Radish Seeds – Lai Fu Zi

Radish seed (attached: Radish seed, Dikuluo)
[Medicinal Use] This product is the mature seed of cruciferous plant radish.
[Nature, flavor and meridians] pungent, sweet, flat. Enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians.
[Efficacy] Digest food and resolve accumulation, eliminate phlegm and lower Qi.
[Clinical Application] 1. Used for symptoms such as stagnant food accumulation, epigastric fullness, belching and acid swallowing, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and abdominal distension and discomfort.
Rapeseed seed can eliminate food accumulation, stagnation and distension. It is often combined with Liuqu, hawthorn, malt, etc. to aid in digestion. It is also combined with pinellia, tangerine peel, etc. to enhance its ability to reduce dyspepsia and harmonize the stomach. If there is dampness, Poria cocos can be added; if there is heat, coptis and forsythia can be added. If there is spleen deficiency, Atractylodes macrocephala can be added.
2. Used for cough and asthma with excessive phlegm.
This product has a very significant effect of reducing qi and resolving phlegm, and is often used in combination with white mustard seeds, perilla seeds, etc.
[Prescription name] Rapeseed seeds, radish seeds, fried radish seeds (for frying and slightly burnt)
[General dosage and usage] Three to five qian, decoct and take.
[Additional medicine] 1. Rapine: the stems and leaves of radish. The nature and flavor are bitter and warm. It functions to clear the throat and soothe the stomach, and is suitable for sore throat, red and white diarrhea, and poor digestion. The general dosage is five qian to one tael, decoction and taken.
2. Dimengluo: The root of radish, which is old and withered. Function: diuresis and swelling, suitable for yellow and swollen face, fullness and tightness in chest and diaphragm, diarrhea due to food accumulation, dysentery and lumps. The general dosage is three to five cents.
[Examples of prescriptions] Sanzi Yangqin Decoction (“Han Shi Yi Tong”) contains radish seeds, white mustard seeds, and perilla seeds. Treats old people with excessive qi, excessive phlegm, excessive breathing and laziness.
This product is the dried and mature seeds of Raphanus sativus L, a cruciferous plant radish. When the fruits are mature in summer, the plants are harvested and sun-dried. The seeds are rubbed out to remove impurities and then sun-dried.
【Character】
This product is oval or elliptical in shape, slightly flat, 2.5~4mm long and 2~3mm wide. The surface is yellow-brown, red-brown or gray-brown. There is a dark brown round hilum on one end and several longitudinal grooves on one side. The seed coat is thin and crisp, with 2 cotyledons, yellow-white and oily. The smell is slight, the taste is light, slightly bitter and pungent.
【Identification】
(1) The powder of this product is from light yellow to brown. The seed coat grid-like cells are in sheets, which are light yellow, orange, yellow-brown or red-brown. The surface is polygonal or long polygonal, with a diameter of about 15um. They are often overlapped with the large hypothelial cells of the seed coat. Many types of cells can be seen. Angular or long polygonal shadow. The surface of the endosperm cells is quasi-polygonal, with vague powdery grains and fat and oil droplets. The cotyledon cells are colorless or light gray-green, with thin walls and vague powdery grains and fat and oil droplets.
(2) Take 1g of this product powder, add 30ml of ether, heat and reflux for 1 hour, discard the ether liquid, evaporate the residue to dryness, add 20m of methanol, heat and reflux for 1 hour, filter, evaporate the filtrate to dryness, add 2ml of methanol to the residue to dissolve , as the test solution. Take another 1g of Rapeseed Seed reference medicinal material and prepare the reference medicinal material solution in the same way. Then take the mustardine thiocyanate reference substance and add methanol to make a solution containing 1mg per 1ml as the reference solution. According to the thin layer chromatography (General Chapter 0502) test, absorb 3~5u of each of the above three solutions, and place them on the same Trichosanthes G thin layer plate. Use the upper layer of ethyl acetate-formic acid-water (10:2:3) The solution is a developing agent, unfold, take out, dry, and inspect under UV light (365nm). In the chromatogram of the test product, fluorescent spots of the same color appear at the positions corresponding to the chromatogram of the control medicinal material and the chromatogram of the reference substance; spray 1% vanillin in 10% sulfuric acid ethanol solution and heat until the spots appear clear and the same color spots.
【examine】
Moisture content shall not exceed 8.0% (Method 4 of General Rule 0832)
The total ash content shall not exceed 6.0% (General Rule 2302)
Acid-insoluble ash shall not exceed 2.0% (General Chapter 2302).
【Extract】
Determine according to the hot soak method under the determination of alcohol-soluble leachables (General Chapter 2201), using ethanol as the solvent, not less than 10.0%.
【Content determination】
Determine according to high performance liquid chromatography (General Chapter 0512).
