Chisheng San, a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, is the whole herb of Polygonum lapathifolium or Polygonum chinense. Chisheng San has high medicinal value. Let's learn more about Chisheng San together with the editor of TCM Chinese Medicine Network!
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【Methods of Using Chisheng San to Treat Abdominal Pain】
1. For treating abdominal pain: Take 5 grams of Polygonum lapathifolium and 1 gram of Aglaia odorata, decoct them in water and take orally.
2. For treating dysentery: Take 30 grams of Polygonum lapathifolium, decoct them in water and take orally.
3. For treating mastitis: Mash the whole herb of Chisheng San or potatoes and buckwheat, and apply externally with wine lees.
4. For treating abnormal vaginal discharge: Take 18 grams of Polygonum lapathifolium, 9 grams of Chinese fir pulp, and 9 grams of sandalwood pulp, decoct them in water and take orally; for white discharge, add white sugar; for red discharge, add brown sugar, rose petals, and donkey-hide gelatin.
5. For treating boils: Mash Polygonum lapathifolium into a paste and apply externally.
6. For treating injuries from falls or blows: Decoct Polygonum lapathifolium in water and mix with alcohol for oral administration.
【Methods of Selecting and Purchasing Chisheng San】
Chisheng San has slender and reddish-brown roots, with swollen nodes and numerous rootlets. The stem is cylindrical, thin, slightly flattened, with slight branching in the upper part, pale green or slightly reddish-brown, hairy or nearly hairless, and hollow in cross-section.
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The leaves are ovate, obovate, or triangular-ovate, 5-8 cm long and 3-5 cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, nearly truncate or slightly cordate at the base, extending down to the petiole, and forming inwardly concave l-3 pairs of circular lobes on both sides.
There are triangular dark purple markings on the upper surface, and the leaf sheath is tubular, membranous, and brown. The inflorescence is terminal, composed of several head-like inflorescences, and the corolla is white or pink. It has a slight scent and a slightly astringent taste.
【Cultivation Techniques of Chisheng San】
Biological characteristics: Chisheng San prefers shade and moisture, and can tolerate cold. It prefers loose, fertile, and well-drained soil.
Cultivation techniques: It can be propagated by division or seed, with division being the main method.
From late winter to early spring before the emergence of new shoots, dig up the rhizomes and divide them into individual plants, leaving buds and roots on each plant.
During planting, plow the land and create 1.3m wide ridges, with row and plant spacing of about 33cm.
Plant 2 plants per hole, compact the soil, apply animal or poultry manure water and wood ash, and finally cover with fine soil to level with the ridge.
