drug name | Common Bletilla Pseudobulb |
[Variety Source]
This product is the tuber of common bletilla pseudobulb (Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Reichb.f.), a perennial herbaceous plant of the Orchidaceae family. Mainly produced in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang and other places. Excavate in summer and autumn, remove the residual stems and fibrous roots, wash them, boil them in boiling water until there is no white core, remove the outer skin and dry them in the sun. Slice and use raw.
[Property]
bitter, sweet and astrient, cold. act on lung, stomach and liver channels.
[Efficacy]
Astringent and hemostasis, resolving swelling to promote tissue regeneration.
[Indications]
- It is used for internal and external hemorrhagic syndrome. Such as hemoptysis, epistaxis, hematemesis, bloody stool and traumatic bleeding. Its quality is sticky and astringent, and it is an important medicine for astringing and stopping bleeding. Good hemostatic effect. To treat internal bleeding, grind the single flavor into powder and mix it with sticky rice soup, such as the prescription Unique Saint Powder; it is often used clinically with Sanqi Used together with powder, it can enhance the hemostatic effect without causing static blood retention. To treat hemoptysis with damaged lung collaterals, if lung yin is insufficient, use loquat leaf, Donkey-hide Gelatin, etc., such as "Key Points of Syndrome and Treatment" common bletilla pseudobulb loquat Pills; if lung qi is insufficient, use Ginseng, Astragalus Root and other tonifying qi to absorb blood. To treat gastric bleeding, hematemesis and bloody stool, it is often used with cuttlebone sepium, that is, Wuji powder. In modern clinical practice, this product is used to treat upper consumptive thirst, gastrointestinal bleeding and pulmonary subcutaneous node cavity bleeding. It not only has a good hemostatic effect, but is also effective in promoting ulcer healing, absorption of subcutaneous node lesions, closure of cavities, and conversion of phlegm bacteria. To treat traumatic bleeding, it can be ground into powder and mixed externally.
- Used for carbuncles, burns, skin rhagades, anal fissure, etc. This product can resolving swelling to promote tissue regeneration. To treat sores and ulcers, subduing swelling and dissipating bind can be used for those who have just started to treat them. Lonicera, Gleditisia Spine, Snakegourd Root, etc. are often used, such as Waike Zhengzong Dissipates internally; if the carbuncle has ulcerated and has not closed for a long time, it can be used to promote muscle growth and reduce the ulcer. It is often ground into powder for external use. To treat burns, Giant Knotweed can be prepared into a medicine membrane for external use, which can reduce inflammation, relieve pain, and promote muscle growth and inflammation. To treat skin rhagades and anal fissure, powder Sesame Oil can be mixed and applied to promote the healing of cracks.
[Documentation]
- Benjing: "Mainly used for carbuncles, malignant sores, gangrene, damage to yin dead muscle, pathogenic qi in the stomach."
- Bencao Huiyan : "Common bletilla pseudobulb is a medicine that astringes qi, exudes phlegm, stops bleeding, and eliminates carbuncles. This medicine is extremely sticky, extremely astringent, bitter in taste, and cold in nature. It is good at entering the lung meridian. If the lung lobes are damaged, blood stasis will be blocked due to heat. For those who are seriously ill, grind it and take it daily. It can strengthen the lungs, seal and heal the damaged carbuncles, relieve ulcers, remove dead muscles, and cleanse the pus and blood. It has the wonderful effect of revitalizing the old and regenerating the new."
[Usage and Dosage]
Decoction, 3~10g; powder, 2~5g each time. Appropriate amount for external use.
[Precaution]
Anti-Aconite Mother Root.
[Modern Pharmacology]
This product contains 56.75% to 60.15% mucus, which contains a variety of polysaccharides, volatile oils and starch. It can help shorten the coagulation time and inhibit fibrinolysis, and has good local hemostatic effect. This is related to the mucus contained in it and can form artificial thrombus to stop bleeding. In vitro tests have significant inhibitory effects on subcutaneous node bacilli.
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