Chromatographic conditions and system suitability test: Use phenyl alkyl alkane bonded gum as the filler; use acetonitrile-3% glacial acetic acid solution (15:85) as the mobile phase: the detection wavelength is 326nm. The number of theoretical plates should not be less than 5,000 based on the sinapine peak.
Preparation of the reference substance solution: Take an appropriate amount of the mustardine thiocyanate reference substance, weigh it accurately, put it in a brown measuring bottle, add methanol to make a solution containing 40ug per 1ml, and you have it. Preparation of test solution: Take about 0.5g of this product powder (passed through No. 3 sieve), weigh it accurately, place it in a stoppered Erlenmeyer flask, add 50% of 70% methanol accurately, stop it tightly, weigh it, and perform ultrasonic treatment ( Power 250W, frequency 50KHz) for 30 minutes, let cool, weigh again, make up for the lost weight with 70% methanol, shake well, filter, take the remaining filtrate, put it in a brown bottle, and you have it.
Determination method: Precisely absorb 5u each of the reference solution and the test solution, inject them into the liquid chromatograph, and measure.
Calculated as a dry product, this product contains sinapine, calculated as sinapine thiocyanate (C16H24NO5·SCN), which shall not be less than 0.40%.
Drinking pieces
【Concocted)
Remove impurities from radish seeds, wash and dry. Mash when used.
[Character][Identification][Inspection][Leachate][Content determination]
Same medicinal materials.
Fry the radish seeds. Take the clean radish seeds and fry them according to the clear frying method (General Rule 0213) until they swell slightly. Mash when used
【Character】
This product is shaped like a radish seed, with slightly bulging surface, deeper color, crisp texture and slightly fragrant aroma.
[Identification] [Inspection] [Leachate] Content Measurement)
Same medicinal materials.
【Nature, flavor and meridian tropism】
Pungent, sweet, flat. Returns to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians.
[Functions and Indications]
Eliminate food and eliminate swelling, lower qi and resolve phlegm. Used for dietary stagnation, epigastric distension and pain, constipation, diarrhea, wheezing and cough.
【Usage and Dosage】
5~12g.
【Storage】
Store in a ventilated and dry place to prevent moth.
Where are the main origins of radish seeds?
Radish seeds are produced all over the country, mainly in Hebei, Henan, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang and other places.
Where are the main medicinal parts of radish seeds?
The medicinal parts of radish seed:
This product is the dried and mature seeds of the cruciferous plant radish Raphanus sativusL. Produced all over the country. In summer, when the fruits are mature, the plants are harvested, sun-dried, the seeds are rubbed out, impurities are removed, and then sun-dried. Mash when used. After processing, fried radish seeds can be produced. The ones with large, plump grains and brown-red color are the best.
Characteristics of the medicinal parts of radish seed:
This product is oval or elliptical in shape, slightly flat, 2.5~4mm long and 2~3mm wide. The surface is yellow-brown, red or gray-brown. Observed under a magnifying glass, there are fine mesh patterns, a dark brown round hilum at one end, a brown dot-like protrusion, and several longitudinal grooves on one side. The seed coat is thin and crisp, with 2 cotyledons, yellow-white and oily. The smell is slight, the taste is light, slightly bitter and pungent. The ones with large, plump grains and brown-red color are the best.
How are rapeseed recorded in ancient historical books?
Radish seed was first recorded in the “Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica”: “It is commonly known as radish, and it can also treat lung disease and vomiting blood. Its seeds are also grinded into water and taken, and it is very effective when vomiting wind and phlegm.”
Rapeseed seed, also known as radish seed, comes from “Baoqing Materia Medica”: “It tastes pungent, slightly cold, and non-toxic.
Rapeseed seed, also known as radish seed, comes from “Rihuazi Materia Medica”: “Grind with water to spit out wind and phlegm, grind with vinegar to reduce swelling and toxins.” “Compendium of Materia Medica”: “Reducing Qi to relieve asthma, cure phlegm, digestion, remove swelling, and benefit the body.” It can relieve gas pain, severe diarrhea and rash. 91 “Yilin Compendium”: “When used raw, it can expel wind and phlegm, widen the chest and diaphragm, and support sore and rash; when used cooked, it can reduce qi and eliminate phlegm, attack hard accumulation, and after treatment Heavy. “Southern Yunnan Materia Medica”: “The lower qi is wide and middle, eliminates swelling, eliminates phlegm and saliva, eliminates food, eliminates area stagnation, lowers phlegm, calms wheezing, attacks gastrointestinal stagnation, and treats lumps and single abdominal pain.”
“Properties and Uses of Medicine”: “Taking ginseng causes swelling, otherwise it will not go away.
“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “Resolves phlegm, removes wind, disperses evil and induces sweating.
