This product is the whole herb of the Asteraceae plant, also known as chicken intestine grass, starry sky, ground pepper, etc. It was first published in "Edible Materia Medica", and it is also recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica". In summer and autumn, the flowers are harvested, washed away and dried.
【Trait characteristics】
The dried whole grass of this product is intertwined into a clump, gray-green or brown, the stem is thin and multi-branched, the color is dark, the quality is brittle and easy to break, the section is yellow and self-colored, there is a white pith in the center or has formed a hollow, the leaves are small, wrinkled, and the fragmentation is incomplete. The complete leaves are spoon-shaped, with 3~5 serrations on the edge, and the leaf veins are not obvious; the quality is extremely brittle, easy to crumble; the capitate inflorescence is small, spherical, yellow or yellow-brown; it smells slightly aromatic, it is irritating when smelling for a long time, and the taste is bitter and slightly pungent.
【Sexual Taste and Return】
The taste is pungent, the sex is warm, and it belongs to the lungs and liver meridians.
【Functions and Indications】
It has the effect of diverging wind and cold, clearing the nose and relieving cough. It is used for wind-chill headache, cough with phlegm, nasal congestion, and runny nose.
[Utility Analysis]
The goose does not eat grass and disperses warmth, the main enters the lung meridian, and the function disperses wind and cold, but the medicinal power is weak, and the general wind cold and cold are rarely used. Because it is long in the nasal passages, it is mainly used for nasal congestion, runny nose and headache caused by wind and cold, and can be combined with other diffuse wind and cold and Xuantong nasal passages. The goose does not eat grass and the temperature rises and disperses, enters the lung meridian, can pass the lung orifice, and improves the nasal gas, so it can be used to treat nasal polyps and nasal congestion and headache. Modern clinical treatment is mostly used for rhinitis (including acute rhinitis, chronic simple rhinitis, hypertrophic rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, etc.), nasal administration, a variety of dosage forms, single or compound compatibility.
【Compatible Applications】
1. Geese don't eat grass with Xanthella and Xinyi. The three medicines can diffuse wind and cold and promote lung clearance, and are all commonly used drugs for the treatment of rhinophora and nasal abyss. The compatibility of the three medicines can enhance the power of diverging wind and cold, promoting lung and opening the lungs, and is commonly used to treat wind and cold nasal congestion and nasal congestion of rhinological diseases, and is often used with Angelica dahurica and Asarium sinensis.
2. Goose does not eat grass with ephedra and fine spice. Goose does not eat grass and can diffuse wind and cold, and slightly dissolve phlegm and relieve cough; ephedra is good at sweating and relieving the surface, and relieves asthma; fine pungent is good at diverging wind and cold, warming the lungs and drinking. The combination of the three can diffuse wind and cold, dissolve phlegm, relieve cough and asthma, and often treat cough and phlegm caused by cold phlegm.
【Identification Application】
Pseudo-flea, caryophyllaceae, also known as bell grass, finch eggs, chicken intestine grass, the whole plant has white pubescence. Stems clustered, branched from roots, lower part flat, leaves small, round-ovate, sparsely pubescent on both sides, with fine papillary glandular points; sparse branch ends of polyumbel inflorescences; bracts and bracts phyllophyllous, ovate, densely pubescent; petals obovate, white, entire, seeds kidney-shaped, light brown, densely covered verrucous protrusions; no irritating odor, sweet and slightly bitter in the mouth. Although flea can be used in medicine, it does not have the effects of goose not eating grass to diverge wind and cold, clearing the nose, relieving cough, etc., so it cannot replace goose not eating grass into medicine.
【Commonly used medicinal diets】
1. Dispelling wind, strengthening the stomach and eliminating food: 9g of goose does not eat grass, 5g of chicken inner gold, and 50g of lean meat. Wrap the goose without grass and gauze, crush the gold in the chicken, and then put it into the stew Gu with the lean meat, simmer for about 40 minutes, and finally add salt to taste.
2. Rhinitis and allergic rhinitis: geese do not eat grass and petroleum jelly are appropriate. Usage: Dry the goose without grass, grind it finely, add petroleum jelly to make 10%-20% ointment, use a little each, apply it into the nasal mucosa, 2~3 times a day.
【Examples of over-the-counter medicines】
1. Rhinitis tablets
Composition of drugs: wild chrysanthemum, skullcap, pig bile powder, ephedra, peppermint oil, goose herbivorous herb, xanthium, patchouli, angelica, chlorpheniramine maleate.
Function and indications: clear away heat and detoxify, promote lung clearance, reduce swelling and relieve pain. It is used for acute and chronic rhinitis and allergic rhinitis caused by wind evil and lungs.
2. Gram dysentery capsules
Drug composition: Angelica dahurica, Atractylodes atractylodes, calamus, asaroxin, long pepper, goose does not eat grass, pig tooth soap, cloves, saltpeter, alum, realgar, borneol.
Function and indications: It has the effect of detoxification and decontamination, regulating qi and stopping diarrhea. It is used for diarrhea, dysentery and heat stroke.
Reviewers: Chen Shedai, Chief Pharmacist of the Department of Pharmacy of Zhongshan People's Hospital, Liu Ruifeng
Author: Deng Guixin, deputy chief pharmacist of the Department of Pharmacy of Zhongshan People's Hospital