Name of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Paridis Rhizoma (Chonglou)
Alias: Chonglou Yi Zhi Qiu, Flea Xiu, Bai Gan Sui, Cao He Che, One-legged Lotus, Chong Tai Root.
English name: Paridis Rhizoma.
Source: Rootstock of Paris polyphytla Smith var. yunnanensis (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz. or Parispolyphylla Smith var chinensis (Franch.) Hara, Liliaceae. (This article takes Yunnan Chonglou as an example, the picture on the right is also Yunnan Chonglou)
Plant Form: Perennial herb. The rhizome is stout, with obvious nodules. Leaves 6 to 10 whorls, leaf blade thick papery, lanceolate, ovate-oblong to obovate. Outer whorl of tepals lanceolate or long ovate, green; inner whorl of tepals linear and slightly lanceolate, yellow, about 1/2 as long as outer whorl or nearly as long; stamens 8-10, filaments shorter than anthers. Flowering period June to July, fruiting period September to October.
Plant picture:
Origin and Distribution: Born in shady places under forests or roadside grasses in mountainous areas. Distributed in Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places in China.
Harvesting and Processing: Dig in the fall, remove the fibrous roots, wash and dry in the sun.
Herbal properties: nodular flat cylindrical, slightly curved, 5-12 centimeters long, 1-4.5 centimeters in diameter. The surface is yellowish brown with white color where the skin is peeled off; it is densely covered with laminar raised coarse rings, one side of the nodule is obvious, and there is an elliptic concave stem scar on the nodule, and the other side is a warty fibrous root scar. Apical scaly leaves with stem stumps. Firm, flat section, white to light brown, powdery or horny. Odorless, slightly bitter and numbing taste.
Herb picture:
Sexual flavor: Slightly cold in nature, bitter in taste. There is a small poison. Attributed to the liver meridian.
Effects: Clearing heat and removing toxins, subduing swelling and relieving pain, cooling the liver and calming fright. It is classified as a heat-clearing and detoxicating medicine under the category of heat-clearing medicines.
Clinical application: 3-9 grams, decoction, 1-3 g each time; external use: appropriate amount, grinding juice to apply cloth, powdered dressing or fresh pounded dressing. Used to treat boils and sores, sore throat, snake bites, bruises and pain, convulsions.
Pharmacological studies: Animal experiments show that the decoction has antibacterial and antitussive effects; saponin part of the anticancer effect, and analgesic and sedative effects. There are also antibacterial, spermicidal, hemostatic, enhance uterine contraction and other effects. Toxic.
Chemical constituents: contains Chonglou saponin A, Chonglou saponin B, Chonglou saponin C, Chonglou saponin D, Chonglou saponin E, Chonglou saponin F, Chonglou saponin G, Chonglou saponin H, glycosides for Diosgenin. In addition, it also contains a variety of amino acids, 3-ecdysone, fleabane saponin and steroidal ketones and other ingredients.
Contraindications: Cold deficiency, negative sores and pregnant women are prohibited.
Compound prescription:
① Treatment of carbuncle breast rock: 9 grams of Chonglou, 3 grams of ginger. Decoct water to a little white wine as a lead to take, another appropriate amount of celery pounded on the affected area. ("Handbook of Commonly Used Rural Herbs")
② treatment of laryngeal paralysis: Chonglou rhizome 0.6 grams, powdered and swallowed. ("Zhejiang Folk Herbs")
(③) for sore throat: Chonglou 6 grams, Platycodonopsis, burdock 9 grams each. Decocted with water. ("Huashan Drugs")
(4) Treatment of sprains and bruises: Chonglou, wine grinding thick juice, rubbing the wound, several times a day. (Handbook of Commonly Used Herbs in Rural Areas)
(⑤) Chronic bronchitis: 6 grams of Chonglou, pounded powder, another 9 grams of Dilong, 30 grams of Salt Botanical Wood, decocted juice to be served. (New Series of Herbs of Southern Zhejiang)
