lice killing and insecticide is still very strong, and the appropriate amount for external use should not be too large.
This flavor of Chinese medicine is not only widely praised by doctors throughout the ages, but also has a soft spot for modern pharmacology. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Baibu mainly has antitussive, antibacterial, antitumor and other pharmacological effects [3], and a large number of modern pharmacological studies have shown that Baibu has antitussive, expectorant, insecticidal, antibacterial, antiviral and antioxidant effects, relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle, nerve cell protection, reversal of cancer multidrug resistance, central sedation, analgesia and other effects [4]. In addition, modern pharmacology has done a separate study on Phyllum and found that it not only has an effect on antitussive and asthmatic, insect repellent, antibacterial and antiviral, and relaxation of smooth muscle, but also has a certain inhibitory effect on liver cancer cell lines, neuromuscular conduction, and glutamate-induced responses [5].
Some studies have found that Baibu can be used to treat cough and meningitis, and external use can treat head lice, pubic lice, mites, scabies, acne, rosacea, and fungal infections [4]. It has also been found that the internal administration of the leaf can be used to treat cough, tuberculosis, pneumonia and other diseases, and the external use can treat head lice, pubic lice, vaginitis, mites, eczema, scabies [5] and other diseases. It can be seen that Baibu this flavor of Chinese medicine is not only highly respected in ancient times, but also widely spread in modern times. However, it should be noted that the 100 parts of this flavor of Chinese medicine should not be used excessively, because it has a certain effect of inhibiting the respiratory center, therefore, the dosage needs to be restrained;
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