Reproduce by sowing. In the north, it is used as plum, apricot, and plum.
The medicinal name is Rui Ren
The English name is Hedge Prinsepia Nrt
The Latin name is Nux Prinsepiae Prinsepia uniflora Batalata1
p>Source: This product is the Rosaceae plant Prinsepia uniflora Batal. Or the dry and mature fruit core of Prinsepia uniflora Batal. var. serrata Rehd. Pick ripe fruits in summer and autumn, remove the pulp, wash and dry them in the sun. There are thorns in clusters, which are like five flavors. They are round, flat, and textured. They are purple and red and are edible. Take the kernels and soak them to remove the skin tips.
Preparation method: Remove impurities, wash and dry in the sun. Mash when used.
Characteristics: This product is oval-shaped, slightly flat, 7 to 10 mm long, 6 to 8 mm wide, and 3 to 5 mm thick. The surface is light yellowish brown or dark brown, with obvious mesh grooves, and brown pulp residues in between. The top is pointed and the sides are slightly asymmetrical. Hard quality. The seeds are flat and oval, with thin seed coat, light brown or reddish brown, easy to peel off; 2 cotyledons, milky white, with oil. Odorless, slightly bitter taste.
The nature and flavor are sweet and slightly cold. Returns to liver meridian.
The main functions are nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, dispelling wind and heat. It is used for red and swollen eyes, red and rotten eyelid strings, and dark eyes.
Usage and dosage: 5 to 9 grams.
Stored in a dry place.
Excerpt from "Chinese Pharmacopoeia"
Name research: Ruihe ("Ben Jing"), Ruizi ("Compendium of Materia Medica"), Bai Qoren, Churen, Meirenzi ("Medicinal Materials Information") compilation").
Subject source: dicotyledonous plant Rosaceae
The medicinal part is the dried and mature core of single-flowered flat-core wood.
The nature and flavor are sweet and cold in the meridian distribution.
① "Bie Lu": "Slightly cold, non-toxic."
② "Yilin Zhuan Yao": "Sweet and salty, cold." Enters the liver and heart meridian.
① "Explanation of the medicinal properties of Lei Gongpao": "Enter the three meridians of heart, liver and spleen." Eliminate wind and heat, benefit water and generate light. The three meridians are all blood organs. If the blood is nourished, the eyes will be flat. If the eye disease is on the outside, it should be used to dispel wind and clear away heat. On the inside, it is due to kidney deficiency, lack of blood, and mental fatigue. It is appropriate to nourish the kidneys, nourish blood, and calm the nerves. The kidney water is deficient in far sight, and the fire is deficient in short sight.
② "Yugui Medicine Explanation": "Start with the Taiyin Lung and Zujueyin Liver Meridians."
Effects include dispelling wind, dissipating heat, nourishing the liver, and improving eyesight. Cure red, swollen and painful eyes, dimness and shyness, canthus ulcer, excessive tears, and epistaxis. It also treats evil heat, qi and phlegm in the heart and abdomen. Today people only use it to treat their eyes. (Chen Zangqi said) Raw medicine cures enough sleep, ripe medicine cures insomnia.
Usage and dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 7.5-15 grams. External use: remove the oil and grind it into a paste, apply it on the eyes or boil it in water and wash it off.
The processing method is to remove impurities, wash, dry, and mash it when used, or knock off the endocarp and extract the kernels.
The resources are distributed in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, and Henan. Medicinal materials are mainly produced in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.
Medicinal material identification: The dried fruit core is slightly flat and heart-shaped, slightly asymmetrical on both sides, with a light brown to dark brown surface and dark reticular grooves. Hard quality. The hard shell is cracked open, and it contains flat, almost round, heart-shaped seeds. The seed coat is brown to dark brown, and there are 2 cotyledons, which are white, plump, and rich in oil. No gas, slightly bitter taste. The ones that are light brown, plump and plump are better. This product is preferably light brown, with plump and thick particles and clear surface texture.
