Efficacy and Function of Pogostemon Pogostemonis and Coix Seed

Another name

Pogostemon cablin, peppermint, Schima superba, Pogostemon cablin, Pogostemon cablin, Pogostemon cablin.

Medicinal part

It is the whole grass of Pogostemon cablin or Pogostemon cablin of Labiatae.

composition

Pogostemon cablin contains about 65438 0.5% volatile oil, and the main component in the oil is patchouli alcohol, accounting for about 52 ~ 57%. Other ingredients include benzaldehyde, eugenol, cinnamaldehyde patchouli alcohol, patchouli pyridine and epigallocatechin. There are many other sesquiterpenes, such as caryophyllene, β-elemene, isobornene, γ-patchouli, β-cumene, α-guaiacene, valerene, α-cumene, γ-bicentene, δ-guaiacene, α-patchouli, dihydrocalamine and so on.

Pogostemon cablin contains 0.28% volatile oil, and methyl piperonyl is the main component, accounting for more than 80%. It also contains anisole, anisaldehyde, d- limonene, p-methoxycinnamaldehyde, α-pinene, β-pinene, octanone -3, octanol -3, p-cymene, octene-1- alcohol -3, linalool and L. The dried product of Pogostemon cablin produced in Northeast China contains 0.54% volatile oil, a little tannin and bitter taste.

Functional indication

Quick breath, and, dirty, wet. Treat common cold, summer dampness, cold and heat, headache, chest tightness, vomiting and diarrhea, malaria, dysentery and halitosis.

(1) Bielu: "Treat toxic swelling caused by geomantic omen, eliminate pathogenic factors, and treat cholera heartache."

② Classic of Materia Medica: "Treating vomiting in the spleen and stomach is the best medicine."

③ Pearl Capsule: "Tonifying Wei Qi, benefiting stomach qi, eating, and treating cholera."

(4) "Herbal Soup": "Warming the middle and activating qi." Lung deficiency and cold, fever in upper energizer, bad breath after drinking, and gargle after decoction. "

⑤ Materia Medica: "Eliminating cold and dampness, summer and dampness, stagnation and dampness. Treat exogenous pathogenic cold, internal injury to diet, or stagnation of cold and dampness caused by dietary injury, Shan Lan miasma, acclimatization, cold and heat malaria. "

⑥ "Continued Annals of Materia Medica": "Relieve exterior symptoms and eliminate pathogenic factors, promote diuresis and dispel wind, clear away heat and quench thirst. Treat vomiting, cholera, malaria, dysentery and scabies. Terrier: It can cure laryngitis, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. "

dosage

Oral administration: decoction, 1.5 ~ 3 yuan; I still took the pills and dispersed them. External use: decocting and gargling; Or burn, grind or apply.

Party selection

① Treating typhoid headache, cold and heat, asthma and cough, chills and pains, nausea and vomiting, cholera dysentery, viscera deficiency, malaria in Shan Lan, stabbing pain in blood gas before and after delivery, and malnutrition in children: pericarpium Arecae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Perillae, Poria (peeled), Pinellia Fermentata, Atractylodis Rhizoma, and Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae (peeled) each 1-2 tablets. Serve the fine powder at two yuan each time, water Yi Deng, three slices of ginger and one jujube, fry until seven minutes, and serve while it is hot. If you want to sweat, cover your clothes and fry them before you take them. ("Fang Ju" Huoxiang Zhengqi Powder)

② Treatment of vomiting and diarrhea in summer: two ounces of talc (fried), two and a half pieces of agastache, and five cents of clove. For the last, I will adjust my clothes every time I get one or two yuan. (Experience of Yu Lecturer)

③ Cure cholera vomiting and diarrhea: tangerine peel (removing white) and agastache leaves (removing soil). Divide it equally, five yuan each time, a glass of water and a half, and fry it until it is medium-cooked. Always be warm. ("10 1 recipe selection" Hui Sheng San)

(4) Malaria control: Alpinia officinarum and Pogostemon cablin are divided into two parts. Divide into four portions from top to bottom, each with a bowl of water, fry until one cup, take it warm, and have not taken it yet. ("Ji Fengpu Ji Fang" Huoxiang Zhengqi Powder)

