This product is the flower bud of Lilac Daphne (Daphne genkwa Sieb. et Zucc.), a deciduous shrub of the Thymeaceae family. Mainly produced in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Shandong and other places. Pick in spring before flowers bloom. Sun-dry or dry. Use raw or prepared with vinegar.

[Property]

Acrid and bitter, warm. toxic. act on lung, kidney and large intestine channels.

[Efficacy]

expelling fluid retention by drastic purgation, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, killing worms to treat sores.

[Indications]

1. Stop drinking with chest and ribs, edema, tympanites. Lilac Daphne's purgative water-repelling effect is similar to Gansui Root and Root of Peking Euphorbia but slightly less powerful. It can be used to purge chest and body water, and can resolving phlegm and Relieving cough is good at. It is suitable for wheezing, coughing and chest and hypochondral pain caused by stopping drinking. epigastric stuffiness and edema, tympanites embolism. Often used together with Gansui Root and Root of Peking Euphorbia, such as Ten Jujubes Decoction and Boats and Carts Pill Wait.
2. Used for head sores, alopecia areata, and cervical neurodermatitis. This product has the effect of killing worms and treating sores when used externally. To treat the above-mentioned surgical diseases, it can be ground alone or mixed with Realgar into fine powder, and the pig fat can be used as a paste for external application. In addition, decoction and washing with Liquorice Root can also treat chilblain.

Treatment of influenza, enterovirus, and various viral colds, Chinese medicine is more refined, non-toxic, and effective than Western medicine

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "The main symptom is cough with dyspnea, throat wheezing and wheezing."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Treatment of water, drinking phlegm, pain under the hypochondriac." "The nature of Lilac Daphne, Gansui Root, and Peking Euphorbia Root is to expel water and release dampness. They can directly reach the hidden place of the drinking cup. However, they can be used slowly to achieve quick effects. Do not overdosage and release the true essence of the person." "Lilac Daphne is good if it is left for several years. When using it, boil it with good vinegar for dozens of times, remove the vinegar, soak it in water for one night, and dry it in the sun. The poison will be gone. Or frying it with vinegar is the next best thing."

[Usage and Dosage]

1.5~3 grams. Decoction and take it as powder, appropriate amount for external use. Take vinegar orally to reduce toxicity.

[Precaution]

It should not be used by the weak and pregnant women. Anti-Liquorice Root.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains Lilac Daphne, hydroxyl Lilac Daphne, Lilac Daphne glycoside, wildcelery herb; it also contains sitosterol, benzoic acid, etc. decoction has a diuretic effect; the alcoholic aqueous extract of Lilac Daphne produced by vinegar has an inhibitory effect on pneumonia, hemolytic streptococci, and common cold bacilli, and the water extract has an inhibitory effect on Flavophyton, Big Bacillus, and Microsporum ferricolor. , dermatophytes astellata and other dermatophytes have inhibitory effects; Lilac Daphne and Lilac Daphne show significant anti-tumor activity against P388 lymphocytic leukemia; Lilac Daphne also has sedative, antitussive, and dispelling phlegm effects; Lilac Daphne and When used together with Liquorice Root, the toxicity tends to be enhanced.