This product is an annual climbing herbaceous plant of the Convolvulaceae family, lobedleaf pharbitis seed (Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy) or lobedleaf pharbitis seed (Pharbitis purpurea (L.) ) Ripe seeds of Choisy). Those with gray-black surface are called Black Pharbitis Seed, and those with light yellow surface are called White Pharbitis Seed. They are used equally. Produced in most parts of the country. Harvest when the fruits are ripe in autumn. Dry. Use raw or fried.

[Property]

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

[Efficacy]

To purge, expel water, remove accumulation, killing worms.

1. For edema, tympanites. Pharbitis Seed is bitter and cold, has a purgative nature, and can facilitate the bowel movement to eliminate water and dampness. Although its water removal effect is slightly slower than Gansui Root and Root of Peking Euphorbia , but it is still a toxic and drastic purgation product, so it is suitable for those with healthy qi and excess syndrome/pattern. If edema begins to swell and has difficulty in defecation, it can be ground into powder alone or mixed with fennel fruit and mixed with ginger juice; for those with more serious symptoms, it can be mixed with Gansui Root , Root of Peking Euphorbia are equivalent, such as Boats and Carts Pill.
2. For phlegm-fluid retention in asthma and cough. This product can also relieve lung qi and improve phlegm-fluid retention. To treat lung qi stagnation, phlegm-fluid retention, wheezing, coughing, and swollen face, it is often used with Pepperweed Seed, Bitter Apricot Seed, tangerine peel YAO> Same as Pharbitis Seed powder.
3. Used for intestinal stomach excess heat retention of food, large constipation knot. Pharbitis Seed has purgative, laxative, and laxative effects. To treat gastrointestinal dampness-heat retention of food, constipation abdominal distension and fullness, or dysentery tenesmus, it can be used with Aucklandia Root, Areca Seed, Immature Orange Fruit can be used together; to treat large constipation knots, it can be used with Peach Kernel, and the honey can be made into pills.
4. Used for abdominal pain due to worm accumulation. This product can remove accumulated killing worms and can eliminate worms through its purgative effect. To treat roundworms, tapeworms and abdominal pain caused by insect accumulation, it can be used together with Areca Seed and Quisqualis Fruit. Grind into powder and take it to enhance the effect of removing accumulated killing worms. .

[Documentation]

1. Bielu: "Mainly lowering the qi, treating the feet to fill the edema, removing wind and poison, and facilitating urination."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "lobedleaf pharbitis seed It has special effects on treating water qi in the lungs, asthma and swelling, lower energizer stagnation, swelling of the waist and back, and large intestinal constipation, but the disease is caused by blood and spleen-stomach weakness and stuffiness and fullness. If you don’t take it immediately or take it regularly, it will hurt the original Qi.”
3. Bencao Zheng: “The traditional prescription for lobedleaf pharbitis seed is mostly powdered pills. If it is used for emergency treatment, it can also be taken with a group of medicines. Big leakage of original qi should be avoided by anyone who is weak."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 3~9g. Take it in powder form as a pill, 1.5 to 3g each time. This product is fried with medicinal properties to slow down.

[Precaution]

It should not be used by pregnant women and should not be used with Croton Fruit.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains Pharbitis Seed glycoside, Pharbitis Seed acid, Nutgall acid and the alkaloids ergot alcohol, naked ergot base, penidine ergot base, isopentide ergot base, and wild hyaline.

1. Pharbitis Seed glycosides decompose into Pharbitis Seed when meeting gall fel and intestinal juice in the intestine, stimulating the intestines, promoting peristalsis, and causing strong diarrhea; there is no difference in the purgative effects of Black Pharbitis Seed and White Pharbitis Seed.
2. It is toxic to the human body. In addition to directly causing vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and mucus and bloody stools, excessive use can also stimulate the kidneys and cause hematuria. In severe cases, it can damage the nervous system and cause speech disorders, unconsciousness, etc.