drug name | Floweringqince Fruit |
[Variety Source]
This product is the mature fruit of Rosaceae deciduous shrub Begonia (Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai) and Floweringqince Fruit (Hawthorn) (C. sinensis (Thouin) Koehne) fruit. The former is commonly known as "Wrinkled Flowering Fruit", and the latter is commonly known as "Smooth Flowering Fruit". Mainly produced in Anhui, Sichuan, Hubei and other places. Producers from Xuancheng, Anhui Province call it "Xuan Floweringqince Fruit" and the quality is good. Pick the fruits when they are green and yellow in summer and autumn. Wrinkled-skinned Floweringqince Fruit is blanched in water until the outer skin is off-white, cut in half lengthwise and dried in the sun; smooth-skinned Floweringqince Fruit is cut lengthwise into two or four pieces, blanched in boiling water and dried in the sun. Slice and use raw.
[Property]
sour, warm. act on liver and spleen channels.
[Efficacy]
Relaxing sinew and activating collaterals, dehumidification and stomach.
[Indications]
- Used for wind-dampness arthralgia, muscle spasm, and athlete's foot. This product has good relaxing sinew and activating collaterals effects, and can remove dampness and numbness. It is an important medicine for chronic wind, obstinate impediment and muscle cramps. To treat a strong tendon that cannot be turned sideways, use Floweringqince Fruit with frankincense, myrrh, Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, as Floweringqince Fruit Fried. To treat athlete's foot, swelling and pain, and relieve depression, it is often used in combination with medicinals such as Evodia Fruit and Areca Seed, such as Cock Crow Powder.
- For vomiting and diarrhea spasm. This product can dehumidify and neutralize, relax sinew and activating collaterals to relieve cramps and relieve vomiting and diarrhea. If the dampness turbidity is obstructed, causing vomiting diarrhea and abdominal pain spasm due to abnormal lifting and lowering, it is often associated with Evodia Fruit, Pineilia and Coptis Rhizome Same as Sanyin Fang Floweringqince Fruit Soup, Huoluan Lun Silkworm Excrement Decoction. In addition, this product can digest food and can be used for indigestion.
[Documentation]
- Bielu: "The main fixed arthralgia pathogenic qi, cholera vomiting, spasm does not stop."
- Bencao Zheng: "Floweringqince Fruit, use this The acid can be used to astringe the muscles, and the astringency can strengthen the muscles, and the wood taste is correct. Therefore, it is specially used for the treatment of weakness in the waist and knees, athlete’s foot, and is indispensable for guiding the menstrual flow.”
[Usage and Dosage]
Decoct and take 10-15g.
[Precaution]
It should not be used by those with excessive stomach acid.
[Modern Pharmacology]
Floweringqince Fruit contains saponins, flavonoids, vitamin C, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, etc. In addition, it also contains catalase, peroxidase, tannins, etc. This product has obvious swelling effect on experimental arthritis in animals, and seems to have the effect of alleviating gastrointestinal muscle spasm and fleshy rigidity of limb muscles.
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