This product is the above-ground part of the annual herbaceous plant Schizonepeta (Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briq.) of the Lamiaceae family. Mainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. Many lines of artificial cultivation. Harvested in autumn and winter, dried in the shade and cut into sections. Used raw, stir-frying to yellow or stir-frying to scorch.

[Property]

Acrid, slightly warm. act on lung and liver channels.

[Efficacy]

It dispels wind, promotes eruption and eliminates sores, and stir-frying to scorch to stop bleeding.

[Indications]

1. For external exterior contraction syndrome/pattern. This product has a pungent aroma, is good at dispersing wind, is lukewarm but not strong, has medicinal properties and is gentle, and can be used in both exterior cold and exterior heat. Used to treat wind-cold common cold, aversion to cold with fever, headache without sweating, often combined with Saposhnikovia Root, Notopterygium, Pubescent Angelica and other medicines, such as Schizonepeta and Saposhnikovia Toxin-Vanquishing Powder; for the treatment of common cold, headache red eye, pungent-cool exterior-releasing medicinal Lonicera, Forsythia , Mentha and other combinations of medicinals, such as Lonicera and Forsythia Powder.
2. For use on measles, rubella cutaneous pruitus. This product is lightly dispersed, dispelling wind, relieving itching, and dispersing rash poison.
3. It is used to treat exterior pathogens and measles in children. It is often used in the same way as Cicada Slough, Mentha, Arnebia and other drugs. Used, such as promoting eruption soup; combination of medicinals Sophora, Saposhnikovia Root, Red Peony Root are used equally to treat rubella cutaneous pruitus , or eczema itching and pain, such as Wind-Dispersing Powder.
4. Used for sore and ulcer with exterior syndrome/pattern at first. This product disperses wind, releases exterior, and has the effect of eliminating sores, so it can be used for sores and ulcers. Those who are prone to wind-cold at the beginning of the disease often use combination of medicinals Notopterygium, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, Pubescent Angelica and other medicines can be used together, such as Toxin-Vanquishing Powder; for those who prefer wind-heat, always use it with Lonicera, Forsythia , Bupleurum and other combinations of medicinals, such as Yinqiao Toxin-Vanquishing Powder.
5. Used for vomiting blood from epistaxis. This product stir-frying to scorch is good at regulating blood and stopping bleeding. It can be used for various types of hemorrhage, treating blood-heat disorder, hematemesis and epistaxis. It is often used in combination of medicinals Unprocessed Rehmannia Root 黄, lalang grass rhizome, Platycladus and other blood-cooling hemostatic; treat bloody stool, hemorrhoids, always with Sanguisorba, Sophora Flower, Skullcap Root are equivalent to charcoal; to treat metrorrhagia and metrostaxis bleeding in women, carbonized windmill-palm petiole, Carbonized Human Hair, lotus seed pot charcoal and other stemming metrorrhagia and stopping bleeding medicines.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Lord Hanre, rat fistula, scrofula sores, static blood, except fixed arthralgia."
2. Bencao Gangmu : "Dissipates wind and heat, clears the head and eyes, disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx and throat, eliminates sores and swelling, cures strong nuchal, black flowers in the eyes and sore vaginal discharge, hematemesis, epistaxis, bleeding, bloody dysentery, metrorrhagia, hemorrhoids fistula disease 》

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoction, 3 to 10g, should not be decocted for a long time. Post promoting eruption It is better to use it raw to eliminate sores; it is better to use it stir-fried to stop bleeding.

This product contains volatile oil, the main components of which are d-Mentha ketone, racemic Mentha ketone and a small amount of d-limonene.

1. Schizonepeta decocted with water can enhance skin blood circulation, increase sweat gland secretion, and has a weak antipyretic effect.
2. It has a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and diphtheria bacilli, and has a certain inhibitory effect on disease caused by cold bacilli, dysentery bacilli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and human subcutaneous node bacilli.
3. Schizonepeta Charcoal has a hemostatic effect.
4. Methanol and vinegar ethyl extracts of Schizonepeta both have certain analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, with the latter being stronger.