Belamcanda chinensis – Shegan

Belamcanda chinensis – shegan,she gan,Belamcanda ,she gan herb,she gan tcm,belamcandae rhizoma,rhizoma belamcanda,Belamcanda
[Medicinal Use] This product is the rhizome of the plant Belamcanda of the Iridaceae family.
[Nature and flavor and meridians] Bitter, cold. Enters the lung and liver meridians.
[Effects] Clears heat and detoxifies, relieves throat pain, and eliminates phlegm.
[Clinical Application] 1. Used for symptoms such as sore throat caused by wind-heat or phlegm-heat congestion.
Belamcanda is a commonly used medicine for treating sore throat. It can clear heat and toxins, reduce swelling and pain, and is often used in combination with burdock, platycodon, licorice, etc.
2. Used for symptoms such as phlegm congestion, cough and asthma.
Belamcanda clears lung heat and eliminates phlegm. It is used to treat cough, phlegm and asthma. It is often used in combination with ephedra, aster, coltsfoot, etc.
[Prescription name] Belamcanda, tender Belamcanda (wash, dry, slice)
[General dosage and usage] One to three coins, decocted and taken.
[Comments] 1. Belamcanda can reduce adverse reactions, eliminate phlegm, break up knots and release heat. In addition to being used as a drug for eliminating phlegm and relieving sore throat, this product is also used in Biejia Jianwan to eliminate symptoms, eliminate malaria, and promote amenorrhea. Another name is Wushan.
2. This product is used with Burdock or Scutellaria to clear heat and relieve sore throat; if it is used with Ephedra, it can eliminate phlegm and relieve asthma.
[Example of prescription] Shegan Mahuang Decoction “Golden Chamber Synopsis”: Shegan, Ephedra, Asarum, Pinellia, Schisandra, Aster, Coltsfoot, Ginger, Jujube. Treat cough and shortness of breath, and water chicken sound in the throat.
Shegan Xiaoduyin “Zhang’s Medical Tong”: Shegan, Scrophularia, Forsythia, Nepeta, Burdock, Licorice. Treat cough, muteness, sore throat.
Shegan, a Chinese medicine name. It is the dried rhizome of Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC., a plant of the genus Belamcanda in the family Iridaceae. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, eliminating phlegm, and relieving sore throat. Indications: sore throat, cough and asthma with phlegm.
Alias: black fan, black cattail, yellow far, black coix, night dry, black wu, black blowing, grass ginger, ghost fan, wind wing, flat bamboo root, cactus, purple golden bull, wild daylily, flat bamboo, ground bamboo, more cutting grass, yellow flower chapter, open throat arrow, yellow anemarrhena, cold water dan, cold water flower, flat bamboo orchid, golden butterfly, golden twisted scissors, purple ginger, iron shoulder pole, six-jia flower, fan handle grass, fish fin grass, mountain cattail fan, scissors grass, Laojun fan, Gaosoushan, Fenghuang grass
Nature and flavor meridians
Bitter, cold; enter the lung meridian
Effects and effects
Clears heat and detoxifies, eliminates phlegm, and relieves sore throat.
Indikasi
1. Sore throat: This product is bitter and cold, clears heat and detoxifies, mainly enters the lung meridian, has the functions of clearing lung fire, relieving sore throat and swelling, and is commonly used to treat sore throat.
2. Cough and asthma due to excessive phlegm: This product is good at clearing lung fire, lowering qi and eliminating phlegm, so as to relieve asthma and cough.
Usage and dosage
Oral administration: decoction, 3-9g.
Tindakan pencegahan
It is forbidden to take in patients with no real heat, spleen deficiency and loose stools, and pregnant women.
Komposisi kimia
This product contains iris root, iris glycoside, iris flavonoid glycoside, iris flavonoid, iris root ketone, pterostilbene, grass oleandrin and various dicyclic triterpenes and their derivatives and phenol compounds.
Efek farmakologis
Belamcanda has a strong inhibitory effect on common pathogenic fungi; it also has an inhibitory effect on certain viruses (adenovirus, ECHO11) in exogenous and throat diseases. It has anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic effects. It also has a significant diuretic effect.
Related discussion
1. “Shennong’s Herbal Classic”: “It can treat cough, reverse breathing, throat numbness, sore throat and inability to get out of bed. It can disperse qi stagnation, evil in the abdomen, and high heat in food and drink.”
2. “Compendium of Materia Medica”: “Shegan can reduce fire, so it is the key medicine for treating throat numbness and sore throat in ancient prescriptions.”
