This product is the mature fruit of Trichosanthis Fruit (Frichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.) and Trichosanthis Fruit (Trichosanthes rosthornii Harms), a perennial herbaceous vine of the bottle gourd peel family. It is found all over the country and is mainly produced in Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Shandong, Jiangsu and other places. Harvested in autumn, the shells and seeds are dried separately for raw use. Or use it for crystallizing or powdering.

[Property]

sweet and slightly bitter, cold. act on lung, stomach and large intestine channels.

[Efficacy]

clearing heat and resolving phlegm, soothing the chest to dissipate bind, moistening intestines to relieve constipation.

1. It is used for cough and asthma due to phlegm-heat. This product has the effect of clearing the lung and resolving phlegm. This product alone can be used to treat diaphragmatic fever, cough, phlegm and asthma in children that are not cured for a long time. For example, "Xuanming Lun" can moisten the lungs and dryness. It is often used clinically with Anemarrhena and Thunberg Fritillary Bulb Equivalent. If the phlegm is hot and internally knotted, the phlegm is yellow and thick, the chest is tight and the stool is not smooth, you can also take Skullcap Root, Bile Arisaema, Immature Orange Fruit, etc., such as Qi-Clearing and Phlegm-Resolving Pill. In modern times, Trichosanthis Fruit injection has been effective in treating asthmatic tracheitis and lung heart disease asthma.
2. Used for chest impediment, thoracic accumulation, etc. This product can not only clear resolving phlegm heat, but also sooth the chest to dissipate bind. To treat chest impediment caused by phlegm, turbidity, and chest yang obstruction, it can be used with Longstamen Onion Bulb, such as Trichosanthes, Chinese Chive and White Liquor Decoction, Trichosanthes, Chinese Chive and Pinellia Decoction. To treat heat accumulation, chest, chest and diaphragm stuffiness and fullness, and pain when pressing, use Coptis Rhizome, Pineilia, such as Minor Chest Bind Decoction . In modern times, it has been used to treat coronary heart disease, either alone or as a compound formula, all of which are effective. If qi depression is predominant, go with Aquilaria, Curcuma Root, Cyperus, etc.; if blood stasis is predominant, go with Salvia, Peach Kernel, Carthamus, etc.
3. Used for lung abscess, intestinal abscess, acute mastitis, etc. This product can subduing swelling and dissipating bind. To treat lung abscess, cough and vomiting pus and blood, use Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb, Reed Rhizome and the like; to treat intratestinal abscess, use Patrinia , red algae, etc. can be used equally; to treat the initial onset of acute mastitis, redness, swelling, heat and pain, use Chinese Angelica, frankincense, myrrh, such as Furen Liangfang Magical Trichosanthis Fruit Powder; it can also be used with Dandelion, Lonicera, Great Burdock Achene Equivalent.
4. Used for constipation of intestinal dryness. Trichosanthis Fruit has the function of moistening intestines to relieve constipation, and is often used with Hemp Seed, Bush Cherry Seed and the like.

[Documentation]

1. Bielu: "The main chest impediment, pleasing people's faces."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Moisten the lungs and dryness, reduce fire, cure cough, Clearing up phlegm knots, disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx throat, relieving consumptive thirst, relieving intestinal inflammation, and eliminating carbuncle and sores. "
3. Bencaoshu: "Trichosanthis Fruit is solid, thick and greasy, so it is. It is a medicine for treating hot and dry phlegm. If it is used for cold phlegm, warm phlegm, phlegm caused by qi deficiency, or phlegm caused by food accumulation, it will be useless and harmful."

[Usage and Dosage]

[Precaution]

This product is sweet, cold and slippery. It should not be used by those with spleen deficiency, loose stool and damp phlegm. Those with cold phlegm should not use it. Anti-Aconite Mother Root.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains triterpene saponins, organic acids and salts, resins, sugars and pigments. The seeds contain fatty oils, saponins, etc. Trichosanthis Fruit peel contains a variety of amino acids and alkaloids.

1. The saponins and total amino acids in the skin have a dispelling phlegm effect;
2. Trichosanthis Fruit injection has a coronal expansion effect on the isolated guinea pig heart;
3. It can treat acute myocardial ischemia in rats caused by the posterior pituitary gland. It has obvious protective effect on blood;
4. and has the effect of lowering blood lipids.
5. It has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, hemolytic Streptococcus and influenzae bacteria.
6. Trichosanthis Fruit kernels have a purgative effect.