Origin of the name
The Tang Dynasty literati Li Ao once wrote "The Biography of He Shouwu". He Shouwu was originally the name of a person, and later Li Shizhen renamed the original "Night Friendship Vine" to "He Shouwu" according to historical records.
According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica",Polygonum multiflorum has one wild seedling, two Jiaoteng, three Yehe, four goblins, and fivePolygonum multiflorum. Ben out of Shunzhou present-day Jinxing County, Jiangnan Zhu Dao.
Sexual taste - bitter, sweet, astringent, warm. Return to the liver, heart and kidney meridians.
He Shouwu is said to have been discovered by He Tian'er, a native of Nanhe County, Shunzhou (present-day Luchuan County, Guangxi) in 813, who took it all year round and lived to be 160 years old. Mainly produced in Henan, Hubei, Guizhou, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Guangxi and other places.
Chemical composition
Contains phenolic compounds, the root contains chrysophanol, emodin, rheinic acid, in addition, it contains starch 45.2%, crude fat 3.1%, lecithin 3.7%, etc ,mainly chrysophanol and emodin, followed by rheinic acid, emodin methyl ether, chrysophanol anthradone and hydroxyanthraquinone derivatives, namely edible rheinin and 2, 3, 5,4′ tetrahydroxystilbene 2O β D glucoside, the latter is considered to be the main active ingredient of multiflorum hypolipidemia. In addition, it contains starch, lecithin, crude fat, tannic acid, minerals, etc. After the preparation of Shou Wu, the content of anthraquinone derivative, the active ingredient of laxative, was reduced, and the toxicity was significantly reduced.
Attending
Detoxification, carbuncle elimination, laxative. For scrototic carbuncles, rubella, itching, dry bowel and constipation; Hyperlipidemia.
1. Osteochondral wind disease (pain in the waist and knees, itching all over the body, difficulty walking). UsePolygonum multiflorum (preferably with patterns) and one pound of hyssop, soak in good wine for seven nights, take out and dry, mash, add jujube meat and into meatballs, such as wokzi large. Thirty to fifty pills per serving. Hollow service, wine delivered.
2. Pain in the skin (I don't know where the pain is). Rub withPolygonum multiflorum Mo and ginger juice, wrap it in cloth, and iron it with the soles of the shoes.
3. Self-sweating. WithPolygonum multiflorum Mo, adjust the saliva and seal the umbilicus.
4. Blood under the intestinal wind. Use He Dao Wu two two, research as the end. Two dollars per serving, served before meals, rice soup is sent.
5. Bleeding from the wound. Apply it withPolygonum multiflorum Mo to stop. There are special effects.
6. Scabies and tuberculosis (broken or not, down to the chest can be treated), wash withPolygonum multiflorum root, chew raw every day, and take leaves to mash and apply to the affected area.
7. Carbuncle poisonous sores. UsePolygonum multiflorum unlimited, fry on a wenwu fire, add the same amount of wine, and after frying several times, store the wine and drink it at any time; Take the medicinal residue and bake it, grind it as the end, and cook the noodles with wine to make balls, such as wokzi large. Thirty pills per serving, hollow serving, warm wine sent. After the disease is cured, the medicine can be taken regularly.
8. Gale and boil. UsePolygonum multiflorum (preferably large and patterned) one catty, soak rice water for seven days, steam and dry several times, add four taels of flax, steam and dry again, research as the end, two dollars per serving, wine is sent, and serve twice a day.
9. Scabies. Divide it into equal parts ofPolygonum multiflorum and District Leaves, and take a bath in decoction soup to relieve pain and build muscles. Bathing withPolygonum multiflorum stem and leaf decoction is also effective.
Dosage
6 ~ 12g. Replenishing sperm and blood should be prepared; detoxification, malaria interception, moisturizing the intestines should be used; the work of freshPolygonum multiflorum moisturizing the intestines is better than that of Sheng Shou Wu.