Aplikasi klinis
1. It can be used alone to treat heat toxicity, phlegm and fire stagnation, sore throat, such as Shegan Decoction (“Shengji Zonglu”); or it can be used together with Cimicifuga, Licorice, etc. If it is used to treat exogenous wind-heat, sore throat and hoarseness, it is often used together with Schizonepeta, Forsythia, and Arctium.
2. It can be used together with Morus alba, Aristolochia, Platycodon and other medicines to treat cough and asthma due to lung heat, with a lot of yellow sputum; it can be used together with Ephedra, Asarum, Ginger, Pinellia and other medicines to treat cough and asthma due to cold phlegm, with a lot of clear and thin sputum, such as Shegan Mahuang Decoction (“Jingui Yaolue”). Identification of medication
Burdock seeds and Belamcanda: Both are bitter and cold in nature and belong to the lung meridian. They can clear away heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve sore throat, and treat wind-heat colds and sore throats. However, Burdock seeds are pungent and enter the stomach meridian. They are mainly used to disperse wind and heat, and can also clear rashes and promote bowel movements. They are good at treating measles, carbuncle, sore, and parotid throat paralysis. Belamcanda is bitter and cold, and is good at clearing the lungs and purging fire. It is good at lowering qi and eliminating phlegm, and treats lung heat, phlegm, cough and asthma.
Related drugs
Qingyan Li Ge Wan, Qingyan Runhou Wan, Xiaoer Yan Bian Granules, Shema Oral Liquid.
Related prescriptions
Shegan Mahuang Decoction (Golden Chamber Synopsis), Shegan Decoction (Shengji Zonglu), Shegan Xiaodu Yin (Zhangshi Yitong).
Medicinal diet therapy
Shegan Mahuang Decoction:
1. Efficacy: Treat chronic bronchitis or bronchial asthma.
2. Raw materials: 6g of Belamcanda, 3g of Ephedra, 3g of Ginger, 1.5g of Asarum, 1.5g of Schisandra, 9g of Aster, 6g of Coltsfoot, 9g of Pinellia, 4 jujubes.
3. Method: Wash all the materials with water, then put them into a pot, add appropriate amount of water to cover all the herbs, boil over high heat until the water boils, then turn to low heat and continue to cook for about 30 minutes.
4. Usage: 1-2 times a day.
Harvesting and processing
Dig in late autumn and early spring, remove fibrous roots, mud and sand, and dry.
Processing method
1. Belamcanda: remove impurities and residual stems, wash, moisten, cut into thin slices, and dry.
2. Stir-fried Belamcanda: Take the clean Belamcanda slices and stir-fry them over low heat until they are slightly yellow with scorched spots, take them out and cool them.
Storage method
Store in a dry container in a ventilated and dry place to prevent moth.
Identifikasi
1. Cross-section of this product: The epidermis sometimes remains. There are many rows of cork cells. The cortex has rare leaf trace vascular bundles; the endodermis is not obvious. The vascular bundles of the midcycle are peritrichous and exotrichous, and are arranged more closely on the outside. The parenchyma contains calcium oxalate columnar crystals, starch grains and oil droplets.
The powder is orange-yellow. There are many calcium oxalate columnar crystals, which are prismatic and mostly broken. The intact ones are 49-240 (315) μm long and about 49 μm in diameter. The starch granules are round or oval, 2-17 μm in diameter, with umbilicus dots; there are very few compound granules, which are composed of 2-5 subgranules. The parenchyma cells are round or oval, with slightly thickened or beaded thickening walls and single pores. The cork cells are brown, and the peritrichous walls are wavy and curved, and some contain brown substances.
2. Take 1g of the powder of this product, add 10ml of methanol, ultrasonically treat for 30 minutes, filter, and concentrate the filtrate to 1.5ml as the test solution. Take 1g of the control medicinal material of Belamcanda chinensis and prepare the control medicinal material solution in the same way. According to the thin layer chromatography method (General Rule 0502), 1 μl of each of the above two solutions was taken and spotted on the same polyamide film. The developing agent was chloroform-butanone-methanol (3:1:1), developed, taken out, dried, sprayed with aluminum chloride test solution, and inspected under ultraviolet light (365nm). In the chromatogram of the test sample, fluorescent spots of the same color appeared at the corresponding positions of the chromatogram of the control medicinal material.
Medicinal material properties
The rhizome is irregularly nodular, branched, 3-10cm long, and 1-2cm in diameter. The surface is yellow-brown, brown-brown or black-brown, wrinkled, and has dense ring patterns. There are several disc-shaped sunken stem marks on the top, and occasionally the stem base remains; there are residual fine roots and root marks on the bottom and both sides. Hard, yellow cross section, granular. Slight smell, bitter and slightly spicy.
