Since ancient times, Panax notoginseng has been recognized as having significant effects of blood circulation and blood stasis, swelling and pain reduction, and has the reputation of "gold does not change" and "southern sacred grass". Therefore, there are a lot of people who use notoginseng now. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", Li Shizhen called a drug "gold does not change", that is, Panax notoginseng. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", Panax notoginseng is the top grade, which belongs to the traditional Chinese medicine that can be taken regularly and for a long time and prolong life. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "ginseng is the first to replenish qi, and notoginseng is the first to invigorate blood". So how much do we know about this medicine?
Panax notoginseng is named after its form, although Li Shizhen has "its leaves are three on the left and four on the right, so it is called Sanqi". "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Each stem grows seven leaves on the top and three roots on the bottom, hence the name Panax notoginseng."
Panax notoginseng, ginseng and American ginseng are the same plants of the family Panaxaceae, which are mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi and other places. Because "its shape is like ginseng", it is called "ginseng notoginseng"; Because of its ability to alloy sores such as lacquer sticky, it is also known as "mountain paint"; Because of its preciousness, it is called "gold does not change"; It was first named after the production of Tianzhou in Guangxi, so it was called "Tian Sanqi", and later because of the high quality and good effect of the people produced in Yunnan, it was called "Yunnan Sanqi" and "Yunnan Seven". The "Compendium of Medical Forestry" named it "blood ginseng".
Tian Qi of Wenshan, Yunnan
Yunnan Wenshan Panax notoginseng because of the low latitude and high altitude, sufficient sunlight, very suitable for the growth of Panax notoginseng, the planting of Panax notoginseng is of good quality, large yield, and is called "authentic medicinal materials", that is, the common Wenshan Panax notoginseng on the market. In Guangxi, the main production area of Panax notoginseng is Tianzhou, so the Panax notoginseng produced here is also known as "Tian Sanqi" or "Tian Qi".
Wenshan is known as the "hometown of China's Panax notoginseng", and the best Panax notoginseng in China grows in the mountains and mountains of Wenshan.
Diet
Panax notoginseng porridge: 3g of notoginseng powder, 5 jujubes, 100g of japonica rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash the japonica rice, remove the pit and wash the jujube, then put it in the casserole with Panax notoginseng powder, add an appropriate amount of water to cook the porridge, and when the porridge is about to be made, add rock sugar juice. Take 2 times daily. Nourish blood and stop bleeding, dispel blood stasis and clear heat. It is used for bleeding and other bleeding disorders.
Egg notoginseng powder: 1 egg (opened), 3g of notoginseng powder, 10ml of lotus root juice, 5ml of aged wine. Stew cooked food across water. Eliminate stasis and stop bleeding. Indications for hemoptysis.
Chinese medicine
The traditional Chinese medicine Panax notoginseng is the dried roots and rhizomes of the Panax notoginseng plant of the Pentaceae family. It is mainly produced in Yunnan and Guangxi. Dig before the autumn flowers bloom, wash them, separate the taproots, branch roots and rhizomes, and dry them. The branch root is commonly known as "tendon strip", and the rhizome is commonly known as "cut mouth". This product has a slight gas and light taste. It is better to be large, weight, solid in quality, and gray-green in section. Slice, or mash, or grind finely powdered.
Its taste is sweet, slightly bitter, and warm. Return to the liver and stomach meridians. It has the effect of dispersing stasis and stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and pain.
Note: 1. Pregnant women should not use it. 2. Individual patients taking this product can cause nausea, frequent vomiting, bleeding tendency, and allergic drug rash; It can even affect the conduction system of the heart.
"Compendium of Materia Medica": "Its taste is slightly sweet and bitter, quite similar to ginseng, ginseng is the first to replenish qi, notoginseng is the first to replenish blood, the taste is the same and the work is also equal, it is the most precious among the medicines."
"New Edition of Materia Medica": "Panax notoginseng, the magic medicine of hemostasis, regardless of the blood of the upper, middle and lower, where there is an external Yue, it is also effective for exclusive use, and it is more divine when added to the blood and qi tonifying medicine." The cover medicine can be replenished without boiling, and the tonic can be stopped and there is a quiet rest. ”
The grade of Sanqi
The grade of notoginseng is distinguished by the number of heads in the national standard. The so-called number of notoginseng refers to the number of notoginseng in every 500 grams (that is, 1 city catty). For example, 20 heads of notoginseng, that is, about 20 notoginseng in 500 grams. There are 20 to 200 heads, the smaller the number of heads, the larger the size of Panax notoginseng, the better the quality, the higher the total saponin content of Panax notoginseng, the higher the medicinal value; The higher the number of heads, the lower the quality.
