drug name | Chastetree Fruit |
[Variety Source]
This product is a small deciduous shrub plant of the European Verbena Herb family, single-leaf vine (Vitex trifolia L. var. simplicifolia Cham.) or three-leaf vine (Vitex trifolia L. ) of ripe fruit. Mainly produced in Shandong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Fujian. Many lines of wild. Harvested in summer, dried in the shade, used raw or fried.
[Property]
Acrid and bitter, slightly cold. act on bladder, liver and stomach channels.
[Efficacy]
releasing exterior with pungent-cool, clearing and disinhibiting the head and eyes.
[Indications]
- It is used for common cold and headache head wind. This product is pungent and can dispel wind, is slightly cold and clears away heat. It is light and ascending. It mainly disperses evils on the head and face. It has the effect of dispelling wind to relieve pain. It is used to treat external contraction, wind-heat, headache and dizziness. It is often used with Chrysanthemum Flower, Mentha are used synonymously, headache head wind is often used synonymously with Puncturevine Caltrop Fruit, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, Uncaria.
- Used for red eye swelling and pain, blurred vision and excessive tears. This product can release exterior with pungent-cool, clearing and disinhibiting the head and eyes, so it can be used to treat wind-heat attack, red eye swelling and pain, blurred vision and excessive tears. It is often used with Chrysanthemum Flower, Cicada Slough, Gentian are equivalent; this product has medicinal properties that increase hair, clearing and disinhibiting the head and eyes, and is equivalent to Astragalus Root, Tangshen and Peony Root are equally used, and can also be used to treat symptoms such as failure of clear yang to rise, nebula disorder, tinnitus deafness, etc., such as tonifying qi smartness Soup.
- In addition, taking advantage of the effect of dispelling wind to relieve pain, this product can also be used to treat wind-dampness paralysis. It is often used with Notopterygium, Pubescent Angelica, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, Saposhnikovia Root and the like can be used, such as Notopterygium Overcoming Dampness Decoction.
[Documentation]
- Benjing: "Mainly between the muscles and bones Hanre, fixed arthralgia, improving vision and canine teeth."
- Bielu: "Cure head wind pain, cerebral tinnitus, and tears in the eyes."
[Usage and Dosage]
Decoct and take, 5~10g.
[Modern Pharmacology]
This product contains volatile oils, the main components of which are pinene and pinene, and also contains trace amounts of alkaloids, vitamin A, and Chastetree Fruit flavonoids, namely purpurine. Chastetree Fruit has certain sedative, analgesic and antipyretic effects. Distilled extract of Vitex leaves can enhance peripheral and visceral microcirculation.
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