Medicinal properties
1. Belamcanda: Irregular thin slices with uneven edges, yellow surface, granular; yellow-brown or brownish-brown surrounding, wrinkled, slight smell, bitter taste, slightly pungent.
2. Stir-fried Belamcanda: The same shape as Belamcanda, the slices are darker in color and have burnt spots.
Common counterfeits
Confusing products:
1. Iris (fan handle, Belamcanda): The rhizome of Iris iris Maxin, a plant of the Iridaceae family. It is oblate conical or flat block-shaped, with one end swollen and the other end tapering, 3.5-5cm long, 1.5-2cm in diameter of the swollen part, with dense ring patterns on the swollen part, residual fine roots and root marks below, and stem base marks at the top, and sometimes brown to brown-black leaf sheaths can be seen. It is hard and brittle, with yellow-white cross section, and many vascular bundles can be seen scattered in dots. It tastes slightly bitter.
2. White Belamcanda: The root and rhizome of Iris dichotoma Pall., a plant of the Iridaceae family. The rhizome is irregularly nodular, 1.5-3cm long, 1-3cm in diameter, brown on the surface, with several stem scars. There are many slender roots below, up to 20cm long, 2-5mm in diameter, curved and not straight, often entangled in a mass, brown-yellow on the surface, with obvious horizontal stripes, and a fine wood core in the center of the cut surface, which is often separated from the cortex.
3. Flat bamboo root (Big She Yu): It is the dried rhizome of Iris japonica Thunb., a plant of the Iridaceae family. It is irregularly striped, slightly flat, with a yellow-white or brown-yellow surface, with horizontal rings near the root head, longitudinal wrinkles below, and fine fibrous roots and round concave root scars. It is crispy, with a yellow-white cross section, horny, weak smell, and sweet and slightly bitter taste.
Iridaceae family Belamcanda plant Belamcanda.
Morphological characteristics: Leaves are alternate, arranged in a mosaic pattern, sword-shaped, 20-60cm long, 2-4cm wide, sheath-like at the base, acuminate at the apex, and without midrib. The inflorescence is terminal and forked-branched, with several flowers clustered at the top of each branch; the pedicel is thin, about 1.5 cm long; the pedicels and branches of the inflorescence are covered with membranous bracts, which are lanceolate or ovate; the flowers are orange-red with scattered purple-brown spots, 4-5 cm in diameter; the perianth lobes are 6, arranged in 2 whorls, the outer perianth lobes are obovate or oblong, about 2.5 cm long, about 1 cm wide, obtuse or slightly concave at the apex, cuneate at the base, and the inner whorls are slightly shorter and narrower than the outer perianth lobes; the stamens are 3, 1.8-2 cm long, inserted at the base of the outer perianth lobes, the anthers are linear, dehiscing outwards, the filaments are nearly cylindrical, and the base is slightly flattened and wide; the style is slightly flattened on the upper part, with 3 lobes at the apex, the edges of the lobes slightly rolled outwards, with fine and short hairs, the ovary is inferior, obovate, 3-chambered, with axile placenta, and many ovules. The capsule is obovate or oblong, yellow-green, 2.5-3cm long, 1.5-2.5cm in diameter, without beak at the top, often with withered perianth remaining, the chambers split open when mature, the fruit petals are turned outward, and there is an upright fruit axis in the center; the seeds are spherical, black-purple, shiny, about 5mm in diameter, and born on the fruit axis. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruiting period is from July to September.
Authentic production area
It is mainly produced in Hubei, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places.
Growth environment
It grows on the edge of the forest or on the grassland on the hillside. Most of them grow in places with lower altitudes, but it can also grow in the southwestern mountainous areas at an altitude of 2000-2200m.
Growth practice
It likes warmth and sunshine, is drought-resistant and cold-resistant, and has no strict requirements on soil. It can be cultivated on hillside dry land, with fertile and loose soil. Sandy loam with higher terrain and good drainage is preferred. Neutral loam or slightly alkaline soil is suitable, and low-lying land and saline-alkali land are avoided.
Reproduction method
Reproduction by seeds and rhizomes.
Cultivation technology
Seedling transplanting and direct sowing. The germination rate of seeds is as high as 90%. When the temperature is 10-14℃, it starts to germinate. 20-25℃ is the optimum temperature, and germination decreases at 30℃. Seed propagation is slow and uneven, and the duration is about 50 days. Seedling cultivation in a small plastic arch can be carried out in early and mid-January according to the conventional operation method. First, sow the seeds in the cracks of the mixed sand storage into the seedbed and cover them with a thin layer of soil. Spray warm water once in the morning and evening every day, and the seedlings will emerge in about a week. After germination, strengthen fertilizer and water management, and it can be planted in the field in mid-to-late March.