Function and efficacy
The main functions of radish seeds are to eliminate food and distension, lower qi and resolve phlegm.
What are the main functions and clinical applications of radish seed?
Radish seed is used for dietary stagnation, abdominal distension and pain, constipation, stagnation and diarrhea, phlegm, cough and asthma. After being stir-fried, the medicinal properties are mild and good at gasification.
Phlegm, digestion and distension.
Food accumulation and qi stagnation syndrome
·This product is Xin Xing Powder, which is used to eliminate food and resolve accumulation, especially good at promoting Qi and reducing bloating.
It can treat abdominal distention, fullness and pain due to food qi stagnation, constipation or qi stagnation and diarrhea. It is often used with hawthorn, Shenqu and tangerine peel. .
If the patient suffers from stagnant food accumulation and spleen deficiency, Atractylodes macrocephala can be added to the above treatment to eliminate and nourish the patient at the same time. .
If it is used to treat dysentery due to food accumulation and tenesmus, it can be used in the same way as Acosta, Fructus Aurantii and Rhubarb.
Coughing and wheezing due to phlegm, chest tightness and less food
This product can not only eliminate food accumulation, stimulate appetite, but also reduce phlegm and relieve cough, lower Qi and relieve asthma.
It can be used to treat excessive phlegm and saliva, cough, asthma, and chest tightness, especially for those with food accumulation. It is often used in the same way as white mustard seeds and perilla seeds.
Evidence of flatulence
The pungent taste of this medicine is good for activating qi and removing bloating. It can be ground and taken raw to relieve vomiting due to wind and phlegm.
Severe diarrhea
·This product is pungent, sweet, and mild in nature and flavor. Promotes qi, lowers qi, and regulates qi. It can invigorate qi, treat diarrhea and relieve internal pain. . (Diarrhea: refers to the loose feces excreted by a person.)
The use of traditional Chinese medicine requires syndrome differentiation and clinical individualized treatment. Therefore, please consult a professional doctor before taking medication and use the medication regularly under the guidance of a doctor.
What are the compound preparations containing radish seeds?
Compound preparations containing radish seeds include the following:
Jian’er Xiaoshi Oral Liquid
Strengthen the spleen and stomach, regulate qi and eliminate food. It is used for children who suffer from indigestion, poor appetite, distended abdomen, hot palms and soles, spontaneous sweating and fatigue, irregular stools, and even anorexia and aversion to eating caused by damage to the spleen and stomach caused by improper eating.
Jiaozhao Huazhi Pills
It can help digestion, regulate qi and reduce swelling. It is used for eating stagnation, gastrointestinal disharmony, qi stagnation and discomfort, bloating and fullness. Xiaoshi Huatan Pills
Smooth Qi and reduce Ni, digest food and resolve phlegm. It is used for the symptoms of persistent food accumulation, chest distension and tightness, excessive phlegm, and reduced diet.
Tanyin Pills
Warm and nourish the spleen and kidneys, and help the yang transform. It is used for coughs caused by spleen and kidney yang deficiency and phlegm blocking the lungs, shortness of breath, wheezing, spitting up white phlegm, aversion to cold and cold limbs, back pain, abdominal distension and less food.
Bohe pill
Digest, guide stagnation, and harmonize the stomach. It is used for food stagnation, abdominal distension, vomiting, soreness, and no desire to eat.
Sanzi cough capsule
Lowers Qi and relieves cough, resolves phlegm and eliminates food. It is used for the syndrome of phlegm-dampness blocking the lungs. The symptoms include coughing and wheezing, or phlegm in the throat, spitting up white foamy or sticky phlegm, excessive phlegm, tightness in the chest, poor appetite, and abdominal pain, etc.; chronic bronchitis (acute attack stage, simple type) ) who have the above syndromes.
Modern research progress on radish seeds
Modern research shows that it mainly contains fatty acids: erucic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, rapeseed sterol, 22-dehydrocampesterol, etc. Volatile oils: a, β-hexenoic acid, β, y-vinyl alcohol and other volatile oils Ingredients; also contains radishin and sinapine. It has the functions of antitussive, expectorant, regulating gastrointestinal motility, lowering blood lipids and lowering blood pressure.
How to use
The main functions of radish seeds are to eliminate food and distension, lower qi and resolve phlegm. Generally, radish seed pieces are used, which can be decoctioned and taken internally or externally.
How to use radish seeds correctly?
When radish seed decoction is taken orally, the usual dosage is 5 to 129.
For external use, grind an appropriate amount of radish seeds into powder, mix it with hot wine and apply it to the affected area to treat bruises and injuries.
Note: When the radish seed decoction is taken orally, it should be stir-fried.
Rapeseed seeds are processed through different processing methods to produce radish seeds and fried radish seeds. After stir-frying, the medicinal properties are relaxed, and it is good at lowering qi and reducing phlegm, eliminating food and removing swelling. It should be stir-fried for digestion. Different preparation methods have different effects and effects. Please follow your doctor’s instructions for specific medication and use it with caution.
