Alias: parasitic bean, rootless grass, yellow silk, yellow silk vine, myrtle vine, golden silk seed, dodder and spinneret. Instructions for use: for oral administration: decoction, 9 to15g; I still took the pills and dispersed them.
External use: appropriate amount, fried, or soaked in wine. Introduction to Cuscuta knowledge:
Cuscuta chinensis is a mature seed of Cuscuta chinensis and Cuscuta australis in convolvulaceae. Cuscuta chinensis is a panicum miliaceum, which is born in fields, roadsides, wasteland, bushes and sunny slopes. Parasitic on leguminous plants, Compositae, Chenopodiaceae and other herbs. Distributed in most parts of the country, mainly in the north. Mature fruits can be harvested from September to June at 5438+00, and can be cut, dried, seeded and dusted together with the host.
Cuscuta Cuscuta seeds are round, with obvious ventral ridges and often concave sides. The major diameter is 1.4 to 1.6 mm, and the minor diameter is 0.9 to 1. 1 mm. The surface is grayish brown or yellowish brown, slightly rough, and the seed coat is hard and not easy to break. After removing the seed coat, the embryo can be coiled around the center for 3 weeks, and the endosperm is membranous and located around the embryo, with slight gas and bitter taste.
Cuscuta australis is similar to the former species, but the difference is that the seeds are oval, the ventral ridge is not obvious, the long diameter is 0.7-2 mm, the short diameter is 0.2-1.2 mm, the surface is light brown to brown, and one end has a beak protruding and leaning to one side.
It's better to be whole grain. Supplementary information of Cuscuta chinensis:
According to different processing methods, it is divided into Cuscuta chinensis, fried Cuscuta chinensis, Cuscuta chinensis cake, salt Cuscuta chinensis, wine Cuscuta chinensis and wine Cuscuta chinensis. After processing, it is stored in a dry container. Seal parched semen Cuscutae, salt semen Cuscutae, wine semen Cuscutae, and wine semen Cuscutae, and place in a cool and dry place. Cuscuta chinensis is suitable for people:
It is forbidden for those with yang deficiency and fire, strong yang and dry stool. The dietotherapy effect of Semen Cuscutae: Semen Cuscutae is pungent, sweet and slightly warm; Liver, kidney and spleen meridians; Qi and nature are slow, floating and sinking;
Has the effects of tonifying kidney, replenishing essence, nourishing liver, improving eyesight, strengthening spleen and consolidating fetus;
Indications: lumbago, tinnitus, impotence, nocturnal emission, thirst-quenching, infertility, urinary incontinence, increased leucorrhea, dizziness, anorexia, diarrhea, and restless fetal movement. Practice instruction for Cuscuta chinensis: 1. Cuscuta chinensis is sweet and slightly warm, so it is necessary to slow down the flow of qi, be good at entering the kidney meridian and replenish yin and yang. If it is combined with velvet antler, aconite, medlar and Morinda officinalis, it can warm kidney and strengthen yang.
2. When it is compatible with Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Fructus Corni, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, etc. It can nourish kidney yin, so it is often caused by kidney deficiency, low back pain, tinnitus, impotence, nocturnal emission, thirst quenching, infertility, stranguria and urinary incontinence.
3. Semen Cuscutae can be combined with Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Semen Plantaginis and Fructus Lycii to nourish kidney and liver and improve eyesight.
4. It can be used with lotus seeds, poria cocos and yam to strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea; Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, etc. can be added for patients with spleen deficiency and poor appetite and false stool. Click to browse the recipe book of Cuscuta chinensis (* * * has 39 recipes of Cuscuta chinensis). The nutrition knowledge of rabbit head, the raw material, was introduced.