Where is the main medicinal part of Belamcanda?
Medicinal part of Belamcanda:
Belamcanda is the dried rhizome of Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC. of the Iridaceae family. It is dug up in early spring when it just germinates or when the stems and leaves wither in late autumn, remove the fibrous roots and mud, and dry.
Characteristics of the medicinal parts of Belamcanda:
This product is irregularly nodular, 3~10cm long, 1~2cm in diameter. The surface is yellow-brown, brown or dark brown, wrinkled, with dense ring patterns. There are several disc-shaped sunken stem marks on the top, and occasionally the stem base remains; there are residual fine roots and root marks on the bottom. Hard texture, yellow cross section, granular. Slightly bitter and slightly spicy.
How are Belamcanda recorded in ancient books?
“Ben Jing”: “It is used to treat cough, reverse breathing, throat numbness, sore throat and inability to get news. It disperses qi stagnation, evil in the abdomen, and great heat in food and drink.
“Ming Yi Bie Lu”: “It treats old blood between the heart and spleen, coughing and spitting, crying when talking, and disperses heat in the chest.
“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “It can treat sore throat and water retention, relieve menstrual blockage in women, treat malnutrition, and eliminate blood stasis.
“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “It can eliminate phlegm, break up knots, relieve chest fullness, abdominal distension, asthma, and addiction, stimulate appetite, eliminate swelling and poison, calm the liver and improve eyesight.
“Compendium of Materia Medica Volume 17”: “Reducing real fire, benefiting the large intestine, and treating malaria.
Efek
Shellen has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, eliminating phlegm, and relieving sore throat.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of Shellen?
Shellen is used for heat, phlegm and fire stagnation, sore throat, phlegm congestion, cough and asthma.
Swelling and sore throat:
For sore throat caused by phlegm and heat congestion, you can use fresh products alone to mash juice and take it orally, or you can use it together with Cimicifuga, Platycodon grandiflorum, etc. Phlegm congestion and cough and asthma:
For cough and asthma caused by phlegm and heat congestion in the lungs, you can use it together with Ephedra, Arisaema, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc.
If you treat cough and asthma caused by cold phlegm attacking the lungs, and those with a lot of clear and thin phlegm, you can often use it together with Ephedra, Asarum, Pinellia, etc..
What other effects does Shellen have?
The commonly used medicinal diet recipes for Shellen are as follows
Breast abscess: 15g each of Lily of the Valley, Soapberry, and Shellen. Roast and grind them into powder, divide into 3 doses, and take Amomum villosum soup Down. Note: The use of Chinese herbal medicines must be treated according to syndrome differentiation and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. Do not use them at will, and do not listen to Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements at will.
What are the compound preparations containing Shegan?
Shegan Mahuang Decoction:
It can clear the lungs and eliminate phlegm, relieve gas and stop coughing. It is mainly used to treat phlegm and fluid stagnation, asthma and cough with qi reversal. Coughing and breathing, and water chicken sound in the throat.
Shema Oral Liquid
Clears the lungs and eliminates phlegm, stops coughing and relieves asthma. It is used for cough caused by external evil invading the lungs and entering the interior to transform into heat, with thick and sticky phlegm, chest tightness and asthma, phlegm in the throat, fever or no fever, yellow or yellow-white tongue coating, or red tongue, and slippery or slippery pulse.
Qingyan Runhou Pills
Clears heat and relieves sore throat, reduces swelling and relieves pain. It is used for chest and diaphragm discomfort, thirst and irritability, cough and phlegm, red and swollen throat, sore throat and loss of voice due to external wind-heat attack and excessive heat in the lungs and stomach.
Qingyan Lige Pills
Clears heat Sore throat, swelling and pain relief. Used for red and swollen throat, sore throat, red cheeks, phlegm, chest discomfort, bitter mouth and dry tongue, constipation, and yellow and red urine caused by exogenous wind evil and internal heat accumulation.
Guilin Watermelon Frost
Clears heat and detoxifies, reduces swelling and relieves pain. Used for throat pain, throat paralysis, and mouth erosion caused by wind-heat attacking the lungs and excessive heat in the lungs and stomach. Symptoms include sore throat, swollen throat, sores in the mouth and tongue, swollen and painful gums or bleeding; acute and chronic pharyngitis, tonsillitis, stomatitis, oral ulcers, gingivitis with the above symptoms and mild burns (epidermis is not broken).