Seeking Truth in Materia Medica
Panax notoginseng (specialized in the liver and stomach. It also enters the heart and intestines. Also known as mountain paint. Shi Zhen said. or cloud energy alloy sores. Such as lacquer sticky also. Sweet and bitter, slightly cold and warm. The world only knows the function of stopping bleeding and stopping pain. As everyone knows, the pain is painful due to blood stasis. If the blood is dispersed, the bleeding stops. Panax notoginseng smells bitter and warm. It can differentiate its blood stasis in blood. Try to enter the blood into the three-seven. then the blood swirls into water. This is not a safflower comfrey. Therefore, all gold-edged knives and scissors are made. and the sore and bleeding of the sand did not stop. Chew it up. or for the end to seep its blood. Stop. (Shi Zhen said.) When receiving the rod. Take one or two dollars first. then the blood does not rush. It is especially advisable to take it after the cane. and vomit blood. Bloody dysentery. The collapse and leakage of the menstrual water do not stop. Postpartum lochia. It is advisable to chew on your own. Or the end. Rice drink is sent down to heal. And the tiger bites the snake and the blood can be treated. (Same as blood exhaustion.) This is the medicine of Yang Ming and Yin blood. Therefore, it can cure all blood diseases. A kind of garden planter. Pound with seedlings. The swelling and poison disappear immediately. It also means to scatter blood. (A spring-growing seedling.) Xia is three or four feet tall. The leaves are like chrysanthemum, and the strength is thick and sharp. The stems have red ridges. Yellow flowers bloom in summer and autumn. Rui is like a golden thread. Panniu is cute. And the gas is not fragrant. The dried flowers are spit like bitter wadding. The roots and leaves are sweet. Treatment of gold sores, bruises and bleeding. and the disease is very effective. The cloud is three-seven. And the roots are as big as burdock roots. It's not the same as those from the south. I'm afraid it's Liu Jinu's genus. It is easy to multiply. Widely produced like ginseng is. (Shi Zhen said.) This medicine was recently produced in the Nanren army. It is used as a medicine for gold sores. The clouds are miraculous. There is a knot. Good research and use.
"Materia Medica"
Thirty-seven. A mountain lacquer. Diarrhoea, disperse stasis, and fix pain. Sweet and bitter and lukewarm. Scatter blood and fix pain.
Treatment of vomiting blood, blood dysentery and blood collapse, red carbuncle (vinegar grinding and dispersing, broken for the end of the mixture). For gold sores and cane sores to ask for medicine (when the rod is taken first, the blood will not rush to the heart; Apply it after the cane, remove stasis, reduce swelling and heal. It is about the medicine of Yang Ming and Yin blood, so it treats blood diseases).
This medicine has recently come out, and the army is relying on it. Those who come from the cave in Guangxi are slightly similar to Baiqi and Rehmannia radix, have knots, taste slightly sweet, and are quite similar to ginseng. In the end mixed with pig blood, the blood turns into water (close to one, the leaves are like chrysanthemum, and the strength is thick and there are Qi tips, the stem has red ridges, the yellow flowers bloom in summer and autumn, the stamen is like golden silk, the coil button is lovely, and the gas is not fragrant, the root is as big as burdock, and the taste is very sweet. "Easy Reproduction" cloud is Sanqi, which is very effective in treating gold sores and blood diseases, which is different from those who come from Nanzhong).
《Herbs》
Thirty-seven
"Release" mountain lacquer and gold are not changed.
The "smell" (root) is sweet, slightly bitter, warm and non-toxic.
"Lord"
1. Vomiting blood and coughing up blood. With three hundred and seventy-one coins, chew it and send it down with rice soup.
2. Red dysentery and bloody dysentery. Use 373 money, grind fine, and wash rice and water to adjust.
3. Blood in the large intestine. Use notoginseng to grind finely, and mix one to two coins with light white wine. Three servings can be cured.
4. Bleeding in women. Ibid.
5. Severe red eye. I use the juice of Panax notoginseng and apply it around the eyes, and it is very effective.
6. Nameless carbuncle and pain. Mix with notoginseng rice vinegar; If the carbuncle has been broken, it should be finely dry coated with notoginseng.
7. Tiger bite wounds. Use Panax notoginseng to grind finely, three dollars per serving, and send down the rice soup. Take another notoginseng chew and apply it to the wound.
Modern pharmacology
It has hemostatic effect and can shorten the coagulation time of rabbits; It has a significant anticoagulant effect, can inhibit platelet aggregation, promote fibrinolysis, and reduce the viscosity of whole blood; It can increase the coronary flow of anesthetized animals, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption, promote the formation of collateral circulation in the coronary artery infarction area, increase cardiac output and have anti-arrhythmic effects; It has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and sedative effects; In addition, it also has the effects of enhancing adrenal cortical function, regulating glucose metabolism, liver protection, anti-aging, anti-tumor and anti-liver fibrosis.
Time: 2024