Rapeseed seeds are usually taken in decoction or decoction. They can also be made into powder or pills. However, the use of Chinese medicinal materials requires syndrome differentiation and treatment, and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. They should not be used at will, let alone listen to traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements.
Common Chinese medicine combinations are as follows:
Rapeseed seeds with perilla seeds and mustard seeds: radish seeds can eliminate food and remove bloating, reduce qi and resolve phlegm; perilla seeds can relieve cough and asthma, lower qi and eliminate phlegm, moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation; mustard seeds can warm the lungs, resolve phlegm, and dissipate qi. . The combination of the three medicines not only warms the lungs and resolves phlegm, lowers qi and relieves cough and asthma, but also eliminates food and distension and relieves constipation. It is effective in treating cold phlegm, asthma and cough, especially for those with constipation due to food accumulation.
How to prepare radish seeds?
The preparation methods of radish seeds include radish seeds and stir-fried radish seeds. The details are as follows: Rapeseed seeds
Take the raw medicinal materials, remove impurities, wash and dry. Mash when used.
Fried radish seeds
Take the clean radish seeds, put them in a pot, heat them over a slow fire, stir-fry until they swell slightly and the aroma comes out, take them out and let them cool. After stir-frying, the medicinal properties are relaxed, and it is good at lowering qi and reducing phlegm, eliminating food and removing swelling.
Which drugs require special attention when used together with radish seed?
Rapeseed seeds cannot be taken together with ginseng. Rapeseed seeds have the effect of breaking Qi and guiding stagnation, while ginseng is a valuable traditional Chinese medicine for replenishing Qi. If you take ginseng and then use radish seeds, it will offset the qi-tonifying effect of ginseng.
The combined use of traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese and Western medicine requires syndrome differentiation and clinical individualized treatment. If you are using other medicines, please consult a doctor before taking medicine, and inform the doctor of all your diagnosed diseases and the treatment plans you are receiving.
Medication instructions
Radish seed is pungent and dissipates qi, so people with qi deficiency, no food accumulation, and phlegm stagnation should take it with caution.
What precautions should be taken when using radish seeds?
Ginseng and radish seeds, this product should not be used together with ginseng.
Pay attention when using radish seed. This product is pungent and consumes qi. People with qi deficiency, no food accumulation, and phlegm stagnation should use it with caution.
How to identify and use radish seeds?
The following confusions often occur when using radish seeds:
Raw radish seeds and fried radish seeds
· Raw radish seeds can rise and disperse. It has the functions of eliminating food, removing swelling and eliminating phlegm. It is good at spitting up phlegm and saliva. It is often used for phlegm and saliva, apoplexy and mouth stiffness, etc. Stir-fried radish seeds change from ascending to descending and have aroma. It can not only alleviate the medicinal properties and avoid nausea side effects after frequent consumption of raw products, but also facilitate crushing and decoction of active ingredients. It is good at eliminating food, removing bloating and reducing gas. It is mostly used for abdominal distension due to food accumulation. , aversion to food, belching, abdominal fullness and pain, it can also be used for phlegm and qi stagnation, cough and dyspnea, etc.
Rapeseed and mustard seeds
·Both are good at eliminating phlegm to treat coughs with excessive phlegm.
However, cabbage seeds are pungent and sweet, regulate the qi of the spleen, stomach and lungs, smooth the qi and open up stagnation, eliminate food and remove bloating, and are an important medicine for treating dietary stagnation, epigastric distension and pain, constipation or stagnant diarrhea; it is good at treating phlegm. It can be used for qi stagnation, cough and dyspnea, regardless of whether it is cold phlegm or hot phlegm. Mustard seeds are pungent, warm and sharp, and have a dispersing nature. They can dispel cold in the lungs, promote qi movement, resolve cold phlegm, and drink water. It is only suitable for those with cold phlegm and stagnation, cough and asthma, and excessive and clear phlegm. It can also warm and unblock the meridians and dilute the phlegm. It can dissipate qi, reduce swelling and relieve pain, and is good at removing “phlegm inside and outside the skin and membrane”. It can be used to treat gangrene due to phlegm stagnation in the meridians, numbness of limbs, swelling and pain in joints, etc.
Medication Tips
Most frequently asked questions by patients
Can radish seed be taken for a long time?
Rapeseed seeds cannot be used for a long time. Long-term use may cause side effects of the drug, such as gastrointestinal disorders, etc. When using it, it must be combined with the patient’s body’s symptom response, and the use must be stopped in time after the disease improves.
What kind of radish are radish seeds?
Radish seeds are the seeds of white radish, also commonly known as white radish seeds.