Ganju Bingmei Tablets
Clears heat and opens the voice. Used for aphonia and hoarseness caused by wind-heat attacking the lungs; sore throat, dry and burning throat, and congestion of pharyngeal mucosa caused by acute pharyngitis caused by wind-heat attacking the lungs.
Modern research progress on Belamcanda chinensis
This product has antibacterial, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antitussive, phlegm, antiasthma and other pharmacological effects.
Pertanyaan yang paling sering ditanyakan oleh pasien
The efficacy of Shegan Mahuang Decoction
Shegan Mahuang Decoction is an expectorant, composed of Shegan, Mahuang, ginger, Asarum, Aster, Coltsfoot, Schisandra, Jujube, Pinellia, etc. It has the effects of warming the lungs and transforming fluid, descending qi and removing phlegm.
It is mainly used to treat cold phlegm stagnation in the lungs and throat. Symptoms include cough, asthma, phlegm in the throat like the sound of water chickens, or water-like sound in the chest, or fullness and stuffiness in the chest and diaphragm, or spitting phlegm, white and greasy tongue coating, and tight or deep pulse. It is commonly used in clinical practice for bronchial asthma, acute and chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cor pulmonale, etc.
The efficacy of Shegan Antiviral Injection
Shegan Antiviral Injection is a prescription drug. It is composed of Shegan, Honeysuckle, Perilla, Artemisia Capillaris, Bupleurum, Taraxacum, Isatis Root, and Isatis Leaf. It has antiviral and antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. It is an antiviral, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drug. It can also be used with other drugs to treat the early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever.
Penggunaan
Belamcanda chinensis is often taken as a decoction. Please follow the doctor’s instructions for the specific dosage.
How to use Belamcanda chinensis correctly?
When taking decoction of Belamcanda chinensis orally, the usual dosage is 6~10g.
When used externally, take an appropriate amount of Belamcanda chinensis, grind it into powder and blow it into the throat, or apply it externally.
Belamcanda chinensis is generally used in decoctions, decoctions, and can also be made into powders or pills. But Chinese medicineThe use of materials must be treated according to syndrome differentiation and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. Do not use them at will, and do not listen to Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements at will. Common Chinese medicine compatibility is as follows:
Shegan with Ephedra: Shegan can disperse blood stasis and remove phlegm, relieve sore throat and reduce swelling, and Ephedra can clear the lungs and relieve asthma. The two medicines are matched to clear the lungs and remove phlegm, disperse blood stasis and reduce swelling, and are effective in treating phlegm cough and asthma caused by heat, phlegm and blood stasis, and the sound of a water chicken in the throat.
How to prepare Shegan?
Take the original medicinal materials, remove impurities such as residual stems, soak for 1 to 2 hours, wash, moisten, cut into thin slices, and dry.
Which drugs should be used with Shegan at the same time with special attention?
The combined use of Chinese medicine and the combined use of Chinese and Western medicines requires syndrome differentiation and treatment, and clinical individualized treatment. If you are using other drugs, please consult a doctor before taking the medicine, and inform the doctor of all your diagnosed diseases and treatment plans you are receiving.
Petunjuk Penggunaan
Shegan is bitter and cold, and can disperse blood, so pregnant women and people with spleen deficiency and loose stools should not take it.
What precautions should be taken when using Belamcanda?
·This product is bitter and cold, so it is not suitable for people with spleen deficiency and loose stools.
During the medication period, it is necessary to avoid eating cold, raw and cold food, spicy and greasy food, and avoid smoking and drinking.
This product has a slight smell, bitter and slightly spicy taste. The one with yellow cross section and strong bitter taste is better. Use it raw.
·Children: Children should use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor and under the supervision of an adult.
Please keep the medicinal materials properly and do not give the medicinal materials you use to others. .
Avoid using copper or iron utensils to decoct medicine. .
How to identify and use Belamcanda?
Sichuan Belamcanda and White Flower Belamcanda
·Sichuan Belamcanda is the dried rhizome of Iris dichotoma Pa., a plant of the Iridaceae family. It is bitter and cold in nature and belongs to the lung meridian. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, removing phlegm, and relieving sore throat. It is often used for heat toxins, phlegm and fire stagnation, sore throat, phlegm congestion, cough and asthma.
White Flower Belamcanda is the root or whole herb of Iris dichotoma Pa., a plant of the Iridaceae family. It tastes bitter, is cold in nature, and is slightly toxic. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling, relieving pain and relieving cough. It is mainly used to treat sore throat and gums, mumps and breast carbuncle, stomachache, hepatitis, hepatosplenomegaly, lung heat cough and asthma, traumatic injury, and paddy field dermatitis.