⑤ Smell the fragrant mouth: Wash the agastache, decoct the soup, and rinse your mouth from time to time. (Picking Fiona Fang)

⑥ Treatment of sepsis, halitosis and mouth swelling caused by children's epiphysis: Pogostemon tenuifolia, add a little dried alum as the end, and rub it on the roots. (southern Yunnan materia medica)

⑦ Treat fetal gas uneasiness, keep the gas from rising and falling, and spit sour water: two yuan each for Cyperus rotundus, Agastaches and Glycyrrhiza uralensis. For the end, take two yuan at a time, add a little salt, and cook soup to suit you. (Sheng Huifang)

⑧ Treatment of Coody Leng's sore: Divide the leaves of Pogostemon cablin and fine tea equally. Burn the ash, mix the oil and paste it on the leaves. ("Bao Hui wants to test")

Pet-name ruby treatment of knife wound bleeding: Pogostemon cablin and keel, a little for the end, external application. (southern Yunnan materia medica)

clinical application

The dosage is 5-9g, and it can be decocted or made into pills. Can be used for treating common cold, summer dampness, cold and heat, headache, chest distress, vomiting and diarrhea, malaria, dysentery and halitosis.

avoid

(1) Classic of Materia Medica: "Yin deficiency with excessive fire, weak stomach, stomach heat with nausea, moderate fire with excess heat, fever with fever, Yangming stomach meridian with pathogenic factors with nausea, forbidden."

(2) Ben Feng Jingyuan: "Its stems consume energy and gas, so users should examine it."

Basic introduction of coix seed

Coix lachryma-jobi is a Gramineae plant with a long history of cultivation in China. It was cultivated in the Han Dynasty in China, and Ma Man introduced excellent varieties from head to toe in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is one of the ancient food varieties with the same origin of medicine and food in China. Coix seed is known as "the king of Gramineae in the world" because of its high nutritional value. In Europe, it is called "food for life and health"; In Japan, it has recently been listed as an anti-cancer food, so its value has doubled. Coix seed is easy to digest and absorb, and the effect is very mild whether it is nourishing or medical treatment. After cooking with fire, it is cooked coix seed.

Efficacy and function of coix seed

Sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature, it is beneficial to detumescence, invigorating spleen, removing dampness, relaxing muscles and tendons, removing arthralgia, clearing heat and expelling pus, etc. , is a commonly used medicine for diuresis and dampness.

1. Anticancer

The selenium contained in it can effectively inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and can be used for the adjuvant treatment of cancer and cervical cancer. Healthy people often eat coix seed, which can make the body flexible and reduce the occurrence of tumors. It is especially suitable for digestive tract tumors with spleen deficiency and dampness and lung cancer with phlegm heat and dampness. In Japan, coix seed is regarded as a typical "anti-cancer food", which can also reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy for tumor patients.

2. Strengthen the spleen and stomach and promote metabolism

Coix seed contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, which can promote metabolism and reduce the burden on the stomach. It can be used as a nourishing food for weak patients during or after illness. Regular consumption of coix seed food is also effective for chronic enteritis and dyspepsia.

Whitening skin

Coix seed contains a certain amount of vitamin E, which is a beauty food. Regular consumption can keep human skin shiny and delicate, eliminate acne and pigmentation, and improve skin color. It has a certain therapeutic effect on warts caused by virus infection.

4. Hair care

Has the effects of nourishing hair, preventing alopecia, and making hair smooth and soft.

5. diuresis and diuresis

Conducive to detumescence, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, relaxing muscles and tendons, activating collaterals, removing arthralgia, clearing heat and expelling pus, etc. , is a commonly used drug for diuresis and dampness.

Step 6 prevent athlete's foot

Coix seed is rich in vitamin B, which is very beneficial to prevent beriberi.

Nutritional value of coix seed

1. Job's tears rice flour not only contains about 12.8% high protein, but also is rich in B vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. It is a kind of grain with balanced nutrition, and contains 8 kinds of essential amino acids, the proportion of which is close to the needs of human body.

2. In the endosperm of refined Coix lachryma-jobi, there are dietary fibers that modern people can't get enough, which is about 3 times that of refined rice, and the high-quality protein is about 2 times that of refined rice.

3. Coix seed ester and linoleic acid in Coix seed are very important anticancer components.