Jin Min, Chinese medicine name. It has a sweet, cold, and non-toxic scent. What are the methods of reproducing Jin Min and how is it used medicinally?
Methods of Reproducing Jin Min
Jin Min, a perennial herbaceous plant. Jin Min is also known as Apricot Leaf Sand Ginseng, Citrus Bellflower, Sweet Bellflower, and White Root. It is called Apricot Leaf Vegetable in the Northeast region.
The tender leaves are edible and make a good spring wild vegetable. The root can also be used for fruit preservation and has a sweet and delicious taste. It is also used as a medicinal herb and is known as Sand Ginseng (or Southern Sand Ginseng).
It is propagated by seeds, as the main root grows straight and is not suitable for division. It prefers loose and fertile soil.
Medicinal Uses of Jin Min
1. Tonifying the middle and relieving thirst (when a man ejaculates but the penis remains erect, it is called "tonifying the middle"; if there is also excessive drinking and urination, it is called "relieving thirst", and it can lead to the formation of boils).
Take one pig kidney, one liter of black soybeans, and one and a half liters of water. Boil until half the liquid remains. Remove the residue and keep the juice. Then add three taels of Jin Min and gypsum, two taels each of ginseng, poria, magnetite, anemarrhena rhizome, kudzu root, scutellaria, curcuma root, and licorice. Boil together until the liquid reduces to three liters.
Take in three doses. This formula is called "Shi Zi Jin Tang".
Another formula: Take one liang each of Jin Min, soybeans, poria, magnetite, curcuma root, cooked rehmannia root, cortex eucommiae, radix scrophulariae, dendrobium, and deer antler, and half a liang each of ginseng and agarwood. Grind them all into fine powder, and add the finely mashed pig stomach that has been boiled until soft. Mix well and shape into pills the size of a wu zi (a type of fruit).
Take seventy pills per dose, take on an empty stomach, and swallow with salt water. This formula is called "Ji Wan".
2. Treatment of boils and swelling caused by toxic substances. Crush fresh Jin Min roots and take the juice internally, and apply the residue to the wound. It can be cured in three treatments.
3. Treatment of black blisters on the face. Take one liang each of Jin Min and cinnamon, grind them into fine powder. Take one teaspoon per dose and swallow with vinegar soup.
4. Treatment of poisoning caused by Hookweed (the leaves of Hookweed resemble a type of celery and ingestion can be life-threatening). Take eight taels of Jin Min and six liters of water, boil until it reduces to three liters. Take five he (approximately 150 grams) per dose, five times a day.
Growth Environment of Jin Min
Ecological environment: Grows in mountain grasslands.
Preparation Method of Jin Min
After digging the root, wash it with water, peel off the outer skin, and dry it in the sun. When using it fresh, store the harvested roots in soil at a moderate temperature indoors and use as needed.