Ancient textual research comes from:
① Tao Hongjing: "Ruihe, now coming from the north, the clouds come out of Pengcheng. It is shaped like a black bean, large and flat, with texture and texture, and looks like a walnut. , Nowadays, people use the shells to divide them into two parts. This should be broken and scaled, and the medical prescription is only to treat the eyes.” The leaves of the tree are as thin as wolfberries and long and narrow, with white flowers on the stems, which are as big as Schisandra chinensis and have many thin thorns. They are harvested in Yongzhou in May and June and dried in the sun." p>
Chemical composition The seeds contain moisture 10.36, ash 1.72, protein 3.53, fat 7.57, and fiber 56.91.
Seed kernels contain oil 36.
1. "Yilin Compilation Essentials": Bai Rui Ren has the same effect as Ziziphus Semen. It is salty when raw and is used to spread the gods; when cooked, it is sweet and calms down the gods. I knew it could cure eye diseases, but I didn't know it could nourish the heart.
2. "Herbal Classic": Mainly used to control evil Qi in the heart and soul, resulting in eyesight problems, red eyes, pain, and tears.
3. "Wu Pu's Materia Medica": strengthen the mind, strengthen the mind, and improve the ears and eyes.
4. "Bie Lu": The eyes are swollen and the canthus is rotten, and the heart is broken and gives rise to phlegm and gas.
5. "Treatise on the Properties of Medicine": Treat epistaxis.
6. "Supplementary Materials on Materia Medica": Raw medicine cures enough sleep, cooked medicine cures insomnia.
7. "Materia Medica Mengquan": Specializes in treating ophthalmology, eliminating wind, swollen and rotten strings in the upper and lower cells, removing heat and obstruction of the right and left canthus, annealing fire and stopping tears, and replenishing water to generate light.
Attached Recipes
① Treats liver meridian deficiency, internal wind-heat attack, eye problems, dimness, itching and pain, tightness and difficulty in opening, dizziness, redness and swelling, fear of the sun, and inability to farsightedness. , with tears in the wind, mostly black flowers: 12.5 grams of brains (grinded), 100 grams of radishes (peeled and shelled, pressed to remove oil). Use 30 grams of raw honey, mix the brains and radishes together, and add a little of each. ("Prescription" Chunxue Ointment)
② To treat eye diseases in people with nebula covering the pupils, blurred vision, and a cloudy appearance: 3 parts of Ruijie (peeled and sharpened), 6 parts each of Angelica sinensis and licorice. , 8 points of Fangfeng, 2 qian of Coptis chinensis (pick and treat) (file with a file as big as a bean, add a large bowl of water, fry until half of the medicine is used). Make a file as big as a soybean, grind the radishes kernels into mud, boil them together, drop them in the water without dispersing, add a little honey, boil them for a little while, make the patient calm down, and then use it every day until there is slight pain in the eyes. Five or seven times, it will be particularly effective when applied to the point where you are lying down, but if you want to apply it more times, the effect of the medicine will be one after another. ("Lan Shi Secret Treasure" Baidian Ointment)
③ Remove the nebula: 5 cents for one Rui Ren (oil removed), 1 cent for green salt, 5 cents for pig pancreas. Pound it two thousand times until it becomes like mud. Collect it in a jar and tap it. ("Gunmu" Cloud-pushing Paste) 1 liang of two Rui Ren (to remove oil), 1 penny of white flaxen sand, 2 fen of musk, grind evenly, and collect some. ("Compendium")
④ To treat red and rotten eyes: 49 pieces of rhizome kernels (peeled), 1 piece of Chinese cabbage powder (forged like gold), one chicken size, grind well, add a pinch of almonds, and Take a pinch of three beans from the brain, grind it evenly, wrap it in oil paper, add a pinch of pockmark every time, and apply it on the big and small canthus. Use it frequently to get the effect. ("Near Effect Recipe") Take one or two each of two rhizome kernels and almonds, peel and grind them well, add a little greasy powder into pills, dissolve them in hot soup and wash each time. ("Experienced Remedies")