Another name
Fishing vine, hanging vine, Uncaria hook, Uncaria rhynchophylla, tender hook, Uncaria rhynchophylla, Uncaria rhynchophylla, Uncaria rhynchophylla, Uncaria rhynchophylla, Uncaria hook, upside-down hook, hook ear, Uncaria dichotoma, Uncaria rhynchophylla and barb.
It is Uncaria rhynchophylla (miq). ) Jacques. Uncaria macrophylla Uncaria pubescens Uncaria China. ) Havile. Or Uncaria sessilifolia. Rubiaceae. From the south of the Yangtze River to Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces. Harvest hook-shaped shoots in autumn and winter, remove leaves, cut into sections and dry in the sun. This medicine is sweet in taste and cold in nature. Liver pericardium meridian
The effect is to clear away heat and calm the liver, and calm the wind and calm the alarm.
use
1. Headache and dizziness. This product is cool in nature, mainly enters the liver meridian, and can clear liver heat and calm liver yang, so it can be used to treat head distension, headache, dizziness and other symptoms caused by excessive liver fire or hyperactivity of liver yang. For liver fire, it is often used with Prunella vulgaris, Gentiana scabra, Gardenia jasminoides Ellis and Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi. For liver yang, it is often combined with Gastrodia elata, Concha Haliotidis, Achyranthes bidentata and Eucommia ulmoides. There is also poria cocos, such as Tianma Gouteng drink (a new meaning for treating miscellaneous diseases).
2. Liver wind moves internally and convulsions occur. This product enters the two meridians of liver and pericardium, and has the functions of dispelling wind, relieving spasm and clearing liver heat, so it is especially suitable for extremely hot wind, limb convulsion and febrile convulsion in children. For children with acute convulsion, fever, coma, clenching teeth and hand and foot convulsions, it can be used equally with Gastrodia elata, Scorpio, Bombyx Batryticatus and Periostracum Cicadae, for example, Uncaria rhynchophylla decoction (direct action for children with drug syndrome); For fever caused by extreme heat, convulsion and convulsion, it is often used with antelope horn, white peony root, chrysanthemum flower and rehmannia root, such as Jiao Ling Gouteng Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases); For epilepsy, crying, convulsion and convulsion, it can be used equally with Tianzhu Huang, Periostracum Cicadae, Coptidis Rhizoma and Rhubarb, such as Gouteng Yinzi.
In addition, this product has the function of clearing away heat and eliminating pathogenic factors, so it can also be used for symptoms such as exogenous wind-heat, headache, red eyes and rash. Combined with cicada slough and mint, it can cure children's crying at night, and has the effect of cooling liver and relieving spasm.
Usage and dosage: decoction, 3 ~12g; The soup should be added later.
Ancient book abstracts
1. "Bielu": "The master is cold and hot, and he has epilepsy."
2. "The Theory of Medicinal Properties": "Master and apprentice are scared to cry, and they are hot."
3. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Adults have dizziness, calm liver wind, remove heart heat, and children have abdominal pain and rash."
Ancient discussion
1. Chemical constituents: Uncaria rhynchophylla contains a variety of indole alkaloids, followed by rhynchophylline, isorhynchophylline, corynoxine alkaloids, isochrysolidine alkaloids, concanavaline alkaloids, dihydroconcanavaline alkaloids, flavonoids and catechins.
2. Pharmacological effects: Uncaria rhynchophylla, Uncaria rhynchophylla total alkaloids and Uncaria rhynchophylla alkaloids have antihypertensive effects on normal blood pressure and hypertension of many plants; The decoction has obvious sedative effect on mice; The ethanol extract of Uncaria rhynchophylla can terminate the experimental seizure in guinea pigs and has certain anti-pentylenetetrazol convulsion effect. Intravenous injection of Uncaria rhynchophylla in anesthetized rats can normalize the heart rhythm induced by aconitine, barium chloride and calcium chloride. In addition, Uncaria rhynchophylla has the effects of inhibiting platelet aggregation, antithrombotic and reducing blood lipid.
3. Clinical discussion: It is reported that 26 cases of migraine were treated with Uncaria, Scorpio and Placenta Hominis, each 18g, * * *, and the headache was relieved12h after taking the medicine. After 48 hours, the headache was obviously aggravated, and then the pain disappeared (Jiangsu Western Medicine, 65,438+0988, 4: 00). Uncaria rhynchophylla and Mint (each 10g) were used instead of tea to treat exogenous wind-heat syndrome, and satisfactory results were obtained after years of application (Hubei Journal of Western Medicine, 1984, 4:55) In addition, Uncaria rhynchophylla is also used to treat asthma, dizziness, streptomycin reaction, menopause, senile depression and so on.
4. Adverse reactions: When patients with hypertension take therapeutic doses of total alkaloids from Uncaria rhynchophylla, bradycardia, dizziness and rash may generally occur. Menstruation increases, but it can be eliminated